Patents by Inventor Kenichi TSURUDA

Kenichi TSURUDA 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: 11780091
    Abstract: To provide a robot control system and a robot control method capable of placing a component grasped by a robot hand at an accurate location on another member. A robot control system is provided with: a robot hand configured to grasp a clip; a camera configured to capture an image of the clip grasped by the robot hand, a calculation unit configured to calculate a position of the clip or an inclination of a component based on an imaging result of the clip captured by the camera, and a robot control unit configured to control the robot hand to adjust, based on the position of the clip or the inclination of the component calculated by the calculation unit, a position or an inclination of the robot hand and move the clip to a stringer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kono, Takuya Goto, Takeshi Yamada, Katsumi Nakamura, Kazuto Nakamura, Kenichi Tsuruda, Takahiro Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11280445
    Abstract: Provided is a structural body, formed in a plate-like shape and positioned with respect to an assembly jig including a positioning pin and supporting a first surface of the structural body, including a positioning hole formed through an end portion, a positioning protrusion being inserted into the positioning hole; and a pair of first position detection areas formed on a second surface of the end portion through which the positioning hole is formed. The positioning hole is formed apart from an axis line connecting the pair of first position detection areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Azusawa, Takayuki Shimizu, Kenichi Tsuruda, Hiroki Azuma, Takuya Goto
  • Publication number: 20200171665
    Abstract: To provide a robot control system and a robot control method capable of placing a component grasped by a robot hand at an accurate location on another member. A robot control system is provided with: a robot hand configured to grasp a clip; a camera configured to capture an image of the clip grasped by the robot hand, a calculation unit configured to calculate a position of the clip or an inclination of a component based on an imaging result of the clip captured by the camera, and a robot control unit configured to control the robot hand to adjust, based on the position of the clip or the inclination of the component calculated by the calculation unit, a position or an inclination of the robot hand and move the clip to a stringer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Akira KONO, Takuya GOTO, Takeshi YAMADA, Katsumi NAKAMURA, Kazuto NAKAMURA, Kenichi TSURUDA, Takahiro INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 10189167
    Abstract: A suction device is attached to a leading-end section of an articulated arm, attached by suction to a plate-shaped structural member having a curvature at least in a predetermined direction. The suction device includes a support part attached to the leading-end section of the articulated arm; a pair of suction mechanisms having a pair of suction surfaces and disposed apart from each other in an X direction with the attachment position of the support part to the leading-end section interposed between the pair of suction mechanisms; and a pair of first angle adjustment mechanisms capable of adjusting the angle of inclination, in the X direction, of each of the pair of suction surfaces of the pair of the suction mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Shimizu, Naoto Azusawa, Kenichi Tsuruda, Hiroki Azuma, Takuya Goto
  • Publication number: 20180071924
    Abstract: The present invention provides a suction hand which is attached to the leading-end section of an articulated arm, attached by suction to a plate-shaped structural member having a curvature at least in a predetermined direction, and provided with: a support part attached to the leading-end section of the articulated arm; a pair of suction mechanisms having a pair of suction surfaces and disposed apart from each other in an X direction with the attachment position of the support part to the leading-end section interposed between the pair of suction mechanisms; and a pair of first angle adjustment mechanisms capable of adjusting the angle of inclination, in the X direction, of each of the pair of suction surfaces of the pair of the suction mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Takayuki SHIMIZU, Naoto AZUSAWA, Kenichi TSURUDA, Hiroki AZUMA, Takuya GOTO
  • Publication number: 20180066790
    Abstract: Provided is a structural body, formed in a plate-like shape and positioned with respect to an assembly jig including a positioning pin and supporting a first surface of the structural body, including a positioning hole formed through an end portion, a positioning protrusion being inserted into the positioning hole; and a pair of first position detection areas formed on a second surface of the end portion through which the positioning hole is formed. The positioning hole is formed apart from an axis line connecting the pair of first position detection areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Naoto AZUSAWA, Takayuki SHIMIZU, Kenichi TSURUDA, Hiroki AZUMA, Takuya GOTO