Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Otera

Nobuyuki Otera 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).

  • Robot control system for controlling a set of industrial robots for cooperative operation
    Patent number: 5204942
    Abstract: A robot control system for sequentially controlling a set of industrial robots for coordinated cooperative operation in accordance with a single general control program. The robot control system comprises a single storage unit storing a single general control program comprising motion instructions for the set of industrial robots, a single reading/compiling unit for separately reading the motion instructions from the storage unit and extracting the motion instructions for each industrial robot, and a plurality of driving units respectively driving the corresponding industrial robots in accordance with the motion instructions. The single general control program facilitates sequentially coordinating motion instructions for controlling the set of industrial robots so that the industrial robots will not interfere each other during the cooperative operation, finding errors in the instructions, and modifying the general control program to cope with changes in the process controlled by the robot control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otera, Toshihiko Nishimura, Toru Takahashi