Patents by Inventor Makoto Onodera

Makoto Onodera 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: 20250173472
    Abstract: A design support apparatus 10 for supporting a design for a product includes: a storage unit configured to store design information; an input unit 100 configured to receive the design information; a shape information extraction unit 101 configured to extract, from the design information, shape information indicating a shape and an arrangement of each of components constituting the product and attribute information indicating an attribute of each of components; an inter-component relation calculation unit 102 configured to calculate, based on the extracted shape information, inter-component information indicating relation between components of an own component that is a specified component and another component among the components constituting the product; and a requirement specification estimation unit 103 configured to estimate, based on the calculated inter-component information and the attribute information, a requirement specification required for the own component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki ITABAYASHI, Makoto ONODERA, Yosuke UEKI
  • Publication number: 20250139328
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing information estimation device including a design and manufacturing related information storage section in which CAD model data, in which shape data and manufacturing attribute data of a product are recorded, and manufacturing process data, in which manufacturing process information for the CAD model data is recorded, are registered as design and manufacturing related information for each part, a similarity calculation section for calculating a similarity between a plurality of items of part data of design CAD model data to be subjected to manufacturing information estimation and registered part CAD model data, and calculating a partial similarity from both similarities of shape information and manufacturing attribute information, a similar part search section for searching the part CAD model data having the partial similarity equal to or greater than a threshold, a corresponding process information extraction section for extracting manufacturing process information corresponding to
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Makoto ONODERA, Kenji NISHIKAWA, Ryogo HISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 12277407
    Abstract: A programming aiding apparatus that includes a visual program storage unit performs a programming aiding method. In the apparatus, a training data generating unit edits the visual program. A graph learning unit trains a graph learning model that receives a feature of a node and a connection of the node in the visual program as an input, among the input data, and outputs a likelihood of a feature of a node to be added to in the visual program. An added node selecting unit calculates a likelihood of a feature of a node by using data of a visual program as input data input to the learning model trained by the graph learning unit, and selects a node to be added based on the likelihood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hasebe, Erika Katayama, Makoto Onodera
  • Publication number: 20240419849
    Abstract: The invention provides a design support device that supports design of a CAD model, the design support device includes: an input unit configured to input the CAD model and a feature value including a shape and a position of the CAD model; a feature value identification unit configured to identify the shape and the position on the CAD model using the feature value received from the input unit; a frequency calculation unit configured to calculate a frequency of the identified shape and the identified position; and an output unit configured to output the frequency distribution calculated by the frequency calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Erika KATAYAMA, Makoto ONODERA, Tatsuya HASEBE
  • Publication number: 20240412461
    Abstract: Provided are an annotation device and an annotation method capable of simple and highly accurate annotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya HASEBE, Erika WATANABE, Makoto ONODERA
  • Publication number: 20240086592
    Abstract: A design assistance device (10) comprises: a determination rule definition unit (102) that defines a determination rule for determining whether a CAD model (103) violates a design guideline (101); a geometric shape recognition unit (105) that extracts, from the CAD model (103), a violation location violating the design guidelines (101), by using geometric shape recognition based on the determination rule defined by the determination rule definition unit (102); and a feature amount recognition unit (108) that identifies, from among violation locations, a violation location violating the design guidelines (101), by using feature amount recognition based on a prescribed feature amount of the violation location extracted by the geometric shape recognition unit (105).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Erika KATAYAMA, Ichiro KATAOKA, Makoto ONODERA
  • Publication number: 20230350647
    Abstract: A programming aiding apparatus including: a visual program storage unit; a training data generating unit that edits the visual program; a graph learning unit that trains a graph learning model that receives a feature of a node and a connection of the node in the visual program as an input, among the input data, and outputs a likelihood of a feature of a node to be added to in the visual program; and an added node selecting unit that calculates a likelihood of a feature of a node by using data of a visual program as input data input to the learning model trained by the graph learning unit, and selects a node to be added based on the likelihood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuya HASEBE, Erika KATAYAMA, Makoto ONODERA
  • Patent number: 11772329
    Abstract: An input data creation device for powder additive manufacturing that can design and provide an appropriate support that avoids manufacturing failure. The device creates input data of a model in which a support is provided to a manufacturing designed object in powder additive manufacturing. The device includes a mechanical quantity calculation unit including a mechanism configured to calculate a mechanical quantity generated on a surface to which the support is provided in the manufacturing designed object; and a support shape determination unit including a mechanism configured to determine, based on information on a plurality of types of support shapes, information on an allowable mechanical quantity defined for each support shape, and a mechanical quantity calculated by the mechanical quantity calculation unit, an optimized support shape having an allowable mechanical quantity equal to or greater than the calculated mechanical quantity from among the plurality of types of support shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hamaguchi, Makoto Onodera, Masayuki Hariya, Zixian Zhang, Shingo Noro
  • Patent number: 11669649
    Abstract: A design support device includes a unit that accepts registration of normal CAD data with a past record and violation CAD data determined to have violated portion with respect to three-dimensional CAD data, a unit that acquires a parameter related to a design rule from CAD data to be evaluated, a unit that calculates a statistical value of the acquired parameter and calculates a value of an influence degree t that explains a violation of each parameter, and a unit that presents a scatter diagram plotting normal CAD data and violation CAD data to be evaluated and a boundary line subjected to cluster analysis, on a two-dimensional coordinate system, according to a combination of parameters designated by a user (evaluator).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Itabayashi, Makoto Onodera, Yuuki Shimizu, Akira Kamei, Masayuki Hariya
  • Patent number: 11520945
    Abstract: A modeling support system stores a combination of a CAD model and a mesh model corresponding to the CAD model; recognizes a shape indicated by the CAD model; and classifies respective parts of the stored CAD model into one of a plurality of groups. The modeling support system also specifies component parts of an input CAD model and specifies groups corresponding to the specified component parts from the specified groups. A similar-shape-model search unit searches and obtains the part of the CAD model having a shape most similar to the shape indicated by the specified component part, from the part of the CAD model in the specified groups. Further, a mesh model generating unit obtains a mesh model corresponding to the obtained part of the CAD model, from the stored mesh model, and generates a new mesh model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Qi He, Chikara Kongo, Makoto Onodera, Masaki Shintani
  • Patent number: 11176283
    Abstract: A shape search unit (22) that repeats processes of comparing each shape element of current shape data (11a) or previous difference shape data (12a) with each shape element of existing shape data (11b), setting a set of shape elements that are similar to each other as a result of the comparison as common shape data (12b), on the other hand, and setting a set of shape elements that are not similar to each other as next difference shape data (12a), until the common shape data (12b) is not extracted from the difference shape data (12a), a common mesh extraction unit (23b) that searches for corresponding common mesh data (13b) from an existing model database (11x) using the common shape data (12b) as a search key are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Onodera, Masayuki Hariya, Chikara Kongou, Masaki Shintani, Qi He
  • Publication number: 20210334421
    Abstract: Generation of a search key shape for identifying a dedicated shape with respect to three-dimensional CAD data is facilitated. A shape group registration unit registers multiple pieces of three-dimensional CAD data; a feature amount computation unit computes a feature amount with respect to each of the registered pieces of three-dimensional CAD data; a clustering unit clusters the pieces of three-dimensional CAD data based on a feature amount; a cluster center computation unit determines a feature amount of a cluster center of each cluster from a feature amount of three-dimensional CAD data; and a search key shape registration unit registers feature amount data of a cluster center as feature amount data of a search key shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto ONODERA, Yuki ITABAYASHI, Masayuki HARIYA, Chikara KONGOU, Masaki SHINTANI, Hiroki KAWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210216673
    Abstract: A design support device includes a unit that accepts registration of normal CAD data with a past record and violation CAD data determined to have violated portion with respect to three-dimensional CAD data, a unit that acquires a parameter related to a design rule from CAD data to be evaluated, a unit that calculates a statistical value of the acquired parameter and calculates a value of an influence degree t that explains a violation of each parameter, and a unit that presents a scatter diagram plotting normal CAD data and violation CAD data to be evaluated and a boundary line subjected to cluster analysis, on a two-dimensional coordinate system, according to a combination of parameters designated by a user (evaluator).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki ITABAYASHI, Makoto ONODERA, Yuuki SHIMIZU, Akira KAMEI, Masayuki HARIYA
  • Patent number: 10903471
    Abstract: A battery pack has a plurality of unit cells, a bus bar and a plate portion. The unit cells each includes a cell body having a power-generating element and being formed in a flat shape. Each unit cell has an electrode tab that extends out from a corresponding one of the cell bodies. The unit cells are stacked in a thickness direction of the cell bodies. The bus bar is electrically connected to the electrode tabs by laser welding. The plate portion forms a stacked structure together with the electrode tabs along an irradiation direction of the laser. Each electrode tab includes an anode-side electrode tab and a cathode-side electrode tab. The cathode-side electrode tabs have a different thickness than the anode-side electrode tabs. The plate portion is only provided on the ones of the anode-side electrode tabs and the cathode-side electrode tabs that have a smaller thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Envision AESC Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Onodera, Yuta Motohashi, Yusuke Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20200401737
    Abstract: A plurality of 3D CAD data which has been commercialized in the past and released is extracted according to a design rule. A main feature amount is measured for each of the plurality of 3D CAD data extracted. A related feature amount defined according to the main feature amount is acquired or measured for each of the plurality of 3D CAD data extracted. A statistical value based on the main feature amount and the related feature amount is calculated. The statistical value is visualized in order to identify an allowable range of the main feature amounts or related feature amounts that are highly related to the main feature amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto ONODERA, Yuki ITABAYASHI, Chikara KONGOU, Masaki SHINTANI, Hiroki KAWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200334399
    Abstract: A design support system for verifying 3D-CAD data includes a common module database storing a plurality of common modules for processing the 3D-CAD data, a rule file database which stores a plurality of rule files for defining a procedure for obtaining a verification feature amount from the 3D-CAD data, and violation information based on the verification feature amount using the common module, and a design support apparatus. The design support apparatus calls a common module according to the procedure defined in the rule file and executes the common module on the 3D-CAD data, and determines whether the design requirement is violated on the basis of the violation information defined in the rule file and the verification feature amount obtained according to the procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki KAWAMOTO, Makoto ONODERA, Masaki SHINTANI, Chikara KONGOU, Takeshi ABE, Akira KAMEI, Takeshi KURATA
  • Publication number: 20200269509
    Abstract: An input data creation device for powder additive manufacturing that can design and provide an appropriate support that avoids manufacturing failure. The device creates input data of a model in which a support is provided to a manufacturing designed object in powder additive manufacturing. The device includes a mechanical quantity calculation unit including a mechanism configured to calculate a mechanical quantity generated on a surface to which the support is provided in the manufacturing designed object; and a support shape determination unit including a mechanism configured to determine, based on information on a plurality of types of support shapes, information on an allowable mechanical quantity defined for each support shape, and a mechanical quantity calculated by the mechanical quantity calculation unit, an optimized support shape having an allowable mechanical quantity equal to or greater than the calculated mechanical quantity from among the plurality of types of support shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi HAMAGUCHI, Makoto ONODERA, Masayuki HARIYA, Zixian ZHANG, Shingo NORO
  • Patent number: 10628619
    Abstract: The present invention enables easy generation of analysis mesh data from larger CAD data including complicated partial shapes without performing shape division of CAD data. An analysis mesh data generating device comprises: a storage device configured to store CAD data, model CAD data, and model mesh data associated with the model CAD data; and a control device. The control device searches for model CAD data similar to a partial shape in the CAD data from the model CAD data stored in the storage device, obtains model mesh data associated with the retrieved model CAD data from the storage device, calculates an application position of the model mesh data at analysis mesh data generated from the CAD data, deletes mesh data relate with the partial shape in the analysis mesh data, and combines the model mesh data at the calculated application position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Shintani, Makoto Onodera, Chikara Kongou, Yoshimitsu Hiro
  • Publication number: 20190198848
    Abstract: A battery pack has a plurality of unit cells, a bus bar and a plate portion. The unit cells each includes a cell body having a power-generating element and being formed in a flat shape. Each unit cell has an electrode tab that extends out from a corresponding one of the cell bodies. The unit cells are stacked in a thickness direction of the cell bodies. The bus bar is electrically connected to the electrode tabs by laser welding. The plate portion forms a stacked structure together with the electrode tabs along an irradiation direction of the laser. Each electrode tab includes an anode-side electrode tab and a cathode-side electrode tab. The cathode-side electrode tabs have a different thickness than the anode-side electrode tabs. The plate portion is only provided on the ones of the anode-side electrode tabs and the cathode-side electrode tabs that have a smaller thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto ONODERA, Yuta MOTOHASHI, Yusuke TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20190095839
    Abstract: A design support device supports a design project achieved by executing a plurality of tasks including subtasks. The design history data of the design performed by a designer is sequentially stored and associated with a task to sequentially generate task-design history relevant data. A subtask is defined with respect to the task-design history relevant data to sequentially generate design process data. Subtask relevant data indicating a relevance between subtasks with respect to the plurality of pieces of design process data is generated, and a subtask to be performed in a later design work is estimated with respect to an in-process design work from a difference between past design process data of a project performed in the past and in-process data in a project performed currently to obtain an estimate subtask. An optimal execution order is calculated to obtain estimate design process data and the estimate design process data is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki ITABAYASHI, Makoto ONODERA, Chikara KONGOU, Masaki SHINTANI, He QI