Patents by Inventor Ashok Prajapati
Ashok Prajapati has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12138792Abstract: A dynamic messaging system for factory automation devices that provides flexible data transport, presentation and scheduling. Custom message instructions are provided to robot controllers using configuration templates which are loadable without rebooting the controller or affecting ongoing operations of the robot. The configuration templates contain data definitions only and no executable code. Custom data messages are sent from the robot controller based on triggers, including periodic timers, transmission of a current message, change of device elements and programmatic requests. Custom message attributes such as transmission rate and priority can be set, and messages may include file attachments. A message template creator, external to the robot controller, creates the configuration templates, ensures message uniqueness and generates data ingestion schema.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: FANUC AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Ashok Prajapati, Rick Wunderlich, Kenneth Krause, Isaac Eckert, Isaac Robinson Stephan Thangaiah Albert, Eric Flanagin
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Patent number: 11906944Abstract: Methods and systems include ways to implement change analysis of an automated production line including at least one robot. Monitoring a plurality of operating parameters associated with the automated production line including the at least one robot is followed by recording at least one change to the plurality of operating parameters. A notification is then provided identifying the at least one change to the plurality of operating parameters. The notification can include mapping the at least one change onto a graphical representation of the automated production line, thereby identifying a portion of the automated production line affected by the at least one change. As a result, at least one of the operating parameters can be adjusted in response to the notification. An action can also be performed in response to the notification. In this manner, the change analysis can optimize operation of the automated production line.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FANUC AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Ashok Prajapati, Kenneth W. Krause, Michael B. Longo, Rick E. Wunderlich, Judy Evans, Glenn Nowak
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Publication number: 20210325847Abstract: Methods and systems include ways to implement change analysis of an automated production line including at least one robot. Monitoring a plurality of operating parameters associated with the automated production line including the at least one robot is followed by recording at least one change to the plurality of operating parameters. A notification is then provided identifying the at least one change to the plurality of operating parameters. The notification can include mapping the at least one change onto a graphical representation of the automated production line, thereby identifying a portion of the automated production line affected by the at least one change. As a result, at least one of the operating parameters can be adjusted in response to the notification. An action can also be performed in response to the notification. In this manner, the change analysis can optimize operation of the automated production line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Ashok Prajapati, Kenneth W. Krause, Michael B. Longo, Rick E. Wunderlich, Judy Evans, Glenn Nowak
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Publication number: 20210276181Abstract: A dynamic messaging system for factory automation devices that provides flexible data transport, presentation and scheduling. Custom message instructions are provided to robot controllers using configuration templates which are loadable without rebooting the controller or affecting ongoing operations of the robot. The configuration templates contain data definitions only and no executable code. Custom data messages are sent from the robot controller based on triggers, including periodic timers, transmission of a current message, change of device elements and programmatic requests. Custom message attributes such as transmission rate and priority can be set, and messages may include file attachments. A message template creator, external to the robot controller, creates the configuration templates, ensures message uniqueness and generates data ingestion schema.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Ashok Prajapati, Rick Wunderlich, Kenneth Krause, Isaac Eckert, Isaac Robinson Stephan Thangaiah Albert, Eric Flanagin
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Patent number: 11048226Abstract: Methods and systems include ways to implement change analysis of an automated production line including at least one robot. Monitoring a plurality of operating parameters associated with the automated production line including the at least one robot followed by recording at least one change to the plurality of operating parameters. A notification is then provided identifying the at least one change to the plurality of operating parameters. The notification can include mapping the at least one change onto a graphical representation of the automated production line, thereby identifying a portion of the automated production line affected by the at least one change. As a result, at least one of the operating parameters can be adjusted in response to the notification. An action can also be performed in response to the notification. In this manner, the change analysis can optimize operation of the automated production line.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: FANUC AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Ashok Prajapati, Kenneth W. Krause, Michael B. Longo, Rick E. Wunderlich, Judy Evans, Glenn Nowak
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Publication number: 20190258221Abstract: Methods and systems include ways to implement change analysis of an automated production line including at least one robot. Monitoring a plurality of operating parameters associated with the automated production line including the at least one robot followed by recording at least one change to the plurality of operating parameters. A notification is then provided identifying the at least one change to the plurality of operating parameters. The notification can include mapping the at least one change onto a graphical representation of the automated production line, thereby identifying a portion of the automated production line affected by the at least one change. As a result, at least one of the operating parameters can be adjusted in response to the notification. An action can also be performed in response to the notification. In this manner, the change analysis can optimize operation of the automated production line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Ashok Prajapati, Kenneth W. Krause, Michael B. Longo, Rick E. Wunderlich, Judy Evans, Glenn Nowak
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Patent number: 9415514Abstract: A robot monitoring system for monitoring and analyzing robot related data and displaying the data on a smart device is provided. The robot monitoring system comprises at least one robot in local communication with at least one robot controller. The at least one robot controller has local processing power for monitoring, gathering, and analyzing data related to the at least one robot. The data analysis results are formatted into a message file that is communicated to a storage system. The message file may then be retrieved by a smart device having software running thereon for displaying the results of the data analysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Fanuc America CorporationInventors: Gordon Geheb, Jason Tsai, Rick E. Wunderlich, Yi Sun, Don Kijek, Isaac Eckert, Ganesh Kalbavi, Ken Krause, Judy Evans, Ashok Prajapati
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Publication number: 20140074286Abstract: A robot monitoring system for monitoring and analyzing robot related data and displaying the data on a smart device is provided. The robot monitoring system comprises at least one robot in local communication with at least one robot controller. The at least one robot controller has local processing power for monitoring, gathering, and analyzing data related to the at least one robot. The data analysis results are formatted into a message file that is communicated to a storage system. The message file may then be retrieved by a smart device having software running thereon for displaying the results of the data analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Gordon Geheb, Jason Tsai, Rick E. Wunderlich, Yi Sun, Don Kijek, Isaac Eckert, Ganesh Kalbavi, Ken Krause, Judy Evans, Ashok Prajapati