Patents by Inventor Kenji Matsuura
Kenji Matsuura 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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Patent number: 11915188Abstract: A delivery server includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: transmit arrival information of a product to a user terminal carried by a user who has ordered the product; transmit, in a case where unattended delivery is instructed by the user terminal, unattended delivery information to a home delivery terminal of a delivery person who delivers the product, and request a signature of the user; transmit the signature information to the home delivery terminal in response to receiving signature information regarding the signature of the user from the user terminal; and transmit delivery completion information of the product to the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Okazaki, Masato Endo, Mayumi Kurita, Masashi Toritani, Kumiko Matsuura, Takayuki Shikoda, Masaaki Otsuka, Yoshikazu Ishii
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Publication number: 20230381969Abstract: A method for performing calibration between a robot coordinate system and a camera coordinate system includes achieving a first state in which a criterion point at a predetermined surface is located at the center of an image captured with a camera, achieving a second state in which the camera is rotated by a first angle of rotation around a first imaginary axis perpendicular to the predetermined surface and passing through a control point at the arm, achieving a third state in which the criterion point is located at the center of the image captured with the camera, deriving a reference point that is a provisional position of the criterion point based on information on the first and third states and the first angle of rotation, achieving a fourth state in which the camera is rotated by a second angle of rotation around a second imaginary axis perpendicular to the predetermined surface and passing through the reference point, achieving a fifth state in which the criterion point is located at the center of the iType: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Kentaro TSUKAMOTO, Kenji MATSUURA
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Patent number: 11759955Abstract: A calibration method, in a robot having a robot arm, of obtaining a position relationship between a first control point set for an end effector attached to a distal end of the robot arm and a second control point set on the distal end of the robot arm, includes a sixth step of calculating a second position relationship between a second reference position obtained from a position of the second control point in a third state and a position of the second control point in a fourth state and a first feature point in the fourth state, and a seventh step of calculating coordinates of the first feature point in a robot coordinate system based on a first position relationship and the second position relationship.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Inventors: Kentaro Tsukamoto, Kenji Matsuura
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Publication number: 20220258353Abstract: A calibration method for, in a robot including a robot arm, calculating a positional relation between a first control point set in an end effector attached to the distal end of the robot arm and a second control point set further on the robot arm side than the end effector, the calibration method calculating a coordinate in a robot coordinate system of a first feature point of the robot associated with the first control point based on a first vector and a second vector calculated using an imaging section while moving the robot arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Kentaro TSUKAMOTO, Kazuki HORIUCHI, Kenji MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20210291377Abstract: A calibration method, in a robot having a robot arm, of obtaining a position relationship between a first control point set for an end effector attached to a distal end of the robot arm and a second control point set on the distal end of the robot arm, includes a sixth step of calculating a second position relationship between a second reference position obtained from a position of the second control point in a third state and a position of the second control point in a fourth state and a first feature point in the fourth state, and a seventh step of calculating coordinates of the first feature point in a robot coordinate system based on a first position relationship and the second position relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Kentaro TSUKAMOTO, Kenji MATSUURA
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Patent number: 10882189Abstract: A control device that controls driving of a robot, the control device includes a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to: display a posture setting guide for guiding information input for obtaining a posture offset of a tool provided on the robot, on a display; and control the driving of the robot based on the posture offset of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Inventors: Kenji Matsuura, Meguru Yamauchi
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Patent number: 10414537Abstract: An aspect of the invention is directed to a packing box in which at least part of an opening through which to insert and take out an object to be packed is closed by inside lids that are opposed to each other in a plane, wherein: the inside lids have a cut portion including a cut that is shaped so as to be suitable for the external shape of a portion of the object and folded portions formed by folding the respective inside lids, and, when the inside lids are closed, the cut is fitted with the portion of the object housed in the packing box to fix the object in a state that walls, opposed to each other, of the respective folded portions are in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiya Imai, Seiji Ogawa, Keigo Yamada, Yohei Suzuki, Kenji Matsuura, Shingo Aso
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Patent number: 10343285Abstract: A robot includes a movable section capable of moving a discharging section including a discharge port capable of discharging an object. While the movable section is moving on the basis of a track including a curve, when the object is discharged to a target object from the discharge port, an absolute value of moving speed of the discharge port is larger than 0 mm/s.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kenji Matsuura, Yudai Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10343517Abstract: A plate-shaped reinforcing member is joined to an outer peripheral portion of a first through-hole of a wheel house outer panel. This reinforcing member has a second through-hole formed in a position overlapping with the first through-hole of the wheel house outer panel. Also, a bent end portion that is formed bent is provided along an entire periphery of a peripheral edge portion of the second through-hole of the reinforcing member.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji Matsuura, Ryosuke Nomura, Suguru Wakabayashi
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Publication number: 20180304467Abstract: A control device that controls driving of a robot, the control device includes a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to: display a posture setting guide for guiding information input for obtaining a posture offset of a tool provided on the robot, on a display; and control the driving of the robot based on the posture offset of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Kenji MATSUURA, Meguru YAMAUCHI
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Publication number: 20180215499Abstract: An aspect of the invention is directed to a packing box in which at least part of an opening through which to insert and take out an object to be packed is closed by inside lids that are opposed to each other in a plane, wherein: the inside lids have a cut portion including a cut that is shaped so as to be suitable for the external shape of a portion of the object and folded portions formed by folding the respective inside lids, and, when the inside lids are closed, the cut is fitted with the portion of the object housed in the packing box to fix the object in a state that walls, opposed to each other, of the respective folded portions are in contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiya IMAI, Seiji OGAWA, Keigo YAMADA, Yohei SUZUKI, Kenji MATSUURA, Shingo ASO
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Patent number: 10023351Abstract: A box includes: a box body having an opening surrounded by multiple edges; a first lid body that is continuous with and extends from a first edge, among the multiple edges defining the opening in the box body, and that is foldable along the first edge to overlie the opening; and an engaging tab that is continuous with and extends from a second edge, which is different from the first edge, among multiple edges of the first lid body, and that is foldable and engageable with a storage item stored in the box body when the first lid body is folded along the first edge to overlie the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiya Imai, Seiji Ogawa, Keigo Yamada, Yohei Suzuki, Kenji Matsuura
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Publication number: 20180178388Abstract: A control apparatus, a robot and a robot system to which settings for calibration can be easily and appropriately made are to be provided. A control apparatus that can control driving of a robot, an imaging unit and a display unit based on input of an input unit, includes a display control unit that allows the display unit to display an input window for inputting a robot as an object to be controlled, and allows the display unit to display an imaging unit input part that guides input of an attachment position of the imaging unit corresponding to the input robot, and a calibration control unit that performs a calibration of correlating a coordinate system of the robot and a coordinate system of the imaging unit based on the input attachment position of the imaging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Taro ISHIGE, Seiji AISO, Nobuyuki SETSUDA, Alan RUPERT, Kenji MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20180161983Abstract: A control device, which controls a robot having a movable unit including a plurality of arms, includes a processor that performs calibration between a coordinate system of an imaging unit disposed in an arm different from an arm positioned on a most distal side of the movable unit and a coordinate system of the robot. The processor performs the calibration, based on a captured image obtained by causing the imaging unit to image a marker.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Yukihiro YAMAGUCHI, Kenji MATSUURA, Taro ISHIGE
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Patent number: 9884425Abstract: A robot includes an arm, and the arm is controlled using an offset of a reference point of a tool, the tool being attached to the arm, the offset being set based on a first state, in which a first image, in which the reference point is located at a control point of an image, can be taken by a imaging section, and a second state, in which a second image, in which the tool is rotated around a rotational axis passing through a position of the reference point in the state in which the reference point is located at the control point, can be taken by the imaging section, and controlled based on a third image, which is taken by the imaging section, and in which the control point is shifted from the reference point, in a process of a transition from the first state to the second state.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yukihiro Yamaguchi, Koichi Yasuda, Kenji Matsuura
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Publication number: 20180024521Abstract: A control device includes: a control portion and a receiving portion, in which the control portion is capable of allowing a robot to perform two or more works selected from first work of performing calibration between a coordinate system of a first imaging portion having an imaging function and a coordinate system of a robot, second work of performing calibration between a coordinate system of a second imaging portion having an imaging function and a coordinate system of the robot, third work of calculating a posture of a virtual standard surface that corresponds to a work surface on which the robot works, fourth work of calculating a distance between the first imaging portion and a standard point of the robot, and fifth work of calculating a distance between an end-effector and the standard point, based on one input command received by the receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Kenji MATSUURA, Ko SO
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Patent number: 9854809Abstract: The present invention provides a seamless capsule for exterminating insect pests, particularly the capsule effective for termites, which hardly affects an ecological system other than the insect pests, such as a human being and domestic animals and useful insects around the human being, has an excellent safety and an excellent transporting rate by insect pests, particularly termites and has an improved exterminating efficiency per number of capsules transported or per unit time, and a method of exterminating insect pests by using the seamless capsule.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignees: MORISHITA JINTAN CO., LTD., KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Kenji Matsuura, Ryosei Kamaguchi, Daisuke Tagawa, Taku Hashimoto, Masaaki Nakatsuji
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Publication number: 20170361975Abstract: A box includes: a box body having an opening surrounded by multiple edges; a first lid body that is continuous with and extends from a first edge, among the multiple edges defining the opening in the box body, and that is foldable along the first edge to overlie the opening; and an engaging tab that is continuous with and extends from a second edge, which is different from the first edge, among multiple edges of the first lid body, and that is foldable and engageable with a storage item stored in the box body when the first lid body is folded along the first edge to overlie the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiya IMAI, Seiji OGAWA, Keigo YAMADA, Yohei SUZUKI, Kenji MATSUURA
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Publication number: 20170361467Abstract: A robot includes a movable section capable of moving a discharging section including a discharge port capable of discharging an object. While the movable section is moving on the basis of a track including a curve, when the object is discharged to a target object from the discharge port, an absolute value of moving speed of the discharge port is larger than 0 mm/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Kenji MATSUURA, Yudai TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 9839916Abstract: A wet-type electric dust collection device and low-concentration SO3 mist containing, in which the wet-type electric dust collection device has an electrical field formation part in which a plurality of discharge electrodes are provided on opposing surfaces of a first electrode and second electrodes for forming a DC electrical field. The discharge electrodes of the first electrode and the discharge electrodes of the second electrodes generate corona discharges that are reversed in polarity relative to each other. The gas containing the SO3 mist and the dust is guided to the electrical field formation part without electrically charging the SO3 mist and the dust or spraying a dielectric in the gas, and while the gas flows between the electrodes, the corona discharges impart electric charges of alternately reversed polarity to the SO3 mist and the dust. The first electrode and the second electrodes collect the charged SO3 mist and dust.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Matsuura, Shiro Suzuki, Tooru Nishiyama, Mitsuaki Nishitani, Yasutoshi Ueda