Patents by Inventor Masahiko SUMITOMO
Masahiko SUMITOMO 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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Publication number: 20240025671Abstract: A substrate conveying robot includes a hand sensor provided on a substrate holding hand, and a hand circuit substrate provided on the substrate holding hand and connected to the hand sensor, and a serial communication connection is made between a robot controller and the hand circuit substrate through an inside of an arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko TAN, Masaya YOSHIDA, Masahiko SUMITOMO, Shota TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20240004368Abstract: A robot system includes a robot that includes a motor, a first storage unit that is provided to correspond to the motor and stores identification information of the motor, a second storage unit that is provided separately from the first storage unit and stores the identification information of the motor, and a control unit that detects whether or not the motor attached to the robot is a motor to which the identification information has been assigned in advance, by comparing the identification information of the motor stored in the first storage unit and the identification information of the motor stored in the second storage unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kawasaki Robotics (USA), INC.Inventors: Haruhiko TAN, Masahiko SUMITOMO, Junichi SUGAHARA, Nobuyasu SHIMOMURA, Avish Ashok BHARWANI
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Patent number: 11476138Abstract: A diagnostic system of a substrate transfer hand including a base part coupled to a hand tip portion of a robot arm and a substrate holding part coupled to the base part to hold a substrate, includes a camera which is secured to the base part and takes an image of the substrate holding part; and a diagnostic device which obtains image information of the image taken by the camera and diagnoses normality of the substrate holding part based on the image information.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohiko Goto, Tetsuya Yoshida, Haruhiko Tan, Kazuo Fujimori, Katsuhiro Yamashita, Masahiko Sumitomo
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Patent number: 11331798Abstract: A robot system includes: a robot; a portable operation terminal having a teaching function; and a robot controller having operation modes including a teaching mode and another operation mode different from the teaching mode, the teaching mode being an operation mode for teaching a motion to the robot through the portable operation terminal. The robot controller is configured to: detect electrical connection and electrical disconnection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal; change an operation mode in which to operate the robot to the teaching mode when detecting the connection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal; and change the operation mode in which to operate the robot to the other operation mode different from the teaching mode when detecting the disconnection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko Tan, Masahiko Sumitomo, Ryota Sakai, Jun Kanzaki
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Publication number: 20220131494Abstract: A control device configured to control operation of an electric motor of which a rotational shaft is rotatable by an external force which servo-controls the electric motor by an inverter circuit when a voltage value between power-supply input terminals of the inverter circuit is detected to be at or above a given voltage value required for the servo-control of the electric motor, and applies dynamic braking to the electric motor by forming a short circuit in the inverter circuit when the voltage value between the power-supply input terminals of the inverter circuit is detected to be below the given voltage value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko TAN, Masahiko SUMITOMO, Shota TOMINAGA
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Patent number: 11203121Abstract: A control device of robot includes: image data acquirer configured to acquire image data taken by camera, image data including a teaching substrate and a substrate placing portion of a hand, the teaching substrate arranged as a teaching target at substrate target position; a virtual substrate information generator configured to generate information of a virtual substrate virtually arranged at the substrate placing portion of the hand in image data of the camera; distance information calculator configured to calculate distance information from substrate placing portion to the teaching substrate based on image data of the camera; operation control unit configured to control operation of robot arm based on distance information from the substrate placing portion to the teaching substrate such that the virtual substrate coincides with the teaching substrate; and storage unit configured to store, as teaching data, position of the hand when the virtual substrate coincides with the teaching substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohiko Goto, Tetsuya Yoshida, Haruhiko Tan, Kazuo Fujimori, Katsuhiro Yamashita, Masahiko Sumitomo
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Publication number: 20210362326Abstract: A robot system includes: a robot; a portable operation terminal having a teaching function; and a robot controller having operation modes including a teaching mode and another operation mode different from the teaching mode, the teaching mode being an operation mode for teaching a motion to the robot through the portable operation terminal. The robot controller is configured to: detect electrical connection and electrical disconnection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal; change an operation mode in which to operate the robot to the teaching mode when detecting the connection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal; and change the operation mode in which to operate the robot to the other operation mode different from the teaching mode when detecting the disconnection between the robot controller and the portable operation terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2018Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko TAN, Masahiko SUMITOMO, Ryota SAKAI, Jun KANZAKI
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Patent number: 11110599Abstract: A control device of a robot includes: an image data acquirer acquiring image data taken by a camera, the image data including a hand teaching substrate and substrate placing portion, the teaching substrate arranged as a teaching target at a substrate target position; a virtual substrate information generator generating information of a virtual substrate virtually arranged at the hand substrate placing portion in the image data; an operating unit receiving an input and generate operation information corresponding to the input; a screen display unit displaying an image of the teaching substrate and an image of the virtual substrate on a screen; a robot operation control unit controlling an operation of the robot arm in accordance with the operation information; and a teaching data record unit storing, as teaching data, a position of the hand when the virtual substrate has coincided with the teaching substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohiko Goto, Tetsuya Yoshida, Haruhiko Tan, Kazuo Fujimori, Katsuhiro Yamashita, Masahiko Sumitomo
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Publication number: 20210028727Abstract: A short-circuiting device according includes a short circuit that is electrically connected to a robot, the robot including a robotic arm and at least one motor, the robotic arm including at least one joint shaft that is provided with the respective at least one motor, the short circuit being provided separately from a robot controller configured to control the robot, the short circuit being configured to apply a dynamic brake to each motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko TAN, Masahiko SUMITOMO
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Publication number: 20200030973Abstract: A control device of a robot includes: an image data acquirer acquiring image data taken by a camera, the image data including a hand teaching substrate and substrate placing portion, the teaching substrate arranged as a teaching target at a substrate target position; a virtual substrate information generator generating information of a virtual substrate virtually arranged at the hand substrate placing portion in the image data; an operating unit receiving an input and generate operation information corresponding to the input; a screen display unit displaying an image of the teaching substrate and an image of the virtual substrate on a screen; a robot operation control unit controlling an operation of the robot arm in accordance with the operation information; and a teaching data record unit storing, as teaching data, a position of the hand when the virtual substrate has coincided with the teaching substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohiko GOTO, Tetsuya YOSHIDA, Haruhiko TAN, Kazuo FUJIMORI, Katsuhiro YAMASHITA, Masahiko SUMITOMO
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Publication number: 20200027765Abstract: A diagnostic system of a substrate transfer hand including a base part coupled to a hand tip portion of a robot arm and a substrate holding part coupled to the base part to hold a substrate, includes a camera which is secured to the base part and takes an image of the substrate holding part; and a diagnostic device which obtains image information of the image taken by the camera and diagnoses normality of the substrate holding part based on the image information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohiko GOTO, Tetsuya YOSHIDA, Haruhiko TAN, Kazuo FUJIMORI, Katsuhiro YAMASHITA, Masahiko SUMITOMO
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Publication number: 20190344446Abstract: A control device of robot includes: image data acquirer configured to acquire image data taken by camera, image data including a teaching substrate and a substrate placing portion of a hand, the teaching substrate arranged as a teaching target at substrate target position; a virtual substrate information generator configured to generate information of a virtual substrate virtually arranged at the substrate placing portion of the hand in image data of the camera; distance information calculator configured to calculate distance information from substrate placing portion to the teaching substrate based on image data of the camera; operation control unit configured to control operation of robot arm based on distance information from the substrate placing portion to the teaching substrate such that the virtual substrate coincides with the teaching substrate; and storage unit configured to store, as teaching data, position of the hand when the virtual substrate coincides with the teaching substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohiko GOTO, Tetsuya YOSHIDA, Haruhiko TAN, Kazuo FUJIMORI, Katsuhiro YAMASHITA, Masahiko SUMITOMO