Patents by Inventor Masayuki Kamon

Masayuki Kamon 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: 12350816
    Abstract: An intermediation device (2) constitutes a manipulation signal converting module in the intermediation device (2) or a manipulation terminal (3). When the manipulation signal converting module receives a plurality of manipulation signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of manipulation keys, the manipulation signal converting module converts the plurality of manipulation signals into a plurality of individual operating commands, and sends the plurality of individual operating commands to a robot (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Masayuki Kamon, Shigetsugu Tanaka, Yoshihiko Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12343863
    Abstract: A spherical joint of the present disclosure includes a ball member and a socket having an inner circumferential surface configured to spherically contact the ball member. The socket includes a cage part forming the inner circumferential surface and having an opening, and a bar-shaped connecting part provided to the cage part. A fastening member is disposed at the cage part so as to reduce a space of the opening in the extending direction of the connecting part and such that a gap is formed between the fastening member and the ball member. The opening is formed in a part of the inner circumferential surface other than a part where the largest load is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, So Yukizaki, Junichi Karasuyama
  • Patent number: 12343873
    Abstract: A control device includes: first circuitry that generates a command to cause a robot to autonomously grind a grinding target portion; second circuitry that generates a command to cause the robot to grind a grinding target portion according to manipulation information from an operation device; third circuitry that controls operation of the robot according to the command; storage that stores image data of a grinding target portion and operation data of the robot corresponding to the command; and forth circuitry that performs machine learning by using image data of a grinding target portion and the operation data for the grinding target portion, receives the image data as input data, and outputs an operation correspondence command corresponding to the operation data as output data. The first circuitry generates the command, based on the operation correspondence command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo Yonemoto, Takanori Kozuki, Masahiko Akamatsu, Hitoshi Hasunuma, Masayuki Kamon
  • Publication number: 20250181068
    Abstract: A robot includes: a main body on which a person is carried; a handle to be gripped by the person on the main body; a moving device configured to move the main body; an operation terminal attachable to and detachable from the robot and configured to receive an input of a command related to an operation of the robot; and a control device configured to control the robot in accordance with the command received from the operation terminal. In a state where the operation terminal is attached to the robot, the operation terminal is disposed at a position where the operation terminal is operated while the handle is gripped by the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMON, Tatsuhiko KATO, So YUKIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20250182647
    Abstract: An intermediation device (2) receives, from a plurality of robots (5), recruitments of remote workers who operate the plurality of robots (5) and perform a plurality of works. The intermediation device (2) posts the recruitments of the remote workers who perform the plurality of works on a site on a network (4) of an intermediary who holds the intermediation device (2). When the plurality of remote workers access the site from a plurality of manipulation terminals (3) and send a plurality of applications for the recruitments of the remote workers who perform the plurality of works, the intermediation device (2) selects, based on the plurality of applications, one or more robots (5) and one or more manipulation terminals (3) as one or more selected robots (5) and one or more selected manipulation terminals (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Masayuki KAMON, Shigetsugu TANAKA, Yoshihiko MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 12310689
    Abstract: A diagnosis/treatment support robot includes a surgical manipulator that is remotely manipulated by an operator. The surgical manipulator includes a robotic arm. The robotic arm includes an instrument mount at a tip thereof. A surgical instrument for surgery of a patient is attached to the instrument mount. An auxiliary instrument is attachable to the instrument mount. The auxiliary instrument is an instrument other than the surgical instrument. The auxiliary instrument is an instrument for at least either one of an auxiliary practice of a diagnosis of an infectious disease or an auxiliary practice of a treatment of the infectious disease for a target person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Atsushi Kameyama, Masayuki Kamon
  • Publication number: 20250145234
    Abstract: A quadrupedal walking robot includes: a main body including a seat portion on which a person is to sit astride; a handle to be gripped by the person seated on the seat portion; four leg portions coupled to the main body and configured to perform a bending operation, each of the four leg portions including two or more joints; a plurality of actuators configured to drive the plurality of joints; an operation device disposed on the handle and configured to receive an input of a command related to an operation of the quadrupedal walking robot; and a controller configured to control the plurality of actuators in accordance with the command received from the operation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMON, Tatsuhiko KATO, So YUKIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20250145233
    Abstract: A quadrupedal walking robot includes: a main body; four leg portions coupled to the main body and configured to perform a bending operation, each of the four leg portions including two or more joints; a plurality of joint actuators configured to drive a plurality of the joints; a traveling device configured to protrude from the main body in a down direction of the main body and configured to operate so as to come into contact with a support surface supporting the quadrupedal walking robot and to move the quadrupedal walking robot in a state of being in contact with the support surface; and a controller configured to control operations of the plurality of joint actuators and the traveling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMON, Tatsuhiko KATO, So YUKIZAKI
  • Patent number: 12283704
    Abstract: A secondary battery unit includes a first secondary battery module disposed at at least either one of a front part or a back part of a body of a humanoid robot, a second secondary battery module disposed around the body in a direction intersecting with a front-and-rear direction of the body, and a base coupling the first secondary battery module to the second secondary battery module. The base is detachably attached to the body, together with the first secondary battery module and the second secondary battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, So Yukizaki, Junichi Karasuyama, Yuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12246454
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot installed in a work area and controlled by a second control device, a 3D camera operated by an operator, a sensor that is disposed in a manipulation area that is a space different from the work area, and wirelessly detects position information and posture information on the 3D camera, a display, and a first control device. The first control device acquires image information on a workpiece imaged by the 3D camera, acquires, from the sensor, the position information and the posture information when the workpiece is imaged by the 3D camera, displays the acquired image information on the display, forms a three-dimensional model of the workpiece based on the image information, and the acquired position information and posture information, displays the formed three-dimensional model on the display, and outputs first data that is data of the formed three-dimensional model to the second control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, Hirokazu Sugiyama, Yuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12249245
    Abstract: An intermediation device (2) receives, from a plurality of robots (5), recruitments of remote workers who operate the plurality of robots (5) and perform a plurality of works. The intermediation device (2) posts the recruitments of the remote workers who perform the plurality of works on a site on a network (4) of an intermediary who holds the intermediation device (2). When the plurality of remote workers access the site from a plurality of manipulation terminals (3) and send a plurality of applications for the recruitments of the remote workers who perform the plurality of works, the intermediation device (2) selects, based on the plurality of applications, one or more robots (5) and one or more manipulation terminals (3) as one or more selected robots (5) and one or more selected manipulation terminals (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Masayuki Kamon, Shigetsugu Tanaka, Yoshihiko Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12228948
    Abstract: An imaging system includes: an unmanned flight vehicle; an imager that is mounted on the unmanned flight vehicle and takes an image of a robot which performs work with respect to a target object; a display structure which is located away from the unmanned flight vehicle and displays the image taken by the imager to a user who manipulates the robot; and circuitry which controls operations of the imager and the unmanned flight vehicle. The circuitry acquires operation related information that is information related to an operation of the robot. The circuitry moves the unmanned flight vehicle such that a position and direction of the imager are changed so as to correspond to the operation related information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, Hirokazu Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20250045630
    Abstract: A construction method of a trained model includes six processes. In a first process, data for performing machine learning of an operation of a controlled machine by a human is collected. In a second process, collected data that is the data collected is evaluated and, when it does not satisfy a predetermined evaluation criterion, the data is collected again. In a third process, training data is selected from the collected data that satisfies the evaluation criterion. In a fourth process, the training data is evaluated and, when it does not satisfy a predetermined evaluation criterion, the training data is selected again. In a fifth process, a trained model is constructed by machine learning using the training data that satisfies the evaluation criterion. In a sixth process, the trained model is evaluated and, when it does not satisfy a predetermined evaluation criterion, the trained model is trained again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hitoshi HASUNUMA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Kazuki KURASHIMA, Ayumi KISHIDA, Masayuki KAMON
  • Patent number: 12113469
    Abstract: A robot (100) includes a resistance circuit (60) configured or programmed to perform a control to reduce a braking force of a dynamic brake by changing a resistance value of a resistance component (63) with respect to a power supply path (61) when motors (30) are stopped at an abnormal stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, Junichi Karasuyama
  • Publication number: 20240331566
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot body configured to perform a work, a robot controlling module configured to control operation of the robot body according to an operator command, a manipulator configured to send the operator command to the robot controlling module according to manipulation by an operator, a motivation information acquiring module configured to acquire motivation information for motivating the operator so that the operator increases an amount of work or a speed of work of the robot body, and a motivation information presenter configured to present to the operator the motivation information acquired by the motivation information acquiring module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Shigetsugu Tanaka, Masayuki Kamon, Yoshihiko Maruyama
  • Patent number: 12090630
    Abstract: A robot system (100) of the present disclosure includes a robot (101) installed in a workarea (201), an interface (102), a display (105), and a control device (111). When operating the robot (101) to perform a kind of work defined beforehand to a workpiece (300) based on manipulational command information on the robot (101) inputted from the interface (102), the control device (111) displays on the display (105) a spatial relationship between the workpiece (300) and the robot (101) in a state where the workpiece and the robot are seen from a direction different from a direction in which an operator looks at the robot (101) from a manipulation area (202) that is a space different from the workarea (201), based on three-dimensional model information on the workpiece (300), three-dimensional model information on the robot (101), and the manipulational command information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Kamon, Hirokazu Sugiyama, Hidenori Tani
  • Publication number: 20240300108
    Abstract: A robot system (100) includes a slave unit (1) including a slave arm (11) having a working end (11a), a slave arm actuator (13) configured to drive the slave arm, and a slave-side controller (14) configured to control the slave arm actuator based on a slave operating command for defining a target position of the working end, a master unit (2) including a master arm (21) having a manipulation end (21a) into which the content of manipulation is inputted by an operator, and a system controller (3) configured to generate the slave operating command based on the content of manipulation inputted into the manipulation end. When a command corresponding to the content of manipulation is a command corresponding to a limit equivalent range corresponding to a limit of operation of at least one of the slave arm and the master arm, the system controller performs processing to give perception to the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMON, Hideyuki RYU, Jun FUJIMORI, Hiroki KINOSHITA, Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Takuya SHITAKA, Kai SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 12046148
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot body configured to perform a work, a robot controlling module configured to control operation of the robot body according to an operator command, a manipulator configured to send the operator command to the robot controlling module according to manipulation by an operator, a motivation information acquiring module configured to acquire motivation information for motivating the operator so that the operator increases an amount of work or a speed of work of the robot body, and a motivation information presenter configured to present to the operator the motivation information acquired by the motivation information acquiring module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Shigetsugu Tanaka, Masayuki Kamon, Yoshihiko Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20240238984
    Abstract: A robot system includes a self-propelled robot 1 having an autonomously travelable carriage and at least one robotic arm mounted on the carriage, and a plurality of manipulation consoles that manipulate the self-propelled robot. The plurality of manipulation consoles include a first manipulation console that exclusively operates some of a plurality of to-be-operated parts of the self-propelled robot including the carriage and the at least one robotic arm, and a second manipulation console that exclusively operates some or all of the remainder of the plurality of to-be-operated parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMON, Hitoshi HASUNUMA
  • Patent number: 12027060
    Abstract: A data generation device generates at least a part of data used for a generation of an image displayed on a display unit. The display unit displays a workspace model modeled after an actual workspace, as a video. The workspace model includes a robot model modeled after an actual robot, and a peripheral object model modeled after a given peripheral object around the actual robot. The robot model is created so as to operate according to operation of an operator to a manipulator. The data generation device includes a state information acquiring module configured to acquire state information indicative of a state of the peripheral object, and an estimating module configured to estimate, based on the state information, a state of the peripheral object after a given period of time from the current time point, and generate a result of the estimation as peripheral-object model data used for a creation of the peripheral object model displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Masayuki Kamon, Shigetsugu Tanaka, Yoshihiko Maruyama