Patents by Inventor Isamu Arase

Isamu Arase 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: 20250018569
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a robotic system to coordinate and integrate multiple tasks for performing operations is disclosed. The robotic system may identify a set of tasks associated with a triggered operation. Accordingly, the robotic system may coordinate and control actions across subsystems, robotic units, task stations, or a combination thereof to sequentially perform the set of tasks and complete the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Rosen Nikolaev Diankov, Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Huan Liu, Shekhar Gupta, Ziyan Zhou, Xuming Zheng
  • Patent number: 11905116
    Abstract: A robot system controller and control method that implement sophisticated cooperation among units is provided. The controller may include: a data acquisition unit adapted to acquire first data including information about the handling object and the shelf before storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf; a data storage unit; and a robot control unit adapted to select and transport the shelf to an access position before storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf, create or acquire a control sequence for storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf, instruct the transport robot to execute a task of transporting the shelf to the access position, and instruct the handling robot to execute a task of storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MUJIN, Inc.
    Inventors: Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Rosen Nikolaev Diankov
  • Publication number: 20220144546
    Abstract: The storage system includes a base that supports a container for accommodating articles and a transport robot for transporting the container. The transport robot has a load unit that can load the container and a lift unit for moving the load unit in the vertical direction. The transport robot has a switch unit for switching between a state in which the base restricts the vertical movement of the container and a state in which the base does not restrict the vertical movement of the container. When the storage system increases the number of containers supported by the base, the lift unit moves the container to be stored from a position below the support position on the base to the support position in a state in which the base does not restrict the vertical movement of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi TENDO, Isamu ARASE
  • Publication number: 20210339955
    Abstract: A robot system controller and control method that implement sophisticated cooperation among units is provided. The controller may include: a data acquisition unit adapted to acquire first data including information about the handling object and the shelf before storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf; a data storage unit; and a robot control unit adapted to select and transport the shelf to an access position before storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf, create or acquire a control sequence for storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf, instruct the transport robot to execute a task of transporting the shelf to the access position, and instruct the handling robot to execute a task of storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Rosen Nikolaev Diankov
  • Publication number: 20210260762
    Abstract: A controller for a robotic system is provided. The controller may derive first data including information about operation objects and information about pallet before loading and/or unloading of the operation object on/from the pallet. The controller may derive a control sequence for loading and/or unloading the operation object on/from the pallet based on the first data before execution of the corresponding loading/unloading task. Based on the control sequence, the controller may instruct a robot to execute the task of loading and/or unloading the operation object on/from the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Rosen Nikolaev Diankov
  • Patent number: 11077554
    Abstract: A controller for a robotic system is provided. The controller may derive first data including information about operation objects and information about pallet before loading and/or unloading of the operation object on/from the pallet. The controller may derive a control sequence for loading and/or unloading the operation object on/from the pallet based on the first data before execution of the corresponding loading/unloading task. Based on the control sequence, the controller may instruct a robot to execute the task of loading and/or unloading the operation object on/from the pallet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MUJIN, Inc.
    Inventors: Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Rosen Nikolaev Diankov
  • Patent number: 11046518
    Abstract: A robot system controller and control method that implement sophisticated cooperation among units is provided. The controller may include: a data acquisition unit adapted to acquire first data including information about the handling object and the shelf before storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf; a data storage unit; and a robot control unit adapted to select and transport the shelf to an access position before storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf, create or acquire a control sequence for storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf, instruct the transport robot to execute a task of transporting the shelf to the access position, and instruct the handling robot to execute a task of storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: MUJIN, Inc.
    Inventors: Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Rosen Diankov
  • Publication number: 20210170596
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a robotic system to coordinate and integrate multiple tasks for performing operations is disclosed. The robotic system may identify a set of tasks associated with a triggered operation. Accordingly, the robotic system may coordinate and control actions across subsystems, robotic units, task stations, or a combination thereof to sequentially perform the set of tasks and complete the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Rosen Nikolaev Diankov, Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Huan Liu, Shekhar Gupta, Ziyan Zhou, Xuming Zheng
  • Patent number: 10953544
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a robotic system to coordinate and integrate multiple tasks for performing operations is disclosed. The robotic system may identify a set of tasks associated with a triggered operation. Accordingly, the robotic system may coordinate and control actions across subsystems, robotic units, task stations, or a combination thereof to sequentially perform the set of tasks and complete the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MUJIN, Inc.
    Inventors: Rosen Nikolaev Diankov, Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Huan Liu, Shekhar Gupta, Ziyan Zhou, Xuming Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200376662
    Abstract: A controller for a robotic system is provided. The controller may derive first data including information about operation objects and information about pallet before loading and/or unloading of the operation object on/from the pallet. The controller may derive a control sequence for loading and/or unloading the operation object on/from the pallet based on the first data before execution of the corresponding loading/unloading task. Based on the control sequence, the controller may instruct a robot to execute the task of loading and/or unloading the operation object on/from the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Rosen Nikolaev Diankov
  • Publication number: 20200223066
    Abstract: A system and method for operating a robotic system to coordinate and integrate multiple tasks for performing operations is disclosed. The robotic system may identify a set of tasks associated with a triggered operation. Accordingly, the robotic system may coordinate and control actions across subsystems, robotic units, task stations, or a combination thereof to sequentially perform the set of tasks and complete the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Rosen Nikolaev Diankov, Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Huan Liu, Shekhar Gupta, Ziyan Zhou, Xuming Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200223634
    Abstract: A robot system controller and control method that implement sophisticated cooperation among units is provided. The controller may include: a data acquisition unit adapted to acquire first data including information about the handling object and the shelf before storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf; a data storage unit; and a robot control unit adapted to select and transport the shelf to an access position before storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf, create or acquire a control sequence for storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf, instruct the transport robot to execute a task of transporting the shelf to the access position, and instruct the handling robot to execute a task of storing or retrieving the handling object in/from the shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Isamu Arase, Satoshi Tendo, Rosen Diankov