Patents by Inventor Atsushi Sugahara
Atsushi Sugahara 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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Publication number: 20200254627Abstract: According to one embodiment, a holding mechanism includes a first holding part, a second holding part, a first guide, a second guide, a third guide, a fourth guide, and a driving mechanism. The second holding part faces the first holding part in a first direction. The first guide is connected to the first holding part and capable of moving the first holding part in the first direction. The second guide is connected to the second holding part and capable of moving the second holding part in the first direction. The third guide is capable of moving the first guide in the first direction. The fourth guide is capable of moving the second guide in the first direction, and aligned with the third guide in the first direction. The drive mechanism changes a distance between the first holding part and the second holding part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Junya TANAKA, Atsushi SUGAHARA
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Publication number: 20200130192Abstract: According to an embodiment, an object handling device includes a base, a manipulator, a first camera, a sensor, a manipulator control unit and a calibration unit. The manipulator is arranged on the base, and includes a movable part and an effector that is arranged on the movable part and acts on an object. The first camera and the sensor are arranged on the manipulator. The manipulator control unit controls the manipulator so that the movable part is moved to a position corresponding to a directed value. The calibration processing unit acquires a first error in a first direction based on an image photographed by the first camera, acquire a second error in a second direction intersecting with the first direction based on a detection result obtained by the sensor, and acquire a directed calibration value with respect to the directed value based on the first error and the second error.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akihito OGAWA, Atsushi SUGAHARA, Junya TANAKA, Kazuma KOMODA, Haruna ETO
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Patent number: 10576635Abstract: According to an embodiment, an object handling device includes a base, a manipulator, a first camera, a sensor, a manipulator control unit and a calibration unit. The manipulator is arranged on the base, and includes a movable part and an effector that is arranged on the movable part and acts on an object. The first camera and the sensor are arranged on the manipulator. The manipulator control unit controls the manipulator so that the movable part is moved to a position corresponding to a directed value. The calibration processing unit acquires a first error in a first direction based on an image photographed by the first camera, acquire a second error in a second direction intersecting with the first direction based on a detection result obtained by the sensor, and acquire a directed calibration value with respect to the directed value based on the first error and the second error.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akihito Ogawa, Atsushi Sugahara, Junya Tanaka, Kazuma Komoda, Haruna Eto
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Patent number: 10569957Abstract: A transporter includes: a first conveyor to receive an object, the first conveyor to convey the object in a first direction; and a second conveyor to receive the object from the first conveyor and to convey the object, the second conveyor being movable in position in a second direction that crosses the first direction, the second direction being a substantially vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hideichi Nakamoto, Akihito Ogawa, Takafumi Sonoura, Haruna Eto, Junya Tanaka, Atsushi Sugahara
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Patent number: 10453028Abstract: A store of an embodiment includes a shelf, a conveyor, an elevator mechanism, a robot hand, and a robot mechanism. In the shelf, products can be displayed. The conveyor is arranged along the shelf. The conveyor is configured to convey a container in which the product is placed. The elevator mechanism is configured to move the container up and down. The robot hand is capable of griping the product. The robot mechanism is configured to perform positioning of the robot hand. The robot mechanism is configured to overlap at least a part of the conveyor in a top view.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Atsushi Sugahara, Kazuma Komoda, Daisuke Yamamoto, Takafumi Sonoura, Haruna Eto, Akihito Ogawa, Junya Tanaka, Hideichi Nakamoto
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Patent number: 10434663Abstract: An vacuum device includes a suction pad vacuumed on a to-be-vacuumed surface of a vacuum target, and a bellows tube having the suction pad at one end in a telescopic direction and having an internal space that is expanded and contracted by pressure of air, the telescopic member being elongated and contracted by expansion and contraction of the internal space.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Junya Tanaka, Akihito Ogawa, Atsushi Sugahara, Hideichi Nakamoto, Takafumi Sonoura, Haruna Eto
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Patent number: 10370201Abstract: A transporter of an embodiment has a transporter, a detector, and a controller. The transporter holds a selected object from among a plurality of objects and transports the selected object in a first direction in a first state, and then configured to transport the selected object, while holding the selected object, in a second direction different from the first direction and not anti-parallel to the first direction, in a second state. The detector detects a change from the first state to the second state, wherein, in the second state, the transporter can transport the selected object in the second direction without disturbance by the presence of any other object than the selected object. The controller stops transporting the selected object in the first direction, in case that the detector detected the change from the first state to the second state.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takafumi Sonoura, Akihito Ogawa, Hideichi Nakamoto, Atsushi Sugahara, Haruna Eto, Junya Tanaka
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Patent number: 10315865Abstract: According to one embodiment, a conveying device includes a controller that is configured to determine a moving direction of a holder holding a first object based on a state of overlapping between the first object and a second object viewed in a conveying direction of the first object in a case where the second object is positioned in the conveying direction of the first object with respect to the first object.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Haruna Eto, Takafumi Sonoura, Hideichi Nakamoto, Akihito Ogawa, Atsushi Sugahara, Junya Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190144974Abstract: A copper alloy has a composition including 0.05 mass % or more and 0.70 mass % or less of Co; 0.02 mass % or more and 0.20 mass % or less of P; 0.005 mass % or more and 0.70 mass % or less of Sn, one or more of B, Cr, and Zr; and furthermore, a Cu balance containing inevitable impurities, wherein X, Y, and Z satisfy the following Expression (1): 1?(X/5)+(Y/50)+(Z/100) and Expression (2): X+Y+Z?1,000, in case where an amount of B is represented by X (massppm), an amount of Cr is represented by Y (massppm), and an amount of Zr is represented by Z (massppm).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Yuusuke Enami, Toshio Sakamoto, Hitoshi Nakamoto, Keiichiro Oishi, Atsushi Sugahara, Chikara Yamashita, Takuya Ohara
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Publication number: 20190087976Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a camera and a processing circuit. The camera takes first distance images of an object for a plurality of angles. The processing circuit generates a three-dimensional model of the object based on the first distance image, and generates an extracted image indicating a specific region of the object corresponding to the plurality of angles based on the three-dimensional model.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Atsushi Sugahara, Kazuma Komoda, Haruna Eto, Akihito Ogawa
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Publication number: 20190080278Abstract: A store of an embodiment includes a shelf, a conveyor, an elevator mechanism, a robot hand, and a robot mechanism. In the shelf, products can be displayed. The conveyor is arranged along the shelf. The conveyor is configured to convey a container in which the product is placed. The elevator mechanism is configured to move the container up and down. The robot hand is capable of griping the product. The robot mechanism is configured to perform positioning of the robot hand. The robot mechanism is configured to overlap at least a part of the conveyor in a top view.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Atsushi SUGAHARA, Kazuma KOMODA, Daisuke YAMAMOTO, Takafumi SONOURA, Haruna ETO, Akihito OGAWA, Junya TANAKA, Hideichi NAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190077023Abstract: According to one embodiment, a holding device includes a first holder and a first sensor. The first holder includes a first member and a second member. The first holder is configured to hold an object by interposing the object between the first member and the second member. The first sensor is in the first member. The first sensor is configured to detect a vibration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Haruna ETO, Akihito Ogawa, Atsushi Sugahara, Kazuma Komoda
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Patent number: 10227176Abstract: According to one embodiment, a picking apparatus includes a carriage, a holding mechanism, and a movement mechanism. The holding mechanism includes an arm, a rotating shaft provided at one end of the arm and rotating the arm, and a holding part provided at the other end of the arm and able to hold at least one object. The movement mechanism is provided on the carriage, and includes a first movement part that moves the rotating shaft along a first direction toward the object, and a second movement part that moves the first movement part along a second direction intersecting with the first direction and approximately perpendicular to the carriage. The first movement part is positioned along a direction away from the object with respect to the second movement part.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Atsushi Sugahara, Hideichi Nakamoto, Junya Tanaka, Akihito Ogawa, Takafumi Sonoura, Haruna Eto
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Patent number: 10192315Abstract: According to one embodiment, an object holding apparatus includes a holding part, a recognition device, and a controller. The holding part is able to hold at least one object. The recognition device recognizes a plurality of objects to generate a recognition result. The controller selects a first object from the objects, based on the recognition result. The controller sets a first direction to one side of the first object along which the number of objects aligned with the first object is smaller than the number of objects aligned with the first object along the other side of the first object. The controller selects a second object aligned with the first object along the first direction. The controller controls a driving of the holding part, based on a selection result of the first object and the second object.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Haruna Eto, Takafumi Sonoura, Hideichi Nakamoto, Akihito Ogawa, Atsushi Sugahara, Junya Tanaka
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Publication number: 20180272535Abstract: According to an embodiment, an object handling device includes a base, a manipulator, a first camera, a sensor, a manipulator control unit and a calibration unit. The manipulator is arranged on the base, and includes a movable part and an effector that is arranged on the movable part and acts on an object. The first camera and the sensor are arranged on the manipulator. The manipulator control unit controls the manipulator so that the movable part is moved to a position corresponding to a directed value. The calibration processing unit acquires a first error in a first direction based on an image photographed by the first camera, acquire a second error in a second direction intersecting with the first direction based on a detection result obtained by the sensor, and acquire a directed calibration value with respect to the directed value based on the first error and the second error.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akihito OGAWA, Atsushi SUGAHARA, Junya TANAKA, Kazuma KOMODA, Haruna ETO
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Publication number: 20180268353Abstract: According to one embodiment, an object handling apparatus includes a first mechanism and a second mechanism. The first mechanism draws an adapter arranged in a rack, one or more objects being placed on the adapter. The second mechanism moves the one or more objects toward a side where the one or more objects are taken out from the adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Atsushi SUGAHARA, Kazuma KOMODA, Hideichi NAKAMOTO, Junya TANAKA, Akihito OGAWA, Haruna ETO
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Publication number: 20180264658Abstract: According to one embodiment, a holding mechanism includes a first holding part, a second holding part, a first guide, a second guide, a third guide, a fourth guide, and a driving mechanism. The second holding part faces the first holding part in a first direction. The first guide is connected to the first holding part and capable of moving the first holding part in the first direction. The second guide is connected to the second holding part and capable of moving the second holding part in the first direction. The third guide is capable of moving the first guide in the first direction. The fourth guide is capable of moving the second guide in the first direction, and aligned with the third guide in the first direction. The drive mechanism changes a distance between the first holding part and the second holding part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Junya TANAKA, Atsushi SUGAHARA
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Patent number: 10062004Abstract: According to an embodiment, an arrangement detection apparatus includes a measuring unit, an extractor, a generator, a first calculator. The measuring unit measures surfaces of polyhedrons, the polyhedrons being identical in shape and arranged in contact with each other. The extractor extracts a surface region from the surfaces, the surface region having a maximal area and being closest to the measuring unit. The generator generates outlines of at least one of desired surfaces of the polyhedrons included in the surface region. The first calculator calculates position information on the polyhedrons included in the surface region, utilizing the outlines.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Atsushi Sugahara, Haruna Eto
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Publication number: 20180215540Abstract: According to one embodiment, a variable article holding device includes a first base part, a first holder, a second base part, a first driving mechanism, a protruding member, and a second driving mechanism. The first holder holds an article and is provided on the first base part. The second base part rotatably supports the first base part about a rotary axis. The first driving mechanism rotates the first base part. The second driving mechanism moves the protruding member in a direction crossing the rotary axis and is provided on the first base part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Junya TANAKA, Akihito OGAWA, Atsushi SUGAHARA, Hideichi NAKAMOTO, Takafumi SONOURA, Haruna ETO
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Patent number: 10023400Abstract: An article holding system according to an embodiment is an article holding system which is provided with a fixed portion, a movable portion, a hollow member located between the fixed portion and the movable portion, a drawing portion to draw in the hollow member, and a fluid control device to supply fluid to an inside of the hollow member, wherein the hollow member deforms in a state that the fluid is supplied by the fluid control device, and the hollow member is drawn out from the drawing portion, to change a distance between the fixed portion and the movable portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Junya Tanaka, Akihito Ogawa, Hideichi Nakamoto, Atsushi Sugahara, Takafumi Sonoura, Haruna Eto