Patents by Inventor Jun Hikoe

Jun Hikoe 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: 8649892
    Abstract: There is provided a production management system that requires no backup step for performing a backup operation when trouble occurs in a robot, and can increase workability of a repair operation of the robot. The production management system for a production line mixedly including robot operation steps and manual operation steps, including: a monitor that displays the cause of abnormality that occurs in the robot operation step; a warning device that warns of occurrence of abnormality in the robot operation step; and a robot reversing device that reverses the orientation of a robot when abnormality occurs in the robot, wherein production is continued by changing the robot operation step where the abnormality occurs to the manual operation step. Also, a repair operation is performed for the robot reversed by the robot reversing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Miyazaki, Shinji Kobayashi, Yoshio Matsuoka, Yoshio Hata, Jun Hikoe
  • Publication number: 20100222909
    Abstract: Work is performed in cooperation in a common region by a plurality of apparatuses and a human being, and at this time, human resources are used effectively, and the work is performed efficiently. When components A, B and C are processed by three apparatuses a, b and c and one person in, in the first process, the component A is processed by the person m, and the components B and C are processed by the two apparatuses b and c. In the second process, the component B is processed by the person in, and the components A and C are processed by the two apparatuses a and c. In the third process, the component C is processed by the person m, and the components A and B are processed by the two apparatuses a and b. The timings at which the person m intervenes in the respective apparatuses are prevented from overlapping in this manner, by which the work is performed efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshito Ohtake, Hiroshi Miwa, Tetsuya Ozawa, Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Kenichi Ohno, Ken Mura, Jun Hikoe, Kouji Ootsuki, Masahiko Nagata
  • Publication number: 20090177307
    Abstract: There is provided a production management system that requires no backup step for performing a backup operation when trouble occurs in a robot, and can increase workability of a repair operation of the robot. The production management system for a production line mixedly including robot operation steps and manual operation steps, including: a monitor that displays the cause of abnormality that occurs in the robot operation step; a warning device that warns of occurrence of abnormality in the robot operation step; and a robot reversing device that reverses the orientation of a robot when abnormality occurs in the robot, wherein production is continued by changing the robot operation step where the abnormality occurs to the manual operation step. Also, a repair operation is performed for the robot reversed by the robot reversing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Miyazaki, Shinji Kobayashi, Yoshio Matsuoka, Yoshio Hata, Jun Hikoe