Patents by Inventor Junta HIRAYAMA

Junta HIRAYAMA 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: 20240033933
    Abstract: A tool checking device for a robot arm includes: an image processing unit configured to perform, on a captured image of a tool attached to the robot arm, image processing associated with a tool condition regarding a tool type or tool state that needs to be satisfied by the tool, and generate a processed image in which a related area associated with the tool condition is extracted; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the tool attached to the robot arm satisfies the tool condition, on the basis of the processed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Junta HIRAYAMA, Masaru TOKUMOTO, Tomoki YAMASHITA, Kenichiro KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240033934
    Abstract: A tool checking device for a robot arm includes: a tool movement control unit configured to control the robot arm so as to move a tool attached to the robot arm to a defined position; an imaging control unit configured to control an imaging device so as to capture an image of the tool moved to the defined position; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the tool satisfies a tool condition regarding a tool type or tool state that needs to be satisfied, on the basis of a captured image imaged by the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Junta HIRAYAMA, Masaru TOKUMOTO, Tomoki YAMASHITA, Kenichiro KIMURA