Patents by Inventor Kentarou Tsutsumi

Kentarou Tsutsumi 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).

  • Controller and control system
    Patent number: 11669084
    Abstract: A controller acquires biometric information of a worker and environmental information related to work environment and determines a safety level of the worker in a plurality of steps according to a safety level determination condition stored in advance on the basis of the acquired biometric information and environmental information. Then, the controller continuously controls an operation of an industrial machine in a state of a predetermined restriction being applied to a driving unit of the industrial machine and in a state of a predetermined safety function being activated on the basis of the determined safety level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Kentarou Tsutsumi, Yasushi Hayashi
  • CONTROLLER AND CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210116906
    Abstract: A controller acquires biometric information of a worker and environmental information related to work environment and determines a safety level of the worker in a plurality of steps according to a safety level determination condition stored in advance on the basis of the acquired biometric information and environmental information. Then, the controller continuously controls an operation of an industrial machine in a state of a predetermined restriction being applied to a driving unit of the industrial machine and in a state of a predetermined safety function being activated on the basis of the determined safety level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Kentarou Tsutsumi, Yasushi Hayashi