Patents by Inventor Masaru Oda

Masaru Oda 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).

  • Patent number: 10197461
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting device that prevents a variation of shocks or impacts applied to a substrate during a cutting operation. The cutting device includes a pressing part; a cutting part disposed so as to move with respect to the pressing part so as to contact the substrate on an opposite side of the pressing part to thereby sandwich the substrate between the cutting part and the pressing part to shear the substrate; a first force generation part for generating pressing force to press the pressing part against the substrate; and a first adjustment part for adjusting the pressing force in response to the force applied from the substrate to the pressing part when the pressing part presses the substrate with the first force generation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Oda, Yoshinori Ochiishi
  • Publication number: 20190026807
    Abstract: An application sales management server system that assists B2B online processing related to sales and distribution of applications while making use of a conventional business practice related to B2B is provided. A sales management server system operating in an edge server communicably connected to one or more edge devices is communicably connected to a terminal of an intermediary dealer that relays sales of applications and a terminal of an end user who uses the edge device and the edge server via a communication unit. A control unit includes: an ordering processing unit that notifies the terminal of a serial number corresponding to an application on the basis of an application purchase request from the terminal of the intermediary dealer; and a distribution processing unit that distributes an application corresponding to a serial number to the edge server in response to receiving the serial number transmitted from the terminal of the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiro TERADA, Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Masaru ODA
  • Publication number: 20190028457
    Abstract: An application sales management server system capable of designating an application purchaser while making use of a conventional business practice related to B2B is provided. A sales management server system that manages sales of applications operated by an edge server communicably connected to one or more edge devices is communicably connected to a terminal via a communication unit. A control unit includes: a browsing information providing unit that provides application product information in response to a browse request from the terminal; and a mall processing unit that correlates a predetermined user with an application group including one or more pre-selected applications. The browsing information providing unit provides application product information of the application group in response to the browse request only when the user is correlated with the application group including the one or more pre-selected applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiro TERADA, Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Masaru ODA
  • Publication number: 20190026086
    Abstract: A machine system includes two machines, a computer communicably connected to the machines, and a base software application and an operation software application installed in the computer. The base software application includes a first communication module that is a program portion to execute transmission and reception of first machine information to be outputted from each machine and second command information to be outputted to each machine, and a second communication module that is a program portion to execute transmission and reception of first command information to be inputted from the operation software application to the base software application and second machine information to be outputted from the base software application to the operation software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Masaru ODA, Kiyonori INABA
  • Publication number: 20190026712
    Abstract: A sales management server system is communicably connected to a terminal of an intermediary dealer that relays sales of applications and a terminal of an end user who uses an edge device and an edge server via a communication unit. A control unit includes: an ordering processing unit that notifies of a serial number on the basis of an application purchase request from the terminal of the intermediary dealer; and a distribution processing unit that distributes a license that includes information on the number of edge devices per one license and controls the number of edge devices connected by the application together with an application correlated with the serial number to the edge server upon receiving the serial number from the terminal of the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Akihiro TERADA, Katsuyuki YAMANAKA, Masaru ODA
  • Publication number: 20180341235
    Abstract: A base software application and an operation software application are installed in a machine control computer. The base software application includes a first communication unit being a program portion, a second communication unit being a program portion, and an information conversion unit being a program portion. The information conversion unit enables a CPU of the computer to convert first machine information specific to a machine into second machine information specific to the operation software application, based on a data model or the like corresponding to a category of the machine or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventor: Masaru ODA
  • Patent number: 10114623
    Abstract: A machine system includes two machines, a computer communicably connected to the machines, and a base software application and an operation software application installed in the computer. The base software application includes a first communication module that is a program portion to execute transmission and reception of first machine information to be outputted from each machine and second command information to be outputted to each machine, and a second communication module that is a program portion to execute transmission and reception of first command information to be inputted from the operation software application to the base software application and second machine information to be outputted from the base software application to the operation software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Oda, Kiyonori Inaba
  • Patent number: 10093025
    Abstract: The present invention provides a part conveyor system comprising an attitude adjusting jig which adjusts the attitude of a part which has an axis part and a head part, and a conveyor device which takes out and conveys the part from the attitude adjusting jig. The attitude adjusting jig is provided with a recessed part which has an inside space which is sandwiched between a pair of upward slanted surfaces facing each other, a groove part which is formed at the bottom of the recessed part for holding the axis part of the part, and a magnet which is arranged in the groove part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kiyama, Masaru Oda, Toshimichi Yoshinaga
  • Publication number: 20180247142
    Abstract: A biometric authentication device including a housing, a light source unit that is installed on an upper surface of the housing and includes a light source, and an opening that is provided in the upper surface of the housing and located below the light source, and an imaging unit that is disposed inside the housing is disclosed. In the device, an optical axis of the light source intersects with a longitudinal direction of the housing, and the imaging unit images a user's biometric feature irradiated with an irradiation light from the light source through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Masaru ODA, Akira OMACHI, Yoshihiro IWAMA, Yusuke DAIMON, Daisuke MATSUBARA, Hiroko HASEBE, Akio NAGASAKA, Yusuke MATSUDA, Naoto MIURA
  • Patent number: 10016890
    Abstract: A robot traveling system, which enables sufficient space to be secured by a machine that is installed along a rail. The robot traveling system is provided with a rail, a carriage which can move along the rail and which supports a robot, a drive mechanism which drives the carriage, and a cable track which houses a cable which has a connecting end which is connected to the robot and is laid at the bottom side of the rail along that rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ochiishi, Masaru Oda
  • Patent number: 9951548
    Abstract: A system which can reliably prevent a worker from being caught in a door which is provided on a work machine. The system comprises a work machine which has an operable door, a door drive part which makes the door operate, a door controller which controls the door drive part, a robot which is provided so that at least part can enter and retract from the inside of the work machine when opening the door, and an entry detection part which detects a possibility of a person entering a predetermined zone which includes a range of operation of the robot. The door controller changes a command value to the door drive part which determines the speed of movement of the door when the entry detection part detects that possibility to a second command value which makes the speed of movement decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Oda
  • Patent number: 9933345
    Abstract: The robot system includes a robot having an arm which is provided, on its tip, with two claws which are driven by a servo motor. According to this robot system, a relative position of the two claws is detected when the two claws apply a load of a predetermined force to a welded part welded to a workpiece. The deviation between the detected relative position and a predetermined reference relative position is calculated. The workpiece is determined to be of a good quality or poor quality by comparing the calculated deviation to a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Watanabe, Masaru Oda
  • Patent number: 9926915
    Abstract: A wind power generation system includes: blades configured to be rotated by wind; a generator configured to be driven by the rotation of the blades to generate power; a nacelle supporting the blades; and a tower supporting the nacelle rotatably. The wind power generation system is configured to receive the wind at a side opposite to a side of the nacelle on which the blades are provided. The system includes a radiator configured to dissipate heat in the nacelle through a cooling medium. The radiator is provided outside the nacelle on an upwind side of the nacelle. The radiator is provided with an intake surface thereof facing an upwind direction. A path is formed downstream of the radiator to guide the wind that has passed the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehisa Funabashi, Yasushi Shigenaga, Shingo Inamura, Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20180061688
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a plurality of processing units and a gas supply unit. The plurality of processing units are stacked and arranged, and each configured to hold a substrate in a chamber and to process the substrate by a processing liquid, and the gas supply unit is provided for each of the processing units to supply a gas into each of the processing units. The gas supply unit includes an intake unit and an air supply unit. The intake unit takes in and purifies outside air, and the air supply unit configured to supplies a clean air purified by the intake unit into the processing units. In addition, the intake unit is arranged on a lateral side of the chamber, and is arranged on the same side face of the chambers between the stacked and arranged processing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Junya Minamida, Masaru Oda, Sho Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9905880
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack is comprised of a plurality of power generating units which are stacked along the horizontal direction. An oxidant gas inlet port and a fuel gas inlet port are provided in an upper portion of one of the power generating units, and an oxidant gas outlet port and a fuel gas outlet port are provided in the lower portion of the power generating unit. A refrigerant inlet port and a refrigerant outlet port are formed in each of the left and right portions of the power generating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Mohri, Yasunori Kotani, Masaru Oda, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Akihiro Matsui, Keiko Yamazaki, Chikara Iwasawa, Hideo Okamoto, Masahiro Ise, Hiroaki Ohta
  • Patent number: 9895801
    Abstract: An offline teaching device has a calculation unit which calculates a second position of a second tool on a work line which is separated by a predetermined distance from a first position of a first tool on the work line, calculates a workpiece position where the first tool in the first position contacts or adjoins the workpiece, and calculates a workpiece position and posture such that the second tool in the second position contacts or adjoins the workpiece by changing the posture of the workpiece from the workpiece position with respect to the first tool, while maintaining the work posture of the first tool, and has a generation unit which generates a robot teaching position based on the position and posture of the workpiece and the holding position of the workpiece, and generates a program such that the first tool and the second tool pass along the work line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Oda, Yoshiharu Nagatsuka, Kozo Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180039933
    Abstract: A first terminal determines a collection date of a somatic cell based on a desired collection date and a collectable date transmitted by a second medium; and outputs the collection date to a first medium. A second terminal outputs the collectable date to the second medium; and determines an acceptance date based on the collection date transmitted by the first medium and a production period of an iPS cell transmitted by a third medium. A third terminal determines the production period based on the collection date and a producible period, and determines a shipment date based on the production period and stockable location and period transmitted by a fourth medium; and outputs the production period to the third medium. A fourth terminal outputs the stockable location and period to the fourth medium; and determines stock location and period based on the production period and the stockable location and period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Kiyonori INABA, Masaru ODA
  • Publication number: 20180035661
    Abstract: A stem cell manufacturing system for manufacturing stem cells from somatic cells includes: one or more closed production device(s) configured to produce stem cells from somatic cells; one or more drive device(s) configured to be connected with the production device(s) and drive the production device(s) in such a manner as to maintain the production device(s) in an environment suitable for producing stem cells; one or more cryopreservation device(s) configured to cryopreserve the produced stem cells; a first memory device configured to store whether or not somatic cells have been introduced to the production device(s), as a first state; a second memory device configured to store whether or not the production device(s) is/are connected with the drive device(s), as a second state; and a third memory device configured to store whether or not the produced stem cells can be placed in the cryopreservation device(s), as a third state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Kiyonori INABA, Masaru ODA
  • Publication number: 20180039939
    Abstract: A system for an iPS cell bank includes a terminal and a server. The terminal receives and sends a production request including a desired collection date of a somatic cell and a customer ID to the server. The server stores a collectable date for collecting the somatic cell, a producible period for producing an iPS cell, and a location and a stockable period for stocking the iPS cell; and determines: a collection date based on the desired collection date and the collectable date; a production period based on the collection date and the producible period; an acceptance date of the somatic cell based on the collection date and the production period; a stock location and a stock period based on the production period, the stockable location, and the stockable period; and a shipment date of the iPS cell based on the production period, the stockable location, and the stockable period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Koji TANABE, Kiyonori INABA, Masaru ODA
  • Patent number: 9793568
    Abstract: A fuel cell is formed by sandwiching a membrane electrode assembly between a first separator and a second separator. The membrane electrode assembly includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the cathode and the anode. In the membrane electrode assembly, a catalyst area of an electrode catalyst layer of the cathode and an electrode catalyst layer of the anode terminates at a position spaced upwardly from lower ends of an oxygen-containing gas flow field and a fuel gas flow field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Oda, Nagayuki Kanaoka, Shunsuke Itami, Ryohei Ishimaru, Masaaki Sakano