Patents by Inventor Chisato Saito

Chisato Saito 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).

  • Patent number: 11971709
    Abstract: The disclosure is to constitute, while reducing a cost for collecting training data used in machine learning that makes a control module acquire an ability to control a robot device, the control module operatable in an actual environment by the machine learning. A learning device according to one aspect of the present invention executes machine learning of an extractor by using a first learning data set constituted by a combination of simulation data and first environmental information and a second learning data set constituted by a combination of actual data and second environmental information. Further, a learning device according to one aspect of the present invention executes machine learning of a controller by using a third learning data set constituted by a combination of third environmental information, state information, and a control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Yamaguchi, Kennosuke Hayashi, Kin Chung Denny Fu, Yohei Okawa, Chisato Saito, Yoshiya Shibata
  • Patent number: 11762679
    Abstract: The image processing device is provided with: a first input unit which, with respect to one or more virtual models including a virtual model of an operation machine, receives an input of a first parameter for identifying a type; a second input unit which receives an input of a second parameter relating to a stochastic distribution having, as a random variable, a characteristic of an element constituting the one or more virtual models; a virtual model generation unit which, using the first parameter and the second parameter, generates the one or more virtual model stochastically; a determination unit which determines the correctness of an operation of the virtual model of the operation machine when operated in a virtual space including the one or more stochastically generated virtual models; and a learning unit which learns a control module for the operation machine for achieving a predetermined operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Okawa, Yoshiya Shibata, Chisato Saito, Kennosuke Hayashi, Yu Tomono
  • Patent number: 11745338
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a robot may include a state obtaining unit configured to obtain state observation data including flexible related observation data, which is observation data regarding a state of at least one of a flexible portion, a portion of the robot on a side where an object is gripped relative to the flexible portion, and the gripped object; and a controller configured to control the robot so as to output an action to be performed by the robot to perform predetermined work on the object, in response to receiving the state observation data, based on output obtained as a result of inputting the state observation data obtained by the state obtaining unit to a learning model, the learning model being learned in advance through machine learning and included in the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ijiri, Yoshiya Shibata, Masashi Hamaya, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Felix Vondrigalski, Chisato Saito
  • Patent number: 11331793
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for outputting holding detection results by a highly accurate simulation in consideration of parameters related to a holding member. A user enters workpiece information through an input UI unit. A selection control unit executes an automatic selection process of a suction pad based on the workpiece information input through the input UI unit, an automatic selection process of a workpiece physical model, an automatic selection process of a robot, and a confirmation process of a vibration tolerance, and then displays the selection results. The selection control unit determines whether there is a problem with the selection results based on an input instruction from the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Moriya, Yumi Tsutsumi, Masayoshi Abe, Haruna Shimakawa, Chisato Saito, Yukihisa Karako
  • Publication number: 20210331311
    Abstract: Provided is an image generation device capable of generating, on the basis of inputted images, a learning image for training an action of a robot which carries out a prescribed operation on a workpiece. The image generation device comprises: a first image acquisition unit which acquires a first image capturing a real operation space including the robot and not including the workpiece; a second image acquisition unit which acquires a second image in which a virtual operation space including a virtual robot corresponding to the robot and a virtual workpiece corresponding to the workpiece is rendered; and a learning apparatus so that, in response to an input of the first image and the second image, the apparatus outputs a third image obtained by transforming the second image such that at least the virtual robot included in the second image is made to approximate the robot included in the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kin Chung Denny FU, Yuki YAMAGUCHI, Yohei OKAWA, Kennosuke HAYASHI, Chisato SAITO, Yoshiya SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20210283771
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a robot may include a state obtaining unit configured to obtain state observation data including flexible related observation data, which is observation data regarding a state of at least one of a flexible portion, a portion of the robot on a side where an object is gripped relative to the flexible portion, and the gripped object; and a controller configured to control the robot so as to output an action to be performed by the robot to perform predetermined work on the object, in response to receiving the state observation data, based on output obtained as a result of inputting the state observation data obtained by the state obtaining unit to a learning model, the learning model being learned in advance through machine learning and included in the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa IJIRI, Yoshiya SHIBATA, Masaya HAMAYA, Kazutoshi TANAKA, Felix VONDRIGALSKI, Chisato SAITO
  • Publication number: 20210181728
    Abstract: The disclosure is to constitute, while reducing a cost for collecting training data used in machine learning that makes a control module acquire an ability to control a robot device, the control module operatable in an actual environment by the machine learning. A learning device according to one aspect of the present invention executes machine learning of an extractor by using a first learning data set constituted by a combination of simulation data and first environmental information and a second learning data set constituted by a combination of actual data and second environmental information. Further, a learning device according to one aspect of the present invention executes machine learning of a controller by using a third learning data set constituted by a combination of third environmental information, state information, and a control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki YAMAGUCHI, Kennosuke HAYASHI, Kin Chung Denny FU, Yohei OKAWA, Chisato SAITO, Yoshiya SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20210182459
    Abstract: Provided are a simulation device, a simulation method, and a computer-readable storage medium, which reduce a computation load required for simulation of movement of an operation subject. This simulation device is provided with: a first setting unit that sets framing conditions for a model representing the operation subject; a second setting unit that sets conditions for external force applied to the operation subject; a first simulation unit that simulates the movement of the operation subject under the framing conditions and the conditions for external force; a generation unit that generates learning data; and a learning unit that, by supervised learning using the learning data, generates a learning model that takes the framing conditions, the conditions for external force, and the initial conditions of the plurality of representative points as input and outputs data representing the movement of the plurality of representative points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei OKAWA, Yoshiya SHIBATA, Chisato SAITO, Kennosuke HAYASHI, Kin Chung Denny FU, Yuki YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10948917
    Abstract: A mobile manipulator includes a moving apparatus, a manipulator that is connected to the moving apparatus, a controller configured to control the moving apparatus and the manipulator, and an environment acquisition sensor configured to acquire predetermined environmental data originating from an environment at the movement destination to which the mobile manipulator is moved by the moving apparatus in association with a position at the movement destination, and the controller controls at least one of the moving apparatus and the manipulator based on the environmental data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato Saito, Toshihiro Moriya
  • Publication number: 20210049033
    Abstract: The image processing device is provided with: a first input unit which, with respect to one or more virtual models including a virtual model of an operation machine, receives an input of a first parameter for identifying a type; a second input unit which receives an input of a second parameter relating to a stochastic distribution having, as a random variable, a characteristic of an element constituting the one or more virtual models; a virtual model generation unit which, using the first parameter and the second parameter, generates the one or more virtual model stochastically; a determination unit which determines the correctness of an operation of the virtual model of the operation machine when operated in a virtual space including the one or more stochastically generated virtual models; and a learning unit which learns a control module for the operation machine for achieving a predetermined operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei OKAWA, Yoshiya SHIBATA, Chisato SAITO, Kennosuke HAYASHI, Yu TOMONO
  • Publication number: 20210001481
    Abstract: A calculation device, a calculation method, and a storage medium are provided. The present invention is provided with: a first calculation unit which, with respect to input data, performs calculations relating to predetermined processing by using a first model in which a corresponding relationship between input data and output data changes by performing machine learning that uses learning data, and outputs a first output; a second calculation unit which, with respect to input data, performs calculations relating to predetermined processing using a second model for which the correspondence relationship between input data and output data is fixed, and outputs a second output; and a comparison unit which, on the basis of a comparison result obtained by comparing the first output and the second output with a prescribed determination standard, outputs the first output, the second output, or a third output that is a combination of the first and second outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kennosuke HAYASHI, Yoshiya SHIBATA, Yu TOMONO, Chisato SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190315578
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for outputting holding detection results by a highly accurate simulation in consideration of parameters related to a holding member. A user enters workpiece information through an input UI unit. A selection control unit executes an automatic selection process of a suction pad based on the workpiece information input through the input UI unit, an automatic selection process of a workpiece physical model, an automatic selection process of a robot, and a confirmation process of a vibration tolerance, and then displays the selection results. The selection control unit determines whether there is a problem with the selection results based on an input instruction from the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro MORIYA, Yumi TSUTSUMI, Masayoshi ABE, Haruna SHIMAKAWA, Chisato SAITO, Yukihisa KARAKO
  • Publication number: 20190138009
    Abstract: A mobile manipulator includes a moving apparatus, a manipulator that is connected to the moving apparatus, a controller configured to control the moving apparatus and the manipulator, and an environment acquisition sensor configured to acquire predetermined environmental data originating from an environment at the movement destination to which the mobile manipulator is moved by the moving apparatus in association with a position at the movement destination, and the controller controls at least one of the moving apparatus and the manipulator based on the environmental data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Chisato SAITO, Toshihiro MORIYA
  • Patent number: 9944787
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition which can simply provide, with good reproducibility, a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have excellent heat dissipation properties but have good moldability, good mechanical drillability and excellent appearance, and a prepreg, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. A resin composition having a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), a second inorganic filler (D), and a molybdenum compound (E), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in a range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Chisato Saito, Daisuke Ueyama, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Patent number: 9775238
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition with which a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have high thermal conductivity but have good moldability with the occurrence of cracks and voids suppressed can be implemented simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg, a laminate, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. The resin composition of the present invention is a resin composition comprising at least a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), and a second filler (D), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in the range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueyama, Masanobu Sogame, Chisato Saito, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Patent number: 9706651
    Abstract: To provide a prepreg resin composition which has good solubility in a solvent and with which moreover a cured product having excellent flame resistance and a low water absorption rate can be made simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg and a laminate and a printed wiring board and the like using the same. The prepreg resin composition of the present invention including at least a cyanate compound (A) obtained by cyanation of a phenol-modified xylene formaldehyde resin, an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Chisato Saito, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20150050472
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition which can simply provide, with good reproducibility, a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have excellent heat dissipation properties but have good moldability, good mechanical drillability and excellent appearance, and a prepreg, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. A resin composition having a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), a second inorganic filler (D), and a molybdenum compound (E), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in a range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Chisato Saito, Daisuke Ueyama, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20140349089
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition with which a laminate, a printed wiring board, and the like that not only have high thermal conductivity but have good moldability with the occurrence of cracks and voids suppressed can be implemented simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg, a laminate, a metal foil-clad laminate, and the like using the same. The resin composition of the present invention is a resin composition comprising at least a cyanate ester compound (A), an epoxy resin (B), a first inorganic filler (C), and a second filler (D), wherein an average particle diameter ratio of the first inorganic filler (C) to the second inorganic filler (D) is in the range of 1:0.02 to 1:0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke Ueyama, Masanobu Sogame, Chisato Saito, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato
  • Publication number: 20140329066
    Abstract: To provide a prepreg resin composition which has good solubility in a solvent and with which moreover a cured product having excellent flame resistance and a low water absorption rate can be made simply and with good reproducibility, and a prepreg and a laminate and a printed wiring board and the like using the same. The prepreg resin composition of the present invention including at least a cyanate compound (A) obtained by cyanation of a phenol-modified xylene formaldehyde resin, an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Chisato Saito, Masanobu Sogame, Yoshinori Mabuchi, Yoshihiro Kato