Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Takahashi
Hiromasa Takahashi 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: 20230094287Abstract: A hydrogen production apparatus including a photocatalyst and generating hydrogen from water includes a wavelength separation unit separating sunlight by wavelength, an infrared light conversion unit converting infrared light separated by the wavelength separation unit to visible light, and an ultraviolet light conversion unit converting ultraviolet light separated by the wavelength separation unit to visible light.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Shin YABUUCHI, Naoto FUKATANI, Futoshi FURUTA, Jun HAYAKAWA
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Publication number: 20230024687Abstract: According to one embodiment, a data processing device receives welding device data from a welding device. The welding device makes a joined body by joining a plurality of parts. The welding device data includes a welding device ID for identifying the welding device. The data processing device receives inspection data. The inspection data includes position data and angle data. The position data is of a position of a weld portion of the joined body. The position data are calculated from a result of a probe of the joined body. The probe uses an ultrasonic wave. The angle data is of an angle of the weld portion. The data processing device associates the inspection data with the welding device data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro SAITO, Yasunori CHIBA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11561204Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display control system acquires a tilt of a detector with respect to a weld portion. The detector includes a plurality of detection elements arranged along a first arrangement direction and a second arrangement direction. The first arrangement direction and the second arrangement direction cross each other. The tilt is calculated based on a detection result of a reflected wave obtained by transmitting an ultrasonic wave from the plurality of detection elements. The system displays a user interface, displays a symbol and a tolerance range in a region included in the user interface, and updates the display of the symbol in the region according to the acquiring of the tilt. The region spreads two-dimensionally. The symbol indicates the tilt. The tolerance range is of a target value of the tilt.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masahiro Saito, Hiromasa Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230012625Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processing system sets a detector to a prescribed position. The detector includes a plurality of detection elements arranged along a first direction and a second direction. The second direction crosses the first direction. The processing system causes the detector to perform a probe of a weld portion of a joined body. The probe includes a transmission of an ultrasonic wave and a detection of a reflected wave. The processing system calculates a center position of the weld portion in a first plane along the first and second directions based on intensity data. The intensity data is of an intensity of the reflected wave obtained by the probe. The processing system performs a position adjustment of moving the detector along the first plane to reduce a distance between the center position and a position of the detector in the first plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori CHIBA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masahiro SAITO
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Publication number: 20230020518Abstract: According to one embodiment, a processing system teaches an operation to a robot. The robot includes a detector including detection elements arranged along first and second directions, and a manipulator to which the detector is mounted. The processing system performs position teaching processing. The position teaching processing includes causing the detector to perform a probe of a weld portion of a joined body. The probe includes a transmission of an ultrasonic wave and a detection of a reflected wave. The position teaching processing includes calculating a center position of the weld portion in a first plane based on first intensity data of an intensity of the reflected wave, setting a teaching point of the robot based on a first position of the detector, and moving the detector along the first plane to a second position, and setting the teaching point based on the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori CHIBA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masahiro SAITO
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Publication number: 20230001581Abstract: A robot system according to an embodiment includes an arm mechanism that is articulated, a parallel link mechanism, an end effector, a detector, and a control device. The parallel link mechanism includes a fixed part mounted to a distal part of the arm mechanism, and a movable part that is mounted to the fixed part via multiple parallel links and is movable with respect to the fixed part. The end effector is mounted to the movable part. The detector is provided for detecting a position or orientation of a control point. The control device controls the arm mechanism and the parallel link mechanism. The control device performs a first operation of setting a posture of the control point to a first posture, and a second operation of setting the posture of the control point to a task posture in which the end effector performs a task.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Masahiro SAITO, Taketo SHIBA, Yasunori FUCHIKAMI, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20230001582Abstract: A control device according to an embodiment receives first posture data of a posture of a first robot. The first robot includes a first manipulator and a first end effector. Furthermore, the control device sets the posture of the first robot based on the first posture data and causes the first robot to perform a first task on a first member. The first posture data is generated based on second posture data. The second posture data is of a posture when a second robot that includes a second manipulator and a second end effector performs a second task on the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masahiro SAITO, Yasunori CHIBA
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Publication number: 20220364337Abstract: A construction machine that makes it possible for an operator to linearly push a bucket simply by operating an arm in a pushing direction is provided. A controller 50 is configured to, in a case where a straight locus is selected by a bucket locus selecting device 52, calculate a constant flow rate ratio ? according to a boom initial angle that is an angle of a boom 2 sensed by a boom angle sensor 33 at a time point when an arm 4 is operated in a pushing direction by an operation device 51, and control the delivery flow rate of a first hydraulic pump 12 such that a hydraulic fluid is discharged from a cap chamber 1a of a boom cylinder 1 at a flow rate Qb obtained by multiplying a flow rate Qa of a flow supplied to a cap chamber 3a of an arm cylinder 3 by the flow rate ratio ? while the arm 4 is operated in the pushing direction by the operation device 51 and there is not an instruction for operation of the boom 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Juri SHIMIZU, Kenji HIRAKU, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Teppei SAITOH
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Patent number: 11499296Abstract: To provide a construction machine that has a hydraulic system mounted thereon in which a closed-circuit pump, and an open-circuit pump and a proportional valve are arranged as a pair, and that makes it possible to use an unused open-circuit pump or proportional valve to accelerate the speed of a single rod hydraulic cylinder when the single rod hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic motor are driven simultaneously. A controller (51) controls a cap-side selector valve (46) and a rod-side selector valve (47) such that a particular open-circuit pump (15) not connected to a single rod hydraulic cylinder (3) is connected to the single rod hydraulic cylinder, and controls an opening area of a particular proportional valve (49) provided on a flow line that connects a delivery port of the particular open-circuit pump to a tank, when the single rod hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic motor (7) are driven simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takamasa Kai, Juri Shimizu, Kenji Hiraku, Hiromasa Takahashi, Teppei Saitou
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Publication number: 20220347867Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible and includes a first portion contacting a workpiece, a second portion opposing the first portion, and a granular material provided between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes a concave portion and a convex portion. The concave portion is recessed in a first direction. The first direction is from the first portion toward the second portion The convex portion is provided around the concave portion and protrudes in a second direction. The second direction is the reverse of the first direction. The concave portion has a groove having a ring configuration recessed outward from a center of the gripper.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Noriyuki OOBA, Shintaro ENAMI
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Publication number: 20220314354Abstract: A processing system according to an embodiment includes a processing device. The processing device receives a detection result of a reflected wave from a detector that includes multiple detection elements arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing each other, and performs a probe that includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave toward a welding object and detecting the reflected wave. The processing device performs a first determination of determining a joint and a non-joint at multiple points along the first and second directions of the welding object based on the detection result. The processing device performs a second determination of determining an appropriateness of a result of the first determination by using a circularness of a first region based on the points determined to be joints.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masahiro SAITO
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Patent number: 11426882Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible and includes a first portion contacting a workpiece, a second portion opposing the first portion, and a granular material provided between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes a concave portion and a convex portion. The concave portion is recessed in a first direction. The first direction is from the first portion toward the second portion. The convex portion is provided around the concave portion and protrudes in a second direction. The second direction is the reverse of the first direction. The concave portion has a groove having a ring configuration recessed outward from a center of the gripper.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Noriyuki Ooba, Shintaro Enami
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Patent number: 11426883Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper, a sensor, a pump unit, and a controller. The gripper is flexible and has a granular material provided in an interior of the gripper. The sensor is connected to the interior. The sensor detects a pressure or a flow rate of a gas. The pump unit is connected to the interior. The controller performs at least a first operation of causing the gripper to contact a workpiece and causing the gripper to operate, and a second operation of separating the gripper from the workpiece and causing the gripper to operate. In at least a portion of the second operation, the controller sets a pressure of the interior to be different from a pressure external to the gripper.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Noriyuki Ooba, Shintaro Enami
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Patent number: 11418670Abstract: A printing apparatus connectable to an external power supply having outputtable voltage information, including: a printing head performing printing by electric power supplied from the external power supply; a resistor having an electric resistivity based on the printing head; a detector detecting a substantial voltage; and a controller configured to: obtain the voltage information from the external power supply; decide a tentative voltage; request the external power supply to output the tentative voltage; energize the resistor with the tentative voltage; decide the substantial voltage if a voltage corresponding to each of the obtained voltage information is supplied based on a result of the detector during the energizing of the resistor; decide an electric power supply voltage based on the substantial voltage; and request the external power supply to output the electric power supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiromasa Takahashi
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Publication number: 20220244220Abstract: A processing system according to an embodiment includes a processing device. The processing device receives a detection result of a reflected wave from a detector that includes multiple detection elements arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing each other, and performs a probe that includes transmitting an ultrasonic wave toward a welding object and detecting the reflected wave. The processing device performs a first determination of determining a joint and a non-joint at multiple points along the first and second directions of the welding object based on the detection result. The processing device performs a second determination of determining an appropriateness of a result of the first determination based on the detection result or the result of the first determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Masahiro SAITO
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Patent number: 11389973Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper. The gripper is flexible. A plurality of granular materials is provided in an interior of the gripper. The gripping tool grips a workpiece by depressurizing the interior of the gripper in a state in which the gripper is caused to contact the workpiece. A diameter of at least a portion of the granular materials is less than 1774 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Emiko Ishida
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Patent number: 11319693Abstract: To make it possible to prevent a decrease in work speed due to a decrease in the speed of a given actuator when an operator unintentionally performs a fine operation of the control lever of the other actuator in a state in which the given actuator is driven by the hydraulic fluid delivered from a plurality of pumps, a controller (41) sets, as a composite dead zone line serving as a boundary of a composite dead zone, a composite dead zone line such that as an operation amount in one direction of a control lever (12L) or (13L) of a control lever device (12) or (13) is increased, the width of the composite dead zone corresponding to an operation amount in the other direction of the control lever is widened, and corrects the operation amount in the other direction such that the demanded flow rate of an actuator increases from zero, when the control lever is operated in the other direction in a state in which the operation amount in the one direction of the control lever remains within a range of the composite deaType: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Kenji Hiraku, Teppei Saitoh, Syouhei Sugiki
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Publication number: 20220080966Abstract: A movable body of an embodiment includes drive wheels, one or more rotational velocity detection units, a movement velocity detection unit, an object detection unit, a movement control unit, a stopping unit, and a changing unit. The drive wheels are three or more drive wheels to be driven independently from each other. The one or more rotational velocity detection units detect rotational velocities of the three or more drive wheels. The movement velocity detection unit detects a movement velocity of the movable body using the respective rotational velocities detected by the one or more rotational velocity detection units. The object detection unit detects an object within a monitoring area around the movable body. The movement control unit moves the movable body in accordance with a movement plan. The stopping unit stops the movable body when the movement velocity detected by the movement velocity detection unit reaches a threshold value of velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Atsushi Sadamoto, Akihito Terada, Hiromasa Takahashi, Daisuke Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220074170Abstract: To provide a construction machine that has a hydraulic system mounted thereon in which a closed-circuit pump, and an open-circuit pump and a proportional valve are arranged as a pair, and that makes it possible to use an unused open-circuit pump or proportional valve to accelerate the speed of a single rod hydraulic cylinder when the single rod hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic motor are driven simultaneously. A controller (51) controls a cap-side selector valve (46) and a rod-side selector valve (47) such that a particular open-circuit pump (15) not connected to a single rod hydraulic cylinder (3) is connected to the single rod hydraulic cylinder, and controls an opening area of a particular proportional valve (49) provided on a flow line that connects a delivery port of the particular open-circuit pump to a tank, when the single rod hydraulic cylinder and a hydraulic motor (7) are driven simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Takamasa KAI, Juri SHIMIZU, Kenji HIRAKU, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Teppei SAITOU
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Publication number: 20220056667Abstract: Provided is a construction machine on which a hydraulic closed circuit for driving a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor is mounted and that has good swing deceleration responsiveness. In this construction machine that drives each of a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor in a closed circuit, a minimum passage area from a second flushing valve to a tank in a case the second flushing valve is fully open is smaller than a minimum passage area from a first flushing valve to the tank in a case the first flushing valve is fully open.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Teppei SAITOH, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Kenji HIRAKU