Patents by Inventor Kotaro Nagaoka

Kotaro Nagaoka 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: 20170176244
    Abstract: A vibration mode determining apparatus that determines vibration mode of a machine structure of a machine including motors and that includes a vibration command generating unit that generates a vibration command for the motor; a control unit that generates a current command for the motor according to the vibration command and outputs a conversion value for a motor excitation force to a vibration mode calculating unit; a motor drive unit that receives the motor current command and drives the motor; a vibration sensor that detects vibration of the machine structure; a measurement-point information input unit that sets information about the attachment point of the vibration sensor; a vibration mode calculating unit that calculates the vibration mode using the conversion value for the motor excitation force and the output of the vibration sensor; and a vibration mode output unit that outputs the vibration mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya FUJITA, Kotaro NAGAOKA, Takeshi TSUDA
  • Patent number: 9658608
    Abstract: A servo control apparatus includes: a model-response calculating unit; a motor-end-movement-amount-during-stopping measuring unit that measures a motor end movement amount during stopping, which is a displacement amount of a detection value of a motor end position in a period from when the calculated value of the machine end position changes to zero until the calculated value changes to a value other than zero; and an error-correction-amount calculating unit that calculates an error correction amount on the basis of a parameter in which a maximum change amount of a deviation between the machine end position and the motor end position during moving direction reversal is set in advance, the calculated value of the machine end position, and the motor end movement amount. The servo control unit sets the detection value of the machine end position and the detection value of the motor end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20170017225
    Abstract: An instruction value generation device comprises: an instruction response calculation unit (102) that predictively calculates, on the basis of a model on a calculator, a response path along which a control target is actually operated when an instruction path is given; a target path determination unit (104) that determines a target path along which the control target is operated; an instruction path generation unit (105) that regenerates a temporary instruction path on the basis of the target path and a temporary instruction response path obtained when the temporary instruction path is given to the instruction response calculation unit (102); a convergence-determination-condition determination unit (103) that determines a convergence determination condition used in a determination processing of determining whether an error between the temporary instruction response path and the target path is converged; and a path comparison unit that performs the determination processing on the basis of the convergence determ
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro AZUMA, Kotaro NAGAOKA, Tsuyoshi KUMAZAWA, Akihiko KOIDE, Wenjuan WANG
  • Publication number: 20160370786
    Abstract: A trajectory measuring device that measures a moving trajectory of a moving target in a machine including three or more movable axes for the moving target, the trajectory measuring device including a trajectory calculating unit that calculates, for each plane having two movable axes among the movable axes as coordinate axes, the moving trajectory on the plane by using command conditions to the moving target including an inter-axis phase difference among the movable axes, command signals to the movable axes generated on the basis of the inter-axis phase difference, and feedback signals indicating positions of the movable axes at time when the movable axes are feedback-controlled such that the positions of the movable axes follow the command signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro NAGAOKA, Tomoya FUJITA, Masahiro OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160349732
    Abstract: To dynamically change the acceleration without trial executions of a machining program, a numerical control device, which controls a motor on the basis of a machining program that specifies a path for a drive target of the motor, includes a changing unit that changes the acceleration of the motor under the control of the motor on the basis of the inertia ratio, the acceleration-deceleration factor that can be externally input, or the current value of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki KIMATA, Kotaro NAGAOKA, Naoki NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160327932
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: an X-axis detector; a Y-axis detector; a trajectory command generator that outputs a first position command and a second position command; an X-axis response correction unit that outputs a corrected position command; an X-axis position control unit that generates a first torque command; a Y-axis position control unit that generates a second torque command; a Y-axis measuring instrument that detects second machine end displacement; a Y-axis zero-point estimation unit that extracts characteristics of a zero point of a transfer function on the basis of the second torque command and the machine end displacement or on the basis of the second position command and the machine end displacement; and a response-correction-parameter determination unit that sets a response correction filter by using the characteristics of the zero point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiro SHINOHARA, Hiroyuki SEKIGUCHI, Hidetoshi IKEDA, Tomoya FUJITA, Kotaro NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160282846
    Abstract: A trajectory control device that controls a trajectory of a movable portion of a processing machine so as to follow a command path accurately. The trajectory control device includes an integrated-length calculation unit that calculates an integrated command length being a length integrated from a start position along a command path, a simulated servo-response filter unit that calculates an integrated response length, a reference-response calculation unit that calculates a reference response position, a response compensation unit that calculates a corrected command position on each of the plurality of axes, and a servo control unit that controls each of the plurality of axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160239594
    Abstract: A friction identification method includes: measuring a relation between a driving force and a position of a driven object; identifying a parameter of a position-dependent friction model based on a relation between a driving force and a position of the driven object; measuring a relation between a driving force and a displacement of the driven object from a position at which a motion direction is reversed; identifying a parameter of a displacement-dependent friction model; measuring a relation between a driving force and a velocity of the driven object; identifying a parameter of a velocity-dependent friction model; measuring a relation between a driving force and an acceleration of the driven object; and identifying a parameter of an acceleration-dependent friction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya FUJITA, Kotaro NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160123796
    Abstract: A frequency-response measurement device according to an embodiment of the present invention measures a frequency response of a servo system that executes feedback control of a mechanical system. The frequency-response measurement device includes an excitation-condition setting unit that sets a plurality of different excitation conditions, an excitation execution unit that executes the multiple excitations with respect to the servo system by using excitation signals with the different excitation conditions, and a frequency-response calculation unit that acquires a pair of identification input signal and identification output signal for each of the multiple excitations, from a control system of the servo system on which the multiple excitations are performed, and calculates the frequency response based on the excitation conditions for each of the multiple excitations and the pair of identification input signal and identification output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro NAGAOKA, Tomoya FUJITA, Masahiro OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20150355607
    Abstract: A servo control apparatus includes: a model-response calculating unit; a motor-end-movement-amount-during-stopping measuring unit that measures a motor end movement amount during stopping, which is a displacement amount of a detection value of a motor end position in a period from when the calculated value of the machine end position changes to zero until the calculated value changes to a value other than zero; and an error-correction-amount calculating unit that calculates an error correction amount on the basis of a parameter in which a maximum change amount of a deviation between the machine end position and the motor end position during moving direction reversal is set in advance, the calculated value of the machine end position, and the motor end movement amount. The servo control unit sets the detection value of the machine end position and the detection value of the motor end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: MISTUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20150323924
    Abstract: A servo control device including a servo control unit that calculates a drive command that causes a feedback position from a motor to be driven to follow a command position, to drive the motor according to the drive command, a moving-state determination unit that determines a speed of the motor is by simulating a response of the motor, and outputs a determination result as a moving state, a correction-amount selection unit that selects a correction amount according to a change pattern of the moving state at a timing when the determined moving state changes, and an addition unit that adds the correction amount output from the correction-amount selection unit to the drive command calculated by the servo control unit to generate a corrected drive command, and sets the corrected drive command as a drive command to the motor instead of the drive command calculated by the servo control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro NAGAOKA, Tomoya FUJITA
  • Patent number: 9144869
    Abstract: A machine motion trajectory measuring device for measuring the motion trajectory of a machine used in an apparatus which controls the position of the machine by feeding back a detected position obtained by converting the rotation angles of motors for a plurality of movable axes and then driving the motors such that the detected position follows a commanded position is provided. The machine motion trajectory measuring device includes accelerometers for measuring the acceleration of the machine; and a motion trajectory measuring unit that measures the motion trajectory of the machine by obtaining the position of the machine by integrating the acceleration twice and correcting the position of the machine such that the profile of the position of the machine coincides with the profile of the detected position or the profile of an estimated position estimated using a model for simulating the response of the position of the machine to the commanded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuta Sato, Kotaro Nagaoka, Tomonori Sato
  • Patent number: 9098077
    Abstract: A trajectory control device controlling a trajectory of a movable portion includes a servo-system response-trajectory calculation unit that computes a servo-system response trajectory based on a position command of each movable axis, a shape-feature determination unit that outputs a shape feature amount including information of a position of a boundary point in a path shape and a running direction near the boundary point based on a determination from the position command whether the shape of the commanded path is straight or curved line, a position-vector correction unit that corrects a position vector based on the position command, the servo-system response trajectory and the shape feature amount, and outputs a corrected position command, and servo control units that control a motor of each movable axis by outputting a motor drive torque so that a position of each movable axis follows the corrected position command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 8963474
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: an acceleration/deceleration processing unit that generates a servo command according to an acceleration/deceleration parameter; a servo control unit that controls a motor drive torque to drive a control target machine motor according to the servo command; a power supply unit that supplies electric power of a predetermined power supply capacity from a commercial power supply to the servo control unit; an electrical storage unit that supplies electric power supplementing the electric power; and an acceleration/deceleration parameter setting unit that computes maximum power that can be used for acceleration/deceleration based on a power storage amount in the electrical storage unit, the power supply capacity, and all energy required for acceleration, computes an acceleration/deceleration parameter that causes electric power at a time of acceleration/deceleration to be equal to or lower than the maximum power, and sets the acceleration/deceleration parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Nagaoka, Shinya Nishino, Toshiaki Kimata, Daisuke Fujino
  • Publication number: 20140371899
    Abstract: A track control apparatus includes an interpolation/acceleration and deceleration calculating unit that interpolates a commanded route and calculates a post-acceleration and deceleration interpolation route, an axis distributing unit that generates a position command for each movable axis from the post-acceleration and deceleration interpolation route, a servo-response calculating unit that calculates a servo response to the position command, a tangential-direction-servo-response calculating unit that obtains a tangential direction servo response from the post-acceleration and deceleration interpolation route, a reference-point generating unit that obtains a reference point from the tangential direction servo response, a position-vector correcting unit that corrects the position command for each movable axis to output a post-correction position command for each movable axis, and a servo control unit that outputs motor driving torque such that each movable axis follows the corresponding post-correction positio
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20140371916
    Abstract: A servo control device includes a coarse-movement reference model unit calculating a coarse-movement model position by performing predetermined filter computation based on a position command; a coarse-movement follow-up control unit controlling the coarse-movement shaft motor such that a coarse-movement-shaft motor position follows the coarse-movement model position based on the coarse-movement-shaft motor position provided from the coarse-movement shaft motor and the coarse-movement model position; an integrated reference model unit calculating an integrated model position by performing predetermined filter computation based on a position command; and a fine-movement follow-up control unit controlling the fine-movement shaft motor such that a fine-movement-shaft motor position follows a fine-movement model position based on the fine-movement-shaft motor position provided from the fine-movement shaft motor and the fine-movement model position obtained from the integrated model position and the coarse-movement
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Nagaoka, Teruaki Fukuoka, Takahiro Nakai
  • Patent number: 8831768
    Abstract: A CPU 41 reads a next block (S1), and then determines whether the read block is a TCP (tool center point) control finish command “G49” or not (S2). If it is determined to be the TCP control finish command “G49”, the TCP control is finished. If it is determined not to be the TCP control finish command “G49”, whether the read block is a coordinate-system transformation command “P1” or not is determined (S3). Next, if it is determined not to be the coordinate-system transformation command “P1”, the TCP control is performed, without transforming the coordinate system, in accordance with a command of the block (S11). Next, the process returns to S1, and then the process after S1 is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shunro Ono, Kotaro Nagaoka, Tomonori Sato, Daisuke Fujino
  • Publication number: 20130300337
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: an acceleration/deceleration processing unit that generates a servo command according to an acceleration/deceleration parameter; a servo control unit that controls a motor drive torque to drive a control target machine motor according to the servo command; a power supply unit that supplies electric power of a predetermined power supply capacity from a commercial power supply to the servo control unit; an electrical storage unit that supplies electric power supplementing the electric power; and an acceleration/deceleration parameter setting unit that computes maximum power that can be used for acceleration/deceleration based on a power storage amount in the electrical storage unit, the power supply capacity, and all energy required for acceleration, computes an acceleration/deceleration parameter that causes electric power at a time of acceleration/deceleration to be equal to or lower than the maximum power, and sets the acceleration/deceleration parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Nagaoka, Shinya Nishino, Toshiaki Kimata, Daisuke Fujino
  • Publication number: 20130291661
    Abstract: An error display device is a device for displaying a translation error and an attitude error associated with a rectilinear motion of a machine element, and includes a reference-motion-trajectory display unit that displays a design motion trajectory, and an error magnification/display unit that magnifies the translation error and the attitude error and displays the magnified errors, wherein the error magnification/display unit calculates a translation error vector including a magnified translation error obtained by multiplying the translation error by a predetermined magnification factor, draws a translation error trajectory including the design motion trajectory and the translation error vector added thereto, calculates an attitude error matrix including a magnified attitude error obtained by multiplying the attitude error by a predetermined magnification factor, and draws a predetermined shape with coordinates transformed using the attitude error matrix and the translation error vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuta Sato, Kotaro Nagaoka, Shunro Ono
  • Publication number: 20130138236
    Abstract: A trajectory control device controlling a trajectory of a movable portion includes a servo-system response-trajectory calculation unit that computes a servo-system response trajectory based on a position command of each movable axis, a shape-feature determination unit that outputs a shape feature amount including information of a position of a boundary point in a path shape and a running direction near the boundary point based on a determination from the position command whether the shape of the commanded path is straight or curved line, a position-vector correction unit that corrects a position vector based on the position command, the servo-system response trajectory and the shape feature amount, and outputs a corrected position command, and servo control units that control a motor of each movable axis by outputting a motor drive torque so that a position of each movable axis follows the corrected position command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kotaro Nagaoka