Patents by Inventor Atsushi Horiuchi

Atsushi Horiuchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240114377
    Abstract: To measure the channel quality of the own cell accurately in a condition where there is no interference from a neighbor cell. A wireless communication terminal according to the invention is a wireless communication terminal to be connected to a base station for transmitting and receiving data to/from the base station, the wireless communication terminal including: a receiver that receives a signal which includes control information provided for measuring a channel quality of own cell from the base station; an extractor that extracts the control information from the signal received by the receiver; a measurement section that measures, on the basis of the control information, the channel quality of the own cell in a domain where a neighbor cell does not transmit a signal; and a transmitter that transmits a measurement result of the channel quality of the own cell measured by the measurement section, to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yasuaki YUDA, Seigo NAKAO, Ayako HORIUCHI, Daichi IMAMURA, Masayuki HOSHINO, Atsushi SUMASU
  • Patent number: 11919221
    Abstract: A blow molding device is provided in which a preform is injection-molded. The injection-molded preform is temperature-controlled by a temperature adjusting unit, and the temperature-adjusted preform is blow-molded, wherein the temperature adjusting unit has a multistage structure in which an uppermost stage has the highest temperature structure, and the mold surface temperatures of lower stages and other than the uppermost stage are set to be 10° C. or more lower than the glass transition temperature of the preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NISSEI ASB MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Ogihara, Atsushi Nagasaki, Kazuhiro Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11892815
    Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a diagnostic operation for driving a belt, a first tension calculation unit configured to perform, based on data obtained from the diagnostic operation, a calculation to estimate a first belt tension value that is a tension value of the belt when the belt is not worn, a second tension calculation unit configured to calculate a second belt tension value in a case where a tension reduction factor of the belt and a wear factor of the belt are included, and a third tension calculation unit configured to calculate the degree of wear of the belt based on the first belt tension value and the second belt tension value. Accordingly, the diagnostic apparatus can support estimation of the degree of wear of a belt or abnormality diagnosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Asaoka, Atsushi Horiuchi, Kenjirou Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240028020
    Abstract: A state determination device includes: a learning model storage unit that stores a plurality of learning models; a statistical condition storage unit that stores statistical conditions including at least specification of the learning models used to determine the state relating to an industrial machine and a statistical function used to convert estimation results by the specified learning models into numerical values to calculate a statistical amount; a data acquisition unit that acquires data relating to a prescribed physical amount as data showing the state relating to the industrial machine; an estimation unit that estimates the state relating to the industrial machine using the plurality of learning models on a basis of the data; and a numerical value conversion unit that converts an estimation result for each of the plurality of learning models into a numerical value to calculate a statistical amount using the statistical function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20240009905
    Abstract: A state determination device includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data related to a predetermined physical quantity as data indicating a state related to an injection molding machine, a feature amount calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount indicating a feature of a state of the injection molding machine based on the data related to the physical quantity, a statistical data calculation unit configured to calculate a statistic as statistical data according to a statistical condition including at least a statistical function for calculating a predetermined statistic from a predetermined feature amount based on a calculated feature amount, and a state determination unit configured to determine a state of the injection molding machine based on fluctuation of a plurality of pieces of consecutive statistical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230415394
    Abstract: A control device which is for an injection molding machine and which includes a suck-back control unit that causes a screw which has reached a prescribed measurement position to be sucked back at a prescribed suck-back velocity; a reverse rotation control unit that causes the screw to be reversely rotated on the basis of a prescribed reverse rotation condition value at and after the initiation of the suck-back; a measurement unit that measures a reverse rotation state value of the screw; and a suck-back completion control unit that causes the suck-back to be completed when the reverse rotation state value has reached a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230405902
    Abstract: A state determination device includes an acquisition unit acquiring the number of productions and data related to a physical quantity as data indicating a state related to an injection molding machine, a first calculator calculating a feature amount indicating a feature of a state of the injection molding machine based on the data related to the physical quantity, a second calculator calculating a statistic as statistical data according to a statistical condition including a statistical function for calculating a statistic from a feature amount based on the calculated feature amount, an analyzer performing regression analysis using a regression formula based on the statistical data and the number of productions, and calculating a coefficient of the regression formula, and a determination unit determining the number of productions or a date and time using the regression formula, a warning value being reached at the number of productions or the date and time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230364842
    Abstract: A molding condition setting device acquires data showing a state of an injection molding machine, calculates a feature showing the state of the injection molding machine on a basis of the acquired data, and calculates a feature fluctuation rate obtained by normalizing the feature on a basis of a reference value selected from among the features according to a prescribed condition. Meanwhile, the molding condition setting device acquires information relating to a change of the value of the operation command item and stores history of the change, and generates and stores history information in which the calculated feature fluctuation rate and the information relating to the change of the value of the operation command item are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230367293
    Abstract: A state determination device includes a data acquisition unit acquiring the number of productions and data related to a predetermined physical quantity as data indicating a state related to an injection molding machine, a first calculation unit calculating a feature amount indicating a feature of the state based on the data, a second calculation unit calculating a statistic as statistical data with reference to a statistical condition including a statistical function for calculating a predetermined statistic from a predetermined feature amount based on a calculated feature amount, a regression analysis unit performing regression analysis using a predetermined regression formula based on statistical data and the number of productions, and calculating a coefficient of the predetermined regression formula, and a determination unit calculating a divergence degree between a most recent statistic and an obtained regression formula, and determining whether or not the divergence degree is greater than a predetermined
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230367304
    Abstract: A state determination device includes: a data acquirer configured to acquire data related to an industrial machine; an estimator configured to perform estimation using a learning model based on the acquired data; and a statistical data calculator configured to calculate a statistical quantity in accordance with a predetermined statistical condition and uses the calculated statistical quantity to calculate a statistical estimation value corrected from the estimation value estimated by the estimator and, accordingly, can adapt a state determination result calculated by the learning model to a change in the operation status or the like of the industrial machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIUCHI, Hiroyasu ASAOKA, Kenjirou SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11772312
    Abstract: A state determination device that determines an operation state of an injection molding machine stores respective specification data of a reference injection molding machine and an injection molding machine that is different from the reference injection molding machine, and acquires data related to the injection molding machine. Then, the state determination device converts the acquired data into yardstick data by a conversion formula set for every type of data, by using the stored specification data of the reference injection molding machine and the stored specification data of the injection molding machine and performs machine learning using the yardstick data obtained through the conversion so as to generate a learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20230264402
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine includes: a pressure acquiring unit for acquiring resin pressure; an injection control unit for injecting resin into a mold; an ejector control unit for protruding an ejector pin before the resin pressure reaches a predetermined target pressure; and an insertion control unit for causing a supporting member and an attachment plate to support an ejector plate by inserting the supporting member into a gap before the resin pressure reached the predetermined target pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Ryou OOSAKA, Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 11731332
    Abstract: A state determination device acquires data on an industrial machine, extracts data used for processing related to machine learning from the acquired data, out of the acquired data, according to an extraction condition for extracting the data, and executes the processing related to the machine learning using the extracted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11724428
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine is equipped with a pressure acquisition unit that acquires a pressure of a resin inside a cylinder, a reverse rotation control unit that causes a screw to be rotated in reverse based on a predetermined reverse rotation condition so as to reduce the resin pressure after having moved the screw rearward to a metering position, a compensation amount calculation unit that calculates a compensation amount to be made with respect to the reverse rotation condition, based on the resin pressure inside the cylinder acquired by the pressure acquisition unit when the reverse rotation of the screw is stopped, and a predetermined compensation function, and a compensation processing unit configured to compensate the reverse rotation condition based on the compensation amount calculated by the compensation amount calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11718007
    Abstract: A state determination device is capable of assisting maintenance for various injection molding machines. The state determination device acquires data related to an injection molding machine, performs numeric conversion for extracting a feature in a temporal direction or an amplitude direction, with respect to time-series data of physical quantity in the acquired data, and performs machine learning using the data obtained through numeric conversion so as to generate a learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Horiuchi, Hiroyasu Asaoka, Kenjirou Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11701809
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine including a cylinder into which a resin is supplied, and a screw that moves forward and rearward and rotates inside the cylinder, includes a suck back control unit that sucks back the screw based on a predetermined suck back speed and a suck back distance or a suck back time period, a pressure acquisition unit that acquires a pressure of the resin, a calculation unit which calculates a compensation amount of the suck back speed, based on a difference between the pressure of the resin at a time when sucking back is completed and a predetermined target pressure, and a speed determination unit that newly determines the suck back speed based on the compensation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11691323
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine including a cylinder into which a resin is supplied and a screw that moves forward and rearward and rotates inside the cylinder, includes a metering control unit that performs metering of the resin inside the cylinder by controlling forward rotation and rearward movement of the screw until the screw has been moved rearward to a predetermined metering position, based on predetermined metering conditions, a rearward movement speed acquisition unit acquiring a rearward movement speed of the screw, a speed determination unit that determines a suck back speed for causing a resin pressure to reach a target pressure, based on the rearward movement speed acquired during metering by the rearward movement speed acquisition unit, and a suck back control unit causing the screw to move further rearward based on the suck back speed, after the screw has reached the predetermined metering position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Horiuchi, Hiroyasu Asaoka, Kenjirou Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230132160
    Abstract: Provided are a control device and a control method for an injection molding machine that carries out a punching step with high reliability. A control device for an injection molding machine, the control device being equipped with: a mold opening/closing unit that integrally moves a fixed mold and a moving mold of a mold of the injection molding machine in the opening direction from a state where the mold is closed, thereby creating a gap between the fixed mold and a mounting plate; an insertion member control unit for inserting an insertion member into the gap; an assessment unit for assessing whether the insertion member has been inserted into the gap; and a push control unit for pushing out a punching pin when the insertion member has been assessed to have been inserted into the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ryou OOSAKA, Atsushi HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 11628609
    Abstract: A state determination device acquires data on an injection molding machine and stores conditions for classifying the acquired data on the injection molding machine and a plurality of learning models. The state determination device further classifies the acquired data based on the stored classification conditions and settles a learning model to which the classified data are applied, among the plurality of stored learning models. Subsequently, the state determination device performs machine learning for the learning model settled as an application destination, based on the classified data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11597130
    Abstract: A control device for an injection molding machine is equipped with a pressure acquisition unit that acquires a pressure of a resin, a reverse rotation control unit that causes a screw to be rotated in reverse, after the screw has reached a predetermined metering position, a measurement unit that measures an elapsed time or a rotation amount of the screw from when the screw has reached the predetermined metering position, and a rearward movement control unit that initiates sucking back of the screw in an overlapping manner with the reverse rotation of the screw, in the case that a predetermined rearward movement initiation time has elapsed, or in the case that the screw has been rotated by a predetermined rearward movement initiation rotation amount, from when the screw has reached the predetermined metering position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Horiuchi