Patents by Inventor Masataka TANABE

Masataka TANABE 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: 20250041009
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, a controller is configured or programmed to change at least one of a level of an operation start assisting force, a level of an in-operation assisting force, or a level of a braking force based on a level change operation of an operator received by a level change receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKANO, Takeshi KURIHARA, Masataka TANABE, Shinji KAJIHARA
  • Patent number: 12161436
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a controller configured or programmed to calculate an operation speed signal, to calculate a first filtered signal, to calculate a limited signal, to calculate a second filtered signal, and calculate an output position signal based on the second filtered signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Tanabe, Tomohiro Hayashida, Yuto Shintani
  • Patent number: 12150727
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, a controller is configured or programmed to change at least one of a level of an operation start assisting force, a level of an in-operation assisting force, or a level of a braking force based on a level change operation of an operator received by a level change receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Takano, Takeshi Kurihara, Masataka Tanabe, Shinji Kajihara
  • Publication number: 20230405814
    Abstract: A current limiting device includes a current limiter to limit a current to be carried to a drive within a range of a limit value. The limit value is set to change according to a speed of the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka TANABE, Shinji KAJIHARA, Kenta NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230318514
    Abstract: A current limiting device includes a current limiter to limit a current to be carried to a drive within a range of a current limit value. The current limit value is set to change according to an acceleration of the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka TANABE, Kenta NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230270515
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a controller configured or programmed to limit a speed command value within a range of a speed limit value, and limit an acceleration command value within a range of an acceleration limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka TANABE, Tetsuo ICHII, Ayataka KOBAYASHI, Yuichi MIZOHATA
  • Publication number: 20230034631
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, a controller is configured or programmed to change at least one of a level of an operation start assisting force, a level of an in-operation assisting force, or a level of a braking force based on a level change operation of an operator received by a level change receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke TAKANO, Takeshi KURIHARA, Masataka TANABE, Shinji KAJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220387120
    Abstract: In a robotic surgical system, an operation unit includes a drive to assist an operation of an operator. A controller is configured or programmed to control the drive to exert a braking force when the operation on the operation unit is decelerated and/or accelerated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka TANABE, Yusuke TAKANO, Takeshi KURIHARA, Shinji KAJIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220125536
    Abstract: A robotic surgical system includes a controller configured or programmed to calculate an operation speed signal, to calculate a first filtered signal, to calculate a limited signal, to calculate a second filtered signal, and calculate an output position signal based on the second filtered signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka TANABE, Tomohiro HAYASHIDA, Yuto SHINTANI
  • Patent number: 11077550
    Abstract: A robot includes a lower arm mechanism having a first parallel link structure, an upper arm mechanism having a second parallel link structure, a base portion forming a lower side part of the first parallel link structure, a wrist portion forming a distal side part of the second parallel link structure, an intermediate connection portion forming an upper side part of the first parallel link structure and a proximal side part of the second parallel link structure, and an upper arm biasing unit for applying a biasing force against a rotating operation in a direction that the wrist portion descends to an upper arm configuring a lower side part of the second parallel link structure. According to the robot, the range of the portable mass of an object can be expanded without enlarging an arm drive motor and declining an arm operation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yoshida, Masataka Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20200282568
    Abstract: The present application relates a robot control device for controlling a robot and a robot system. The robot control device controls the robot selectively in a normal operating mode and in an overdrive mode. In the normal operating mode, the robot control device controls the robot to operate within an allowable range according to load applied to the robot. In the overdrive mode, the robot control device controls the robot to operate at high speed without operation of the robot being limited to the allowable range. To control the robot in the over drive mode, the robot control device interlockingly changes magnification scales, of a plurality of parameters that specify an operating speed of the robot, based on an overdrive magnification scale about a degree of a high speed operation of the robot in the overdrive mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka TANABE, Atsushi KAMEYAMA, Takahiro KIKUCHI, Hiroaki YASUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170050314
    Abstract: A robot includes a lower arm mechanism having a first parallel link structure, an upper arm mechanism having a second parallel link structure, a base portion forming a lower side part of the first parallel link structure, a wrist portion forming a distal side part of the second parallel link structure, an intermediate connection portion forming an upper side part of the first parallel link structure and a proximal side part of the second parallel link structure, and an upper arm biasing unit for applying a biasing force against a rotating operation in a direction that the wrist portion descends to an upper arm configuring a lower side part of the second parallel link structure. According to the robot, the range of the portable mass of an object can be expanded without enlarging an arm drive motor and declining an arm operation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya YOSHIDA, Masataka TANABE