Patents by Inventor Junji Shimamura

Junji Shimamura 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: 20210018903
    Abstract: An information processing system and method that an environment in which the behavior of a drive device can be compared with the behavior of a simulator of the drive device are provided. The information processing system comprises: a drive device; a controller for controlling the drive device in accordance with a control program; an actuator emulator for emulating the behavior of the drive device; a controller emulator for controlling the actuator emulator in accordance with the control program; a first collection part for collecting first operation data for the drive device during the execution of the control program where a first control parameter group is input a second collection part for collecting second operation data for the actuator emulator during the execution of the control program where a second control parameter group is input and an output part for outputting the first and second operation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo MUNETA, Taku OYA, Junji SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10877451
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a configuration of a control device that is capable of controlling the execution timing, etc. of multiple application programs when the multiple programs are executed in parallel in addition to a sequence program in a single control device. In the control device, when a first application program includes a first special command and a second application program includes a second special command, a command calculation part outputs a control command according to commands described after the first special command in the first application program and a control command according to commands described after the second special command in the second application program on the basis of a common timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Tetsushi Jakunen, Tomonori Shimamura, Eiji Yamamoto, Masahiko Nakano
  • Patent number: 10767250
    Abstract: Disclosed is, as a high-strength steel plate of API X80 grade or higher with a thickness of 38 mm or more, a thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes that exhibits high strength in the rolling direction, excellent Charpy properties at its mid-thickness part, and high material homogeneity without addition of large amounts of alloying elements. The thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes disclosed herein has: a specific chemical composition; a microstructure mainly composed of bainite; a tensile strength of 620 MPa or more; a Charpy absorption energy vE?20° C. at ?20° C. at the mid-thickness part of 100 J or more; a variation of Vickers hardness in a plate thickness direction ?HV10,t of 50 or less; and a variation of Vickers hardness in a plate widthwise direction ?HV10,c of 50 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Shigeru Endo, Shusaku Ota
  • Patent number: 10761515
    Abstract: A configuration of control device capable of linking control applications even in a control system that combines a control device with another control device is provided. A first control device includes: a first program execution part outputting a first control command at every first cycle; a parsing part parsing at least a part of a first application program at every second cycle to sequentially generate an internal command; a command calculation part outputting a second control command at every first cycle according to the internal command generated by the parsing part; and an arbitration part managing a parsing process performed by the parsing part. The arbitration part adjusts an output timing of the second control command according to the internal command generated by the parsing part in response to notification of a timing from the second control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Fumimasa Katayama
  • Patent number: 10761884
    Abstract: A control device includes at least a first task that has a first priority including processing execution performed by a program execution part and a command calculation part, a second task that has a second priority, lower than the first priority, including processing execution performed by a parsing part, and a third task that has a third priority including execution of a processing content different from the first task and the second task are set in a scheduler. The control device further includes a priority changing part monitoring a processing state of the parsing part, and when the processing state of the parsing part meets a predetermined condition, changing the second priority set to the second task corresponding to the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Tetsushi Jakunen, Tomonori Shimamura, Eiji Yamamoto, Masahiko Nakano
  • Patent number: 10712732
    Abstract: To reduce the working hours of a user in an operation and improve an operation rate in an industrial network system. A communication setting change part is provided which automatically changes, in a timing of an end effector replacement, the communication setting in a communication part according to the communication information that corresponds to an end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ziqiang Xu, Junji Shimamura, Hirohito Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 10678218
    Abstract: The present disclosure meets demand to realize control computations according to programs having different execution formats by a single control device. The control device includes a storage unit storing a first program to be scanned as a whole for each execution and a second program that is sequentially executed, an execution processing unit computing a first command value by executing the first program at every predetermined control cycle, an interpreter interpreting at least a part of the second program and generating an intermediate code, a command value computation unit computing a second command value at every control cycle according to the intermediate code generated in advance by the interpreter, and an output unit outputting the first command value computed by the execution processing unit and the second command value computed by the command value computation unit at every control cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Tetsushi Jakunen, Eiji Yamamoto, Masahiko Nakano, Masanori Ota
  • Patent number: 10606246
    Abstract: In a control device which can execute a first program entirely scanned in each control cycle to update a command value, and a sequentially interpreted second program, an environment for realizing higher control performance is provided. The control device includes a first program execution part scanning the entire first program in each control cycle to update a command value and a second program execution part updating the command value in each control cycle according to a sequentially interpreted second program. The second program execution part includes an interpreter generating an intermediate code and a command value operation part calculating the command value in each control cycle according to the intermediate code. The command value operation part outputs the command value in each control cycle so that the command value can be used in other processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Yamamoto, Masahiko Nakano, Junji Shimamura
  • Patent number: 10570477
    Abstract: High-strength steel having a specified chemical composition, wherein X (%) calculated by using equation (1): X=0.35Cr+0.9Mo+12.5Nb+8V??(1) is 0.75% or more, wherein the symbols of chemical elements in equation (1) respectively denote the contents (mass %) of the corresponding chemical elements and wherein the symbol of a chemical element which is not included is assigned a value of 0, a microstructure having a bainite phase fraction of 50% or more, a dislocation density of 1.0×1015/m2 or more after aging has been performed under the condition of a Larson-Miller parameter (LMP) of 15000, and a yield strength of 550 MPa or more before and after the aging is performed, as well as methods of manufacturing such high-strength steel, is disclosed. The high-strength steel can be used as a raw material for manufacturing large diameter steel pipe having the strength properties required for its use in steam transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shusaku Ota, Junji Shimamura, Nobuyuki Ishikawa, Shigeru Endo
  • Publication number: 20190275665
    Abstract: A control device which synchronizes and controls a master device and a slave device at a fixed period when the number of axes of the master device is less than the number of axes of the slave device can reduce the amount of calculations. A computing unit includes a synchronization computing unit which performs synchronization computation for maintaining the position of the master device and the position of the slave device in a predetermined corresponding relation for a command value for each axis or a measured current value of each axis of the master device at a fixed period and a coordinate transformation unit which performs coordinate transformation from a coordinate system of the master device into a coordinate system of the slave device for synchronization computation values obtained through the synchronization computation. In this manner, a command value for each axis of the slave device is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toru KOGAWARA, Junji SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190275667
    Abstract: A control device which synchronizes and controls a master device and a slave device at a fixed period when the number of axes of the master device differs from the number of axes of the slave device is provided. A computing unit includes a coordinate transformation unit which performs coordinate transformation from a coordinate system of the master device into a coordinate system of the slave device for a command value for each axis or a measured current value of each axis of the master device at a fixed period and a synchronization computing unit which performs synchronization computation for maintaining the position of the master device and the position of the slave device in a predetermined corresponding relation for coordinate transformation result values obtained through the coordinate transformation. In this manner, a command value for each axis of the slave device is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toru KOGAWARA, Junji SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10407250
    Abstract: An imaging unit has its imaging field of view containing the conveyor, and images a subject in the imaging field. The imaging unit generates a luminance image representing the subject and a range image including height information indicating a height of at least one point on the subject from the conveyor by imaging the subject. A measurement unit measures a position of each workpiece in the luminance image. An obtaining unit obtains an overlap order of the workpieces based on the height information in the range image corresponding to the position of each workpiece in the luminance image. A determination unit determines the workpiece pickup order to allow a workpiece having a highest place in the overlap order to be picked up with a higher priority than other workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Iwai, Toyoo Iida, Junji Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20190256300
    Abstract: A method for allowing even a user with little experience in robot operation to be able to perform correct calibration is provided. A mobile device displays one or more patterns at predetermined positions and transmits information indicating a touch position to a control device according to touching applied to the touch position in a state that the patterns are displayed. The control device calculates a parameter set based on an image measurement result obtained by a visual sensor when the mobile device is disposed in an image visual field in a state that the patterns are displayed, a touch position when the mobile device is touched by a robot, and a distance between a position of the mobile device when disposed in the imaging visual field and a position when the mobile device is touched by the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Junji SHIMAMURA, Yosuke IWAI, Akiro KOBAYASHI, Taku OYA
  • Patent number: 10365631
    Abstract: A desired position instruction of a user is generated even if a plurality of position instructions satisfying a vibration control condition exist. An instruction generator includes a conditional expression selector configured to select a conditional expression that should generate the position instruction from a plurality of conditional expressions based on a control performance condition, a parameter calculator configured to calculate a parameter based on a machine performance index and the selected vibration control conditional expression, and a position instruction generator configured to calculate the position instruction based on the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Nakanishi, Junji Shimamura, Yosuke Iwai, Hiroshi Sawaragi, Nobuhiro Harada
  • Patent number: 10358708
    Abstract: A steel plate has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.08% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.2% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.08% or less, Nb: 0.005% or more and 0.07% or less, Ti: 0.005% or more and 0.025% or less, N: 0.010% or less, O: 0.005% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, a structure being a dual-phase structure consisting of a bainite phase and island martensite, wherein the area fraction of the island martensite is 3% to 15%, the equivalent circle diameter of the island martensite is 3.0 ?m or less, and the remainder of the structure is a bainite phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Kimihiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20190211430
    Abstract: A hot-rolled steel sheet for a heavy-wall, high-strength line pipe, the steel sheet having a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.20%, Mn: 0.80 to 2.10%, Si: 0.01 to 0.50%, P: 0.034% or less, S: 0.0050% or less, Nb: 0.01 to 0.15%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.030%, and Al: 0.001 to 0.080%, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, the steel sheet having a microstructure in which a main phase is a continuous cooling transformation structure and in which {001}? grains in a plane whose normal direction is the sheet width direction constitute an area fraction of 10% or less and have a combined size of 10 ?m or less, wherein the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 520 MPa or greater, and, in a drop weight tear test, a temperature at which a percent ductile fracture reaches 85% is ?25° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Sota Goto, Hiroshi Nakata, Junji Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20190129391
    Abstract: To reduce the working hours of a user in an operation and improve an operation rate in an industrial network system. A communication setting change part is provided which automatically changes, in a timing of an end effector replacement, the communication setting in a communication part according to the communication information that corresponds to an end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ziqiang XU, Junji SHIMAMURA, Hirohito MIZUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190121335
    Abstract: A control system includes a plurality of driving devices that are connected to a network and drive a plurality of control targets, a control device that controls the plurality of driving devices via the network, and a teaching device for teaching operations of corresponding control targets to the plurality of driving devices. The teaching device transmits a command for driving the corresponding control target to at least one driving device among the plurality of driving devices via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro YONEDA, Yoshihide Tamura, Hidehiko SEKIMOTO, Taku OYA, Yoshimi NIWA, Junji SHIMAMURA
  • Patent number: 10268183
    Abstract: A control device is configured to synchronize a second axis with a (real or virtual) first axis. The control device includes a processor configured to use position information for the first axis to compute a position command for the second axis, and to correct the position command when outputting a position command to the second axis to compensate for a delay caused by the transmission of the position command from the control device to the second axis, and a delay on the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Shimamura, Toshiaki Kato, Yosuke Iwai, Tomonori Shimamura, Eiji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190101904
    Abstract: A configuration of control device capable of linking control applications even in a control system that combines a control device with another control device is provided. A first control device includes: a first program execution part outputting a first control command at every first cycle; a parsing part parsing at least a part of a first application program at every second cycle to sequentially generate an internal command; a command calculation part outputting a second control command at every first cycle according to the internal command generated by the parsing part; and an arbitration part managing a parsing process performed by the parsing part. The arbitration part adjusts an output timing of the second control command according to the internal command generated by the parsing part in response to notification of a timing from the second control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Junji SHIMAMURA, Fumimasa KATAYAMA