Patents by Inventor Kazutoshi Tanaka

Kazutoshi Tanaka 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: 11948711
    Abstract: A grain oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base steel sheet, a glass film, and a tension-insulation coating. When a glow discharge emission spectroscopy is conducted from a surface of the glass film toward a depth direction, an analysis starting time Ts, a time TAlp at which Al shows a maximum emission intensity, an Al emission intensity F(TAlp) at the TAlp, a time TSip at which Si shows a maximum emission intensity, and an Al emission intensity F(TSip) at the TSip satisfy 0.05?F(TSip)/F(TAlp)?0.50 and 2.0?(TAlp?Ts)/(TSip?Ts)?5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kataoka, Ichiro Tanaka, Haruhiko Atsumi, Kazutoshi Takeda, Ryutaro Yamagata, Nobusato Morishige
  • Publication number: 20240083023
    Abstract: A robot control device acquires an actual value of a position and a posture of a robot and an actual value of an external force applied to the robot, executes a robot model including a state transition model that, based on the actual value of the position and the posture at a certain time and an action command that can be given to the robot, calculates a predicted value of the position and the posture of the robot, and an external force model that calculates a predicted value of an external force applied to the robot, calculates a reward based on an error of the position and the posture and the predicted value of the external force, generates and gives a plurality of candidates for the action command to the robot model for each control cycle, based on a reward calculated corresponding to each of the plurality of candidates for the action command, determines an action command that maximizes a reward, and updates the external force model so as to reduce a difference between the predicted value of the external f
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Hamaya, Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20240084415
    Abstract: This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base material having a chemical composition including Si: 3.7 to 4.8%, wherein a recrystallization rate is less than 100% in terms of an area fraction, the following Formula (i) and Formula (ii) are satisfied, and the tensile strength is more than 700 MPa. 4.3?Si+sol. Al+0.5×Mn?4.9??(i) (B50(0°)+2×B50(45°)+B50(90°))/4?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi YASHIKI, Yoshiaki NATORI, Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Ichiro TANAKA, Yoshihiro ARITA, Hiroki HORI, Wataru OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240054393
    Abstract: This learning device comprises: a creation unit which creates a state transition model that predicts a next state of a robot on the basis of a measured robot state and a command for the robot, and a collection state transition model including a collection unit that collects the prediction results; a command generation unit which executes, for each control period, processes for inputting the measured robot state, generating candidates of the command for the robot, acquiring a robot state predicted from the robot state and the candidates of the command for the robot by using the collection state transition model 20, and generating and outputting a command for maximizing a reward corresponding to the acquired state; and a learning unit which updates the collection state transition model in order to reduce an error between a next robot state predicted in correspondence with the output command and a robot state measured in correspondence with the next state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Tanaka, Masashi Hamaya, Ryo Yonetani
  • Publication number: 20240033898
    Abstract: A table tennis robot (traveling body) includes a chassis and at least three drive modules, each of which includes an omni wheel driven by a respective motor and each of which is installed at the chassis, and includes an installation space provided at a central portion of the chassis and configured to be installed with an auxiliary device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Mori, Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11865704
    Abstract: A joint structure includes a locking mechanism for switching a free state in which a second element is independent from a first element and capable of moving, and a locked state in which the second element is fixed to the first element. The locking mechanism includes a first member joined to the first element, a second member joined to the second element, and a flexible wire-shaped member in which one end thereof is attached to the second member and another end thereof is led out to the outside of the joint structure via a through hole provided in the first member. The joint structure enters the locked state by the wire-shaped member being pulled to bring the second member into contact with the first member, and enters the free state by the wire-shaped member being fed to separate the second member from the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ijiri, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Felix Von Drigalski, Masashi Hamaya, Yoshiya Shibata, Chisato Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11833671
    Abstract: A joint structure for connecting a first element and a second element included in a robot includes a Stewart platform that controls a position and/or an angle of the second element relative to the first element. The Stewart platform includes a first member to be joined to the first element, a second member to be joined to the second element, multiple legs connecting the first member and the second member, a driver that changes an effective length of each of the legs to change a position and/or an angle of the second member relative to the first member, and a soft structure that elastically changes the effective length of each of the legs in response to an external force applied to the second member and restores the effective length of each of the legs in response to the external force being removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11745338
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a robot may include a state obtaining unit configured to obtain state observation data including flexible related observation data, which is observation data regarding a state of at least one of a flexible portion, a portion of the robot on a side where an object is gripped relative to the flexible portion, and the gripped object; and a controller configured to control the robot so as to output an action to be performed by the robot to perform predetermined work on the object, in response to receiving the state observation data, based on output obtained as a result of inputting the state observation data obtained by the state obtaining unit to a learning model, the learning model being learned in advance through machine learning and included in the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ijiri, Yoshiya Shibata, Masashi Hamaya, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Felix Vondrigalski, Chisato Saito
  • Publication number: 20230202056
    Abstract: A joint structure for connecting a first element and a second element included in a robot includes a Stewart platform that controls a position and/or an angle of the second element relative to the first element. The Stewart platform includes a first member to be joined to the first element, a second member to be joined to the second element, multiple legs connecting the first member and the second member, a driver that changes an effective length of each of the legs to change a position and/or an angle of the second member relative to the first member, and a soft structure that elastically changes the effective length of each of the legs in response to an external force applied to the second member and restores the effective length of each of the legs in response to the external force being removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Kazutoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230173691
    Abstract: A joint structure includes a locking mechanism for switching a free state in which a second element is independent from a first element and capable of moving, and a locked state in which the second element is fixed to the first element. The locking mechanism includes a first member joined to the first element, a second member joined to the second element, and a flexible wire-shaped member in which one end thereof is attached to the second member and another end thereof is led out to the outside of the joint structure via a through hole provided in the first member. The joint structure enters the locked state by the wire-shaped member being pulled to bring the second member into contact with the first member, and enters the free state by the wire-shaped member being fed to separate the second member from the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihisa IJIRI, Kazutoshi TANAKA, Felix VON DRIGALSKI, Masashi HAMAYA, Yoshiya SHIBATA, Chisato NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230173667
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a robot that includes a flexible portion and a locking mechanism for fixing the flexible portion, the control apparatus including: a lock control unit configured to control locking and unlocking of the flexible portion; and an operation control unit configured to control operation of the robot using different types of control policies depending on whether the flexible portion is locked or unlocked. With this control apparatus, it is possible to effectively control a robot in which locking and unlocking of the flexible portion can be switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshihisa IJIRI, Kazutoshi TANAKA, Masashi HAMAYA, Felix VON DRIGALSKI, Yoshiya SHIBATA, Chisato NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210283771
    Abstract: A control apparatus of a robot may include a state obtaining unit configured to obtain state observation data including flexible related observation data, which is observation data regarding a state of at least one of a flexible portion, a portion of the robot on a side where an object is gripped relative to the flexible portion, and the gripped object; and a controller configured to control the robot so as to output an action to be performed by the robot to perform predetermined work on the object, in response to receiving the state observation data, based on output obtained as a result of inputting the state observation data obtained by the state obtaining unit to a learning model, the learning model being learned in advance through machine learning and included in the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa IJIRI, Yoshiya SHIBATA, Masaya HAMAYA, Kazutoshi TANAKA, Felix VONDRIGALSKI, Chisato SAITO
  • Patent number: 6870260
    Abstract: Wiring part 12 is provided on one side 11a of semiconductor device 11. Wiring part 12 has at least one of interface circuit 13 connecting terminals on semiconductor device 11 and interface circuit 14 connecting terminal 18 on semiconductor device 11 and input/output terminal 19 in the semiconductor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kimura, Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20030098505
    Abstract: Wiring part 12 is provided on one side 11a of semiconductor device 11. Wiring part 12 has at least one of interface circuit 13 connecting terminals on semiconductor device 11 and interface circuit 14 connecting terminal 18 on semiconductor device 11 and input/output terminal 19 in the semiconductor module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Junichi Kimura, Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4532179
    Abstract: A metal-ceramic bonded material is described wherein a metal member comprising a metal film and an oxide film as an upper layer is bonded to a ceramic member by a heat-resistant adhesive so that the surface of the oxide film of said metal member faces the surface of the ceramic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1985
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Takami, Toshitaka Matsuura, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Toshifumi Sekiya
  • Patent number: 4417228
    Abstract: A gas component detector having a gas component detecting element made of sintered metal oxide for indicating an electrical resistance according to the components of a gas to be detected. A pair of electrodes transmit the electrical resistance indicated by the gas component detecting element and a ceramic tube has through-holes into which said pair of electrodes are inserted. The ceramic tube has a cylindrical ceramic heater which is prepared by having a piece of wet ceramic sheet on which a print pattern is formed with metal paste for forming a heat generator wound on and bonded to the outer wall of the ceramic tube before sintering. The heater is then sintered to be integral with the ceramic tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Takami, Tsutomu Saito, Toshifumi Sekiya, Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4374456
    Abstract: A gas detecting element including a semiconductor wafer formed of a transition-metal oxide with an electrode layer bonded to both sides of the wafer and a protective layer overlaid on the surface of the electrode layer. A metal lead wire is attached to each electrode layer by means of an electrically conductive adhesive wherein the region at which the metal lead wire is bonded to the electrode layer is reinforced by an insulating adhesive that covers the region. A process for producing such a gas detecting element is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1983
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Takami, Thutomu Saito, Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4328477
    Abstract: A gas detecting element including a semiconductor wafer formed of a transition-metal oxide with an electrode layer bonded to both sides of the wafer and a protective layer overlaid on the surface of the electrode layer. A metal lead wire is attached to each electrode layer by means of an electrically conductive adhesive wherein the region at which the metal lead wire is bonded to the electrode layer is reinforced by an insulating adhesive that covers the region. A process for producing such a gas detecting element is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Takami, Tsutomu Saito, Kazutoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4135038
    Abstract: A seal structure consisting of a ceramic base and a low-expansion metallic material bonded by a low-melting glass particularly useful for large scale integrated circuit (LSI) applications is disclosed. When using a high alumina ceramics containing 65 to 92% of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 by weight as a ceramic, the thermal coefficients of expansion are best matched while maintaining a comparatively low dielectric constant by using a composition consisting of 60 to 85% lead borate glass, 10 to 30% .beta.-eucryptite and 0.5 to 15% zircon as a low-melting sealing glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Takami, Kazuo Kondo, Kazutoshi Tanaka