Patents by Inventor Katsumichi Sameshima

Katsumichi Sameshima 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).

  • Article transport facility
    Patent number: 11345541
    Abstract: A control unit that controls a transport apparatus executes selection control to select one accommodation portion as a selected accommodation portion, movement control to control the transport apparatus so as to move a transport support portion to a corresponding position, determination control to determine whether or not a detection target portion is detected by a detecting portion, transfer control to control the transport apparatus so as to transfer an article from the transport support portion to an accommodation support member, and update setting control to set the selected accommodation portion and related accommodation portions as prohibited accommodation portions if it is determined, in the determination control, that the detection target portion is not detected, and after the update setting control, the control unit again executes the selection control to newly select a selected accommodation portion, and executes the movement control so as to move the transport support portion to a corresponding pos
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Abe, Tsuyoshi Yoshizaki, Jun Tanaka, Katsumichi Sameshima
  • Article Transport Facility
    Publication number: 20210078801
    Abstract: A control unit that controls a transport apparatus executes selection control to select one accommodation portion as a selected accommodation portion, movement control to control the transport apparatus so as to move a transport support portion to a corresponding position, determination control to determine whether or not a detection target portion is detected by a detecting portion, transfer control to control the transport apparatus so as to transfer an article from the transport support portion to an accommodation support member, and update setting control to set the selected accommodation portion and related accommodation portions as prohibited accommodation portions if it is determined, in the determination control, that the detection target portion is not detected, and after the update setting control, the control unit again executes the selection control to newly select a selected accommodation portion, and executes the movement control so as to move the transport support portion to a corresponding pos
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi Abe, Tsuyoshi Yoshizaki, Jun Tanaka, Katsumichi Sameshima