Patents by Inventor Kazuma Komoda
Kazuma Komoda 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).
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Publication number: 20240391110Abstract: According to an embodiment, a handling system includes a holder and controller. The holder holds an object. The controller controls the holder. The controller acquires information about physical properties of the object. The controller generates a holding plan for holding the object by the holder on the basis of the physical properties. The holding plan includes information of a holding region of the object in which the object is held by the holder. The controller causes the holder to hold the object on the basis of the holding plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Haruna ETO, Akihito OGAWA, Seiji TOKURA, Kazuma KOMODA
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Patent number: 12115665Abstract: According to one embodiment, a handling system includes a movable arm, a holding unit, a sensor, and a controller. The holding unit is attached to the movable arm and capable of holding an object by selecting one or more of a plurality of holding methods. The sensor is capable of detecting a plurality of the objects. The controller controls the movable arm and the holding unit. The controller calculates a score based on a selected holding method for each object and each holding method on the basis of information acquired from the sensor. The controller selects a next object to be held and a holding method on the basis of the score. The controller calculates a position at which the selected object is held and a posture of the movable arm.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuma Komoda, Seiji Tokura, Haruna Eto, Akihito Ogawa
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Publication number: 20240066688Abstract: According to one embodiment, a selection device selects an acquisition method of a grip point for gripping an object. Based on object data corresponding to a characteristic of the object, the selection device selects one of a first method or a second method. In the first method, the selection device calculates exterior shape data of the object from an image of the object, and calculates the grip point by using the exterior shape data. In the second method, the selection device inputs the image to a first model that is trained and acquires the grip point output from the first model.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuma KOMODA, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11865720Abstract: According to one embodiment, a handling device includes: a holding part that includes two or more supporting parts and is capable of holding an object by gripping the object with the two or more supporting parts; a calculation part configured to calculate a safety factor indicating safety of a state of the holding part holding the object; and a controller configured to cause the holding part to hold the object according to the safety factor.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Haruna Eto, Seiji Tokura, Kazuma Komoda, Ping Jiang, Akihito Ogawa
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Patent number: 11745337Abstract: A handling device according to an embodiment has a holder, a calculator, and a controller. The holder is capable of holding an object. The calculator calculates an estimated holding safety factor when the holder holds an object. The controller causes the holder to hold the object on the basis of the estimated holding safety factor calculated by the calculator.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Haruna Eto, Seiji Tokura, Kazuma Komoda, Ping Jiang, Akihito Ogawa
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Patent number: 11691275Abstract: A handling device according to an embodiment includes a manipulator, a normal grid generation unit, a hand kernel generation unit, a calculation unit, and a control unit. The normal grid generation unit converts a depth image into a point cloud, generates spatial data including an object to be grasped that is divided into a plurality of grids from the point cloud, and calculates a normal vector of the point cloud included in the grid using spherical coordinates. The hand kernel generation unit generates a hand kernel of each suction pad. The calculation unit calculates ease of grasping the object to be grasped by a plurality of suction pads based on a 3D convolution calculation using a grid including the spatial data and the hand kernel. The control unit controls a grasping operation of the manipulator based on the ease of grasping the object to be grasped by the plurality of suction pads.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kalsha ToshibaInventors: Ping Jiang, Yoshiyuki Ishihara, Akihito Ogawa, Atsushi Sugahara, Seiji Tokura, Haruna Eto, Kazuma Komoda
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Patent number: 11565408Abstract: An object manipulation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: calculate, based on an image in which one or more objects to be grasped are contained, an evaluation value of a first behavior manner of grasping the one or more objects; generate information representing a second behavior manner based on the image and a plurality of evaluation values of the first behavior manner; and control actuation of grasping the object to be grasped in accordance with the information being generated.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ping Jiang, Seiji Tokura, Yoshiyuki Ishihara, Akihito Ogawa, Atsushi Sugahara, Haruna Eto, Kazuma Komoda
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Patent number: 11529743Abstract: A handling apparatus has an arm having a joint; a holding portion attached to the arm and configured to hold an object; a sensor configured to detect a plurality of the objects; and a control apparatus configured to control the arm and the holding portion, wherein the control apparatus is configured to calculate an ease of holding the object by the holding portion as a score based on information acquired by the sensor with respect to each object and each holding method, select the object to hold and the holding method according to the score, and calculate a position for holding the selected object and an orientation of the arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuma Komoda, Seiji Tokura, Haruna Eto, Ping Jiang, Atsushi Sugahara, Akihito Ogawa
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Publication number: 20220388787Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a handling system capable of handling a plurality of objects, the handling system including: a movable arm, a holder, a sensor, and a controller. The holder is attached to the movable arm and is capable of holding the object. The sensor is capable of detecting the object. The controller controls the movable arm and the holder. The controller determines whether or not to change an arrangement of the object before the object is held, on the basis of information acquired from the sensor. In a case where it is determined to change the arrangement of the object, the controller evaluates effectiveness of an arrangement change operation for each object, and decides on an arrangement change operation on the basis of an evaluation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuma KOMODA, Seiji TOKURA, Haruna ETO, Akihito OGAWA
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Patent number: 11518625Abstract: A handling device according to an embodiment has an arm, a holder, a storage, and a controller. The arm includes at least one joint. The holder is attached to the arm and is configured to hold an object. The storage stores a function map including at least one of information about holdable positions of the holder and information about possible postures of the holder. The detector is configured to detect information about the object. The controller is configured to generate holdable candidate points on the basis of the information detected by the detector, to search the function map for a position in an environment in which the object is present, the position being associated with the generated holdable candidate points, and to determine a holding posture of the holder on the basis of the searched position. The function map associates a manipulability with each position in the environment in which the object is present. The manipulability is a parameter calculated from at least one joint angle of the holder.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuma Komoda, Seiji Tokura, Haruna Eto, Ping Jiang, Atsushi Sugahara, Akihito Ogawa
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Publication number: 20220274252Abstract: According to one embodiment, a handling system includes a movable arm, a holding unit, a sensor, and a controller. The holding unit is attached to the movable arm and capable of holding an object by selecting one or more of a plurality of holding methods. The sensor is capable of detecting a plurality of the objects. The controller controls the movable arm and the holding unit. The controller calculates a score based on a selected holding method for each object and each holding method on the basis of information acquired from the sensor. The controller selects a next object to be held and a holding method on the basis of the score. The controller calculates a position at which the selected object is held and a posture of the movable arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuma KOMODA, Seiji TOKURA, Haruna ETO, Akihito OGAWA
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Patent number: 11318619Abstract: According to an embodiment, an object handling device includes a base, a manipulator, a first camera, a sensor, a manipulator control unit and a calibration unit. The manipulator is arranged on the base, and includes a movable part and an effector that is arranged on the movable part and acts on an object. The first camera and the sensor are arranged on the manipulator. The manipulator control unit controls the manipulator so that the movable part is moved to a position corresponding to a directed value. The calibration processing unit acquires a first error in a first direction based on an image photographed by the first camera, acquire a second error in a second direction intersecting with the first direction based on a detection result obtained by the sensor, and acquire a directed calibration value with respect to the directed value based on the first error and the second error.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akihito Ogawa, Atsushi Sugahara, Junya Tanaka, Kazuma Komoda, Haruna Eto
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Publication number: 20220080590Abstract: A handling device according to an embodiment includes a manipulator, a normal grid generation unit, a hand kernel generation unit, a calculation unit, and a control unit. The normal grid generation unit converts a depth image into a point cloud, generates spatial data including an object to be grasped that is divided into a plurality of grids from the point cloud, and calculates a normal vector of the point cloud included in the grid using spherical coordinates. The hand kernel generation unit generates a hand kernel of each suction pad. The calculation unit calculates ease of grasping the object to be grasped by a plurality of suction pads based on a 3D convolution calculation using a grid including the spatial data and the hand kernel. The control unit controls a grasping operation of the manipulator based on the ease of grasping the object to be grasped by the plurality of suction pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ping JIANG, Yoshiyuki ISHIHARA, Akihito OGAWA, Atsushi SUGAHARA, Seiji TOKURA, Haruna ETO, Kazuma KOMODA
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Patent number: 11273551Abstract: According to an embodiment, a grasping control device controls a grasping device including grasping members to grasp an object. The grasping control device includes a selector, a first determination unit and a controller. The selector selects at least one grasping form for the object based on first information relating to the object, from among a plurality of grasping forms determined by a number and an arrangement of the grasping members. The first determination unit determines a usage form realizing the selected grasping form, from among a plurality of usage forms determined by at least one of second information relating to the grasping device and third information relating to an obstacle. The controller controls the grasping device such that at least one of grasping members grasps the object according to the determined usage form.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Kazuma Komoda, Akihito Ogawa, Haruna Eto, Seiji Tokura
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Publication number: 20210291378Abstract: A handling apparatus has an arm having a joint; a holding portion attached to the arm and configured to hold an object; a sensor configured to detect a plurality of the objects; and a control apparatus configured to control the arm and the holding portion, wherein the control apparatus is configured to calculate an ease of holding the object by the holding portion as a score based on information acquired by the sensor with respect to each object and each holding method, select the object to hold and the holding method according to the score, and calculate a position for holding the selected object and an orientation of the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Kazuma KOMODA, Seiji TOKURA, Haruna ETO, Ping JIANG, Atsushi SUGAHARA, Akihito OGAWA
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Publication number: 20210291366Abstract: According to one embodiment, a handling device includes: a holding part that includes two or more supporting parts and is capable of holding an object by gripping the object with the two or more supporting parts; a calculation part configured to calculate a safety factor indicating safety of a state of the holding part holding the object; and a controller configured to cause the holding part to hold the object according to the safety factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Haruna ETO, Seiji TOKURA, Kazuma KOMODA, Ping JIANG, Akihito OGAWA
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Patent number: 11045946Abstract: According to one embodiment, a holding device includes a holder and a controller. The holder is configured to hold an object. The controller is configured to determine a holding posture and a holding position of the holder with respect to the object so that at least one of protrusion of the holder from an outer shape of the object and protrusion of the object from an outer shape of the holder satisfies a predetermined condition when viewed in a direction in which the object and the holder overlap each other, based on information indicating the outer shape of the object.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions CorporationInventors: Haruna Eto, Akihito Ogawa, Kazuma Komoda, Seiji Tokura
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Publication number: 20210078811Abstract: A handling device according to an embodiment has an arm, a holder, a storage, and a controller. The arm includes at least one joint. The holder is attached to the arm and is configured to hold an object. The storage stores a function map including at least one of information about holdable positions of the holder and information about possible postures of the holder. The detector is configured to detect information about the object. The controller is configured to generate holdable candidate points on the basis of the information detected by the detector, to search the function map for a position in an environment in which the object is present, the position being associated with the generated holdable candidate points, and to determine a holding posture of the holder on the basis of the searched position. The function map associates a manipulability with each position in the environment in which the object is present. The manipulability is a parameter calculated from at least one joint angle of the holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Kazuma KOMODA, Seiji Tokura, Haruna Eto, Ping Jiang, Atsushi Sugahara, Akihito Ogawa
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Publication number: 20210078170Abstract: An object manipulation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a memory and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to: calculate, based on an image in which one or more objects to be grasped are contained, an evaluation value of a first behavior manner of grasping the one or more objects; generate information representing a second behavior manner based on the image and a plurality of evaluation values of the first behavior manner; and control actuation of grasping the object to be grasped in accordance with the information being generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ping JIANG, Seiji TOKURA, Yoshiyuki ISHIHARA, Akihito OGAWA, Atsushi SUGAHARA, Haruna ETO, Kazuma KOMODA
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Publication number: 20210060769Abstract: A handling device according to an embodiment has a holder, a calculator, and a controller. The holder is capable of holding an object. The calculator calculates an estimated holding safety factor when the holder holds an object. The controller causes the holder to hold the object on the basis of the estimated holding safety factor calculated by the calculator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Haruna ETO, Seiji TOKURA, Kazuma KOMODA, Ping JIANG, Akihito OGAWA