Patents by Inventor Koshiro IRIE

Koshiro IRIE 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).

  • Publication number: 20230280582
    Abstract: An inspection cable guide mechanism of the present disclosure includes a heat-resistant sheath having flexibility through which a cable is allowed to be inserted and cooling air is allowed to flow toward a tip through a gap between the cable and the heat-resistant sheath, a segment stacked body configured by stacking segments having heat resistance configured to cover the heat-resistant sheath in a centerline direction, and a plurality of wires disposed around the heat-resistant sheath and extending along a centerline, one segment of the segment stacked body is swingable with respect to two segments adjacent to the one segment about swing axes extending in a direction perpendicular to the centerline, the two swing axes becoming centers when the one segment swings with respect to the two segments are perpendicular to each other when viewed in the centerline direction, and one end of each wire is fixed to one of the segments in the segment stacked body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yasutaka FUKE, Hirone KOMATSU, Takashi MATSUZAWA, Shin ASANO, Kotaro TADANO, Koshiro IRIE, Yoichi SATO
  • Publication number: 20230241786
    Abstract: A control device for an inspection device including a long flexible robot that is formed by connecting a plurality of units and bendable at each unit with a desired curvature, and a posture actuator that adjusts a posture of the unit includes a target posture specifying unit that specifies a target posture including positions of representative points of the respective units traveling along a predetermined route, and an operation amount determination unit that determines an operation amount for bringing the unit to the target posture using a learning model with the target posture of the unit as an input and an operation amount of the posture actuator as an output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yasutaka FUKE, Hirone KOMATSU, Takashi MATSUZAWA, Shin ASANO, Kotaro TADANO, Koshiro IRIE, Chanvicharo LY