Patents by Inventor Motoki KANADA
Motoki KANADA 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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Patent number: 10076839Abstract: A robot operation apparatus includes touch panel, touch operation detecting unit, action command generating unit, and selection operation detecting unit. The action command generating unit is capable of performing an operation determining process and an action command generating process. The operation determining process is a process for determining a drive axis or an action mode of a robot to be operated based on the selection operation detected by the selection operation detecting unit, and when a touch operation detected by the touch operation detecting unit is a drag operation, determining a movement amount of the drag operation. The action command generating process is a process for determining a movement amount of the robot based on the movement amount determined by in the operation determining process, and generating an action command for moving the robot at the drive axis or in the action mode to be operated by the movement amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Hirota Touma, Daisuke Kawase, Akira Ogawa, Daisuke Yui, Motoki Kanada, Yoshinobu Ohashi, Atsuko Sugano, Satoshi Ide
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Patent number: 10048851Abstract: A robot operation apparatus includes a touch panel, a display, an operation detecting unit capable of detecting a touch operation or a drag operation on the touch panel, a motion command generating unit that generates a motion command for operating a robot, and a display control unit that controls display content of the display. The motion command generating unit performs a motion speed determining process in which a motion speed of the robot is determined based on a slide distance that is a distance from a start position of a drag operation detected by the operation detecting unit to a current position. The display control unit performs a speed graphics display process in which a speed graphics in which the slide distance and the motion speed of the robot are correlated and that changes in aspect in accompaniment with changes in the slide distance is displayed on the display.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Daisuke Yui, Motoki Kanada, Atsuko Sugano, Hirota Touma
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Patent number: 9857962Abstract: A robot operation apparatus comprising: a touch panel that receives input of a touch operation and a movement operation from a user; an operation detector that detects the touch operation and the movement operation to the touch panel; and a behavior command generator that generates a behavior command operating a robot based on a detection result of the operation detector. The behavior command generator performs a behavior speed determination process that determines a behavior speed of the robot based on an operation speed of the movement operation, when the operation detector detects the movement operation to an operation graphic provided on the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Daisuke Yui, Motoki Kanada, Atsuko Sugano, Hirota Touma
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Patent number: 9782895Abstract: A pendant provided with a touch panel is provided as a robot operating apparatus. Using the pendant, an operating position of, for example, an operator's touch operation on the touch panel is detected. In the pendant, by calculation responding to the touch operation, a coordinate system having axes is set on the touch panel in response to the touch operation, in which the axes are associated with the axes of a robot. A determination area is also set on the touch panel in the periphery of a start position of the touch operation. The determination area has a predetermined size. In the pendant, an axis being operated of the robot is selected based on an arrival position of the touch operation in the determination area. An operating area on the touch panel is set with the arrival position as the center of the determination area, ensuring a highly-reliable touch operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Motoki Kanada, Atsuko Sugano, Hirota Touma
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Patent number: 9660444Abstract: In a control unit for a robot, an inverter which drives a motor installed in a robot. A control circuit controls drive of the motor. A drive power circuit supplies DC power to the motor, and a control power circuit DC power to the control circuit. A backup power circuit supplies backup DC power to the control circuit when the DC power from the control power circuit to the control circuit is shut down. A first switch is arranged between the backup power circuit and the inverter, the first switch being selectively switched on and off to open and close. A first switch control section switches on the first switch such that the DC power in the backup power circuit is supplementarily supplied to the inverter when the motor is driven to be accelerated.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventor: Motoki Kanada
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Publication number: 20170021496Abstract: A pendant provided with a touch panel is provided as a robot operating apparatus. Using the pendant, an operating position of, for example, an operator's touch operation on the touch panel is detected. In the pendant, by calculation responding to the touch operation, a coordinate system having axes is set on the touch panel in response to the touch operation, in which the axes are associated with the axes of a robot. A determination area is also set on the touch panel in the periphery of a start position of the touch operation. The determination area has a predetermined size. In the pendant, an axis being operated of the robot is selected based on an arrival position of the touch operation in the determination area. An operating area on the touch panel is set with the arrival position as the center of the determination area, ensuring a highly-reliable touch operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Motoki KANADA, Atsuko SUGANO, Hirota TOUMA
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Publication number: 20160271792Abstract: A robot operation apparatus comprising: a touch panel that receives input of a touch operation and a movement operation from a user; an operation detector that detects the touch operation and the movement operation to the touch panel; and a behavior command generator that generates a behavior command operating a robot based on a detection result of the operation detector. The behavior command generator performs a behavior speed determination process that determines a behavior speed of the robot based on an operation speed of the movement operation, when the operation detector detects the movement operation to an operation graphic provided on the touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Daisuke YUI, Motoki KANADA, Atsuko SUGANO, Hirota TOUMA
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Publication number: 20160274784Abstract: A robot operation apparatus includes a touch panel, a display, an operation detecting unit capable of detecting a touch operation or a drag operation on the touch panel, a motion command generating unit that generates a motion command for operating a robot, and a display control unit that controls display content of the display. The motion command generating unit performs a motion speed determining process in which a motion speed of the robot is determined based on a slide distance that is a distance from a start position of a drag operation detected by the operation detecting unit to a current position. The display control unit performs a speed graphics display process in which a speed graphics in which the slide distance and the motion speed of the robot are correlated and that changes in aspect in accompaniment with changes in the slide distance is displayed on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Daisuke YUI, Motoki KANADA, Atsuko SUGANO, Hirota TOUMA
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Publication number: 20160229052Abstract: A robot operation apparatus includes touch panel, touch operation detecting unit, action command generating unit, and selection operation detecting unit. The action command generating unit is capable of performing an operation determining process and an action command generating process. The operation determining process is a process for determining a drive axis or an action mode of a robot to be operated based on the selection operation detected by the selection operation detecting unit, and when a touch operation detected by the touch operation detecting unit is a drag operation, determining a movement amount of the drag operation. The action command generating process is a process for determining a movement amount of the robot based on the movement amount determined by in the operation determining process, and generating an action command for moving the robot at the drive axis or in the action mode to be operated by the movement amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATEDInventors: Hirota TOUMA, Daisuke KAWASE, Akira OGAWA, Daisuke YUI, Motoki KANADA, Yoshinobu OHASHI, Atsuko SUGANO, Satoshi IDE
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Publication number: 20140292231Abstract: In a control unit for a robot, an inverter which drives a motor installed in a robot. A control circuit controls drive of the motor. A drive power circuit supplies DC power to the motor, and a control power circuit DC power to the control circuit. A backup power circuit supplies backup DC power to the control circuit when the DC power from the control power circuit to the control circuit is shut down. A first switch is arranged between the backup power circuit and the inverter, the first switch being selectively switched on and off to open and close. A first switch control section switches on the first switch such that the DC power in the backup power circuit is supplementarily supplied to the inverter when the motor is driven to be accelerated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventor: Motoki KANADA