Patents by Inventor Naoki MIMA

Naoki MIMA 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: 12440973
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided that includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a force generated between a first tool and an object in a trial motion using the first tool by a robot, and an estimation unit that estimates information of executing a specific task using the first tool based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit and information indicating a force generated between a specific tool and the object in the specific task using the specific tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaro Ishida, Taro Takahashi, Naoki Mima
  • Publication number: 20250083319
    Abstract: A control system for a manipulator capable of controlling the movement of a manipulator in such a manner that, when bringing an object grasped by the manipulator into physical contact with a nearby object, the grasped object comes into contact with the nearby object with an appropriate contact force are provided. The control system for a manipulator includes an arm, and a hand attached to the arm and configured to grasp an object to be grasped. The control system includes an environment recognition unit configured to recognize a nearby object in an environment around the manipulator, an arm control unit configured to control a movement of the arm, and a hand control unit configured to predict a contact state between the grasped object and the nearby object, and adjust a grasping force of the hand according to the prediction of the contact state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takemitsu MORI, Naoki MIMA
  • Patent number: 12028003
    Abstract: A torque estimation method according to the present disclosure estimates a value of shaft torque of a rotary motion transmitting mechanism. The torque estimation method includes: a step of specifying a maximum value of a torsion angle between an input shaft and an output shaft from the time when a measurement value of the torsion angle is zero to the time when the value of the shaft torque is estimated; and a step of specifying the maximum value of the torsion angle. In the step of specifying the maximum value of the torsion angle, the maximum value of the torsion angle is specified based on a difference between the measurement value of the torsion angle subjected to low-pass filter processing at a first cutoff frequency and the measurement value of the torsion angle subjected to low-pass filter processing at a second cutoff frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Hatano, Taro Takahashi, Naoki Mima
  • Publication number: 20230330849
    Abstract: An information processing device is provided that includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a force generated between a first tool and an object in a trial motion using the first tool by a robot, and an estimation unit that estimates information of executing a specific task using the first tool based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit and information indicating a force generated between a specific tool and the object in the specific task using the specific tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaro ISHIDA, Taro TAKAHASHI, Naoki MIMA
  • Patent number: 11750128
    Abstract: An external force estimation device is configured to estimate an external force acting on a motor. The external force estimation device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: calculate an output torque of the motor by using a value of a current supplied to the motor; estimate an inertia torque of the motor by using rotational position information of the motor; estimate a first friction torque of the motor by using the rotational position information of the motor; perform temperature-based correction for the first friction torque by using temperature information of the motor; and estimate the external force by subtracting the inertia torque and the first friction torque after the temperature-based correction from the output torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taro Takahashi, Akira Hatano, Naoki Mima
  • Publication number: 20230010384
    Abstract: A torque estimation method according to the present disclosure estimates a value of shaft torque of a rotary motion transmitting mechanism. The torque estimation method includes: a step of specifying a maximum value of a torsion angle between an input shaft and an output shaft from the time when a measurement value of the torsion angle is zero to the time when the value of the shaft torque is estimated; and a step of specifying the maximum value of the torsion angle. In the step of specifying the maximum value of the torsion angle, the maximum value of the torsion angle is specified based on a difference between the measurement value of the torsion angle subjected to low-pass filter processing at a first cutoff frequency and the measurement value of the torsion angle subjected to low-pass filter processing at a second cutoff frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira HATANO, Taro TAKAHASHI, Naoki MIMA
  • Publication number: 20220416701
    Abstract: An external force estimation device is configured to estimate an external force acting on a motor. The external force estimation device includes a processor. The processor is configured to: calculate an output torque of the motor by using a value of a current supplied to the motor; estimate an inertia torque of the motor by using rotational position information of the motor; estimate a first friction torque of the motor by using the rotational position information of the motor; perform temperature-based correction for the first friction torque by using temperature information of the motor; and estimate the external force by subtracting the inertia torque and the first friction torque after the temperature-based correction from the output torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taro TAKAHASHI, Akira HATANO, Naoki MIMA