Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
  • Publication number: 20210405606
    Abstract: A production system includes a control device that controls one or more industrial devices, and a host control device that communicably connects to the control device and controls the control device. The host control device includes a register memory allocated for control of the control device and including a command area, and transmission circuitry that transmits multiple command data sets stored in the command area of the control device to the control device, and the control device includes a communication memory in which the multiple command data sets received from the host control device are stored, and processing circuitry that executes a process instructed by the host control device based on the multiple command data sets stored in the communication memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Hajime KIMURA, Seishiro SAKAGUCHI, Hiromasa SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210405614
    Abstract: A command generation device to control a motor includes command input circuitry configured to receive a first command, first intermediate data calculation circuitry configured to calculate first intermediate data based on the first command, delay time setting circuitry configured to determine a delay time based on the first command, second intermediate data calculation circuitry configured to calculate second intermediate data by smoothing the first intermediate data based on the delay time, and command output circuitry configured to calculate, based on the second intermediate data, a second command according to which the motor is controlled. A first time period during which positioning the motor based on the first command is completed when the first intermediate data is smoothed is longer by the delay time than a second time period during which positioning the motor based on the first command is completed when the first intermediate data is not smoothed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kenichi HIROSE, Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Atsuro TANDAI, Kenshiro YOKOI
  • Patent number: 11205983
    Abstract: A motor control device includes a first storage configured to store indicated values of control parameters, motor control circuitry configured to control a motor based on the indicated values stored in the first storage, primary setting circuitry configured to set in the first storage at least one indicated value among the indicated values as a primary indicated value which corresponds to specific parameter among the control parameters, secondary setting circuitry configured to replace, based on a change instruction input via a terminal, the primary indicated value stored in the first storage with a secondary indicated value in accordance with the change instruction, and resetting circuitry configured to replace the secondary indicated value stored in the first storage with the primary indicated value when a return requirement is satisfied after the secondary setting circuitry has replaced the primary indicated value with the secondary indicated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Koichi Nitta, Mitsunori Sato, Hiroyuki Imayoshi, Tadanori Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11200520
    Abstract: Provided is an industrial equipment production system, including: a production propriety acquisition unit configured to acquire a determination result indicating whether or not industrial equipment is producible by using setting information regarding the industrial equipment based on equipment information regarding the industrial equipment; a supply propriety acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on user information regarding a user, a determination result indicating whether or not the industrial equipment produced by using the setting information is suppliable to the user; and a permission unit configured to permit the production of the industrial equipment that uses the setting information based on the determination result acquired by the production propriety acquisition unit and the determination result acquired by the supply propriety acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takeshi Nagata, Tadashi Okubo, Yusuke Oka, Jiro Muraoka
  • Publication number: 20210384733
    Abstract: A power conditioning system includes a DC/AC converter connected to a DC line to which DC power from a solar panel is output such that the DC/AC converter converts the DC power to AC power and output the AC power, a storage battery that is connected to the DC line and stores the DC power, and a control circuit that calculates a charging output based on a charging current between the DC line and the storage battery and on a voltage of the storage battery, and causes an output of the DC/AC converter to correspond to the charging output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Toshiaki KUSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210382467
    Abstract: An inspection system includes machine learning circuitry configured to determine whether each of objects belongs to a predetermined attribute based on feature data of each of the objects, feature data acquisition circuitry configured to acquire feature data of reevaluated objects which are determined to belong to the predetermined attribute without using the machine learning circuitry among excluded objects which are determined not to belong to the predetermined attribute by the machine learning circuitry, and parameter update circuitry configured to update a learning parameter of the machine learning circuitry based on teaching data including the acquired feature data acquired by the feature data acquisition circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Ryo MASUMURA, Masaru ADACHI
  • Patent number: 11192244
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot, a sensor, and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect an external force acting on the robot. The processor is configured to move the robot in a forward direction such that a representative point of the robot moves along a motion track in the forward direction; move the robot in a reverse direction such that the representative point moves along the motion track in the reverse direction opposite to the forward direction when the external force satisfies a first condition which includes a condition that the external force is larger than a first threshold force; and move the robot to reduce the external force when the external force satisfies a second condition which includes a condition that the external force is larger than a second threshold force even after the robot has been moved in the reverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Tamio Nakamura, Tetsuro Izumi, Takashi Nishimura, Shohei Ohno
  • Patent number: 11183942
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus connectable in parallel to a second power conversion apparatus includes circuitry that generates a carrier wave, generates a pulse signal synchronized with the carrier wave, generates power that is based on a width of the pulse signal, obtains a monitor value corresponding to a circulating current circulating between the power conversion apparatus and the second power conversion apparatus, and based on the monitor value obtained while the power conversion circuitry is generating driving power, changes a period of the carrier wave to decrease the circulating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kentaro Inomata, Akira Yamazaki, Masato Higuchi, Hidenori Hara
  • Patent number: 11181881
    Abstract: A motor control system includes motor control apparatuses and position detectors. Each of the motor control apparatuses is configured to control at least one of the motors. The position detectors each of which corresponds to each of the motors and each of which is configured to detect position information of each of the motors. All of the plurality of position detectors are connected in series under a control of a first motor control apparatus among the motor control apparatuses. The first motor control apparatus is configured to transfer the position information of the motors read out from the position detectors to other motor control apparatuses among the motor control apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Isamu Matsumura, Yusuke Tanaka, Tomofumi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11179853
    Abstract: A robot includes an arm via which the robot is configured to perform an operation on a workpiece conveyed in a conveyance direction on a conveyor, and a visualizer which is configured to visualize positional deviation of the robot from the conveyor in at least one of a first direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction and a second direction perpendicular to both the conveyance direction and the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Haruhiko Koike, Koichi Kirihara
  • Publication number: 20210359625
    Abstract: A motor control system includes a motor, an encoder, and a controller including a controller transmitter configured to transmit a torque command to control the motor. The encoder includes a position detector configured to detect a rotational position of the motor, an encoder receiver configured to receive the torque command from the controller transmitter, first disturbance estimating circuitry configured to estimate a first disturbance torque based on the rotational position and the torque command, and an encoder transmitter configured to transmit the rotational position and the first disturbance torque to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Keita SHIMAMOTO, Koji UEMURA
  • Patent number: 11173600
    Abstract: An operation device includes operation input circuitry that operates a robot having a leading end and a multi-articular arm that changes a position and a posture of the leading end, a device posture sensor that detects a posture of the operation input circuitry in a first coordinate system for controlling the robot, and processing circuitry that rotates a second coordinate system rotatable relative to the first coordinate system based on the posture of the operation input device, generates motion command for the leading end of the robot in the second coordinate system based on input operation into the operation input circuitry, converts the motion command into a first-coordinate-system motion command for the leading end of the robot in the first coordinate system, outputs the first-coordinate-system motion command for controlling the robot based on the first-coordinate-system motion command, and regulates rotation of the second coordinate system about at least one axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Seishiro Sakaguchi, Kiyoshi Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20210351949
    Abstract: A communication system includes a master device, a connector, a superordinate trunk cable connecting the master device and the connector, a superordinate slave device connected to the connector, a subordinate slave device, and a subordinate trunk cable connecting the connector and the subordinate slave device. The connector includes a superordinate power line via which power is supplied from the master device, a power branching unit to divide the superordinate power line into a first power line connected to the superordinate slave device and a second power line connected to the subordinate slave device, a superordinate signal line via which communication data between the master device and the superordinate slave device is configured to be transmitted, and a subordinate signal line via which communication data between the superordinate slave device and the subordinate slave device is configured to be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Hidetsugu KOGA, Kunihiko OGAWA, Isamu MATSUMURA, Junya HISAMATSU, Yasuhiro MATSUTANI
  • Patent number: 11167419
    Abstract: A transfer robot includes one arm, another arm, and a motor. The one arm has a first connection portion. The other arm has a second connection portion that is connected to the first connection portion of the one arm via a shaft such that the other arm is rotatable relatively with respect to the one arm around a shaft axis of the shaft. The motor is provided inside the first connection portion of the one arm. The motor includes a rotor rotatable around the shaft axis to rotate the one arm or the other arm around the shaft axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Osamu Harada, Toshiyuki Harada, Kentaro Yotsuji
  • Patent number: 11167414
    Abstract: A robot includes a robot body, a control processor, a detection circuit, a memory, and a determining circuit. The control processor is configured to control the robot body to perform a work on a workpiece while the workpiece is conveyed. The detection circuit is configured to detect external force which the robot body receives from the workpiece. The memory is to store a threshold force. The determining circuit is configured to determine whether the external force is equal to or larger than the threshold force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takeshi Yokoyama, Takahiko Kanamori, Keisuke Yonehara
  • Patent number: 11158445
    Abstract: A permanent magnet for a rotating electrical machine includes a magnet body. The magnet body includes a magnetization direction, a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface in a first direction perpendicular to the magnetization direction, and at least one first slit passing through the magnet body in the magnetization direction. The at least one first slit extends in the first direction to the first side surface and not to the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takaaki Yasumura, Yasuhiro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20210324949
    Abstract: Provided is a bevel gear component including a plurality of teeth protruding in an axial direction, extending toward an outer peripheral side, and arranged at equal pitches in a circumferential direction, the bevel gear component including a fiber material having a shape corresponding to an arrangement pattern of the plurality of teeth and wound around a center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: ENEOS Corporation, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Masaaki SHINAGAWA, Yoshiaki KUBOTA, Tuyoshi NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20210324950
    Abstract: Provided is a spur gear component including a plurality of teeth protruding in a radial direction, extending in an axial direction, and arranged at equal pitches in a circumferential direction, the spur gear component including a fiber material having a shape corresponding to an arrangement pattern of the plurality of teeth and wound in a spiral shape around a center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: ENEOS Corporation, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Masaaki SHINAGAWA, Yoshiaki KUBOTA, Tuyoshi NONAKA
  • Publication number: 20210329740
    Abstract: An industrial machine system includes a slave device that is a component of an industrial machine, and a master device including circuitry that communicates with the slave device and control the slave device. The slave device and the master device are synchronized via a first wireless network, and communicate communication data for controlling the slave device via a second wireless network which is different from the first wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kazutoshi KOBAYASHI, Hidetsugu KOGA
  • Publication number: 20210302940
    Abstract: A task resumption system including processing circuitry that receives a task resumption specification for task resumption by a device when the device, which sequentially performs multiple tasks, stops during processing, acquires a current state of the device, acquires a resume state corresponding to the task resumption of the device, causes the device to transition from the current state to the resume state, and causes the device to resume the task according to the resume state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventor: Takashi NAGASAKI