Patents by Inventor Norinaga Mutai

Norinaga Mutai 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: 11262744
    Abstract: To provide a diagnostic service system and diagnostic method using a network. A factory monitoring system (100) comprises a factory monitoring system (100) which includes: a data acquisition unit (1011) that acquires data related to at least one machine, including time information; and a stored data management unit (1012) that stores data related to each machine acquired by the data acquisition unit in a storage unit (1002) together with identification information of each machine, wherein, based on past history data related to the machine and current data related to the machine, the diagnostic service system (1) predicts a possibility of abnormality occurrence in the machine, and provides preventative maintenance information related to the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Kamiguti, Norinaga Mutai, Yujiro Honda
  • Patent number: 11099550
    Abstract: A failure location specifying device, a failure location specifying method, and a failure location specifying program capable of specifying locations of various failures occurring in a mechanism unit of a machine efficiently are provided. A failure location specifying device includes: a failure history database that stores a specific frequency band occurring resulting from a failure of a machine in correlation with at least an event code indicating a location of the failure; an input unit that receives data related to vibration during operation of the machine as an input; and an output unit that matches the specific frequency band to a frequency included in the data related to vibration to specify the location of the failure and outputs the event code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Okita, Norinaga Mutai, Masao Kamiguchi
  • Patent number: 10983502
    Abstract: A remote management server serving as a remote management device is communicably connected to, via a converter, at least one controller serving as a machine tool which allows only direct connection to another device via a predetermined connector, thus exchanging data with a fixed input/output destination and which does not have a setting function of setting a data output destination and a data input destination. The controller is further communicably connected to a mobile terminal via a network. The remote management server includes an input/output control unit configured to control settings relating to data output and data input in the controller and a setting screen providing unit configured to provide the mobile terminal with a setting screen allowing input of setting information relating to the data output and the data input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Kamiguchi, Norinaga Mutai, Yujiro Honda
  • Publication number: 20200133244
    Abstract: Provided is a data preparing device, a data preparing method, and a data preparing program that can accumulate information in which operating states of equipment when a specific event occurs in the equipment are organized. An edge server includes a collection section configured to collect time series data from equipment, a storage unit configured to define a situation in which any of items or a combination of the items included in the time series data becomes a predetermined value as an event, and store a storing rule that defines, for each of the events, an item of associated data as a storing target; and a conversion section configured to extract the associated data from the time series data for each of the events in accordance with the storing rule and convert resultant data into event data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Masao KAMIGUCHI, Koji SAMUKAWA, Hiroji NISHI, Norinaga MUTAI
  • Publication number: 20200135048
    Abstract: An edge server includes a storage unit that stores event data prepared by associating events relating to a value of any of items or a combination of the items included in time series data collected from equipment with associated data of each of the events including identification information of an operator; an extraction section that extracts the event data that are linked with an operator included in a predetermined period during an operating time of the equipment for each of the operators; a preparation section that prepares feature data relating to an operation procedure and a work time for each of the operators on a basis of the even data extracted for each of the operators; and an output section that outputs the feature data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Masao KAMIGUCHI, Koji SAMUKAWA, Hiroji NISHI, Norinaga MUTAI
  • Publication number: 20190377323
    Abstract: A remote management server serving as a remote management device is communicably connected to, via a converter, at least one controller serving as a machine tool which allows only direct connection to another device via a predetermined connector, thus exchanging data with a fixed input/output destination and which does not have a setting function of setting a data output destination and a data input destination. The controller is further communicably connected to a mobile terminal via a network. The remote management server includes an input/output control unit configured to control settings relating to data output and data input in the controller and a setting screen providing unit configured to provide the mobile terminal with a setting screen allowing input of setting information relating to the data output and the data input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Masao KAMIGUCHI, Norinaga MUTAI, Yujiro HONDA
  • Publication number: 20190310620
    Abstract: To provide a diagnostic service system and diagnostic method using a network. A factory monitoring system (100) comprises a factory monitoring system (100) which includes: a data acquisition unit (1011) that acquires data related to at least one machine, including time information; and a stored data management unit (1012) that stores data related to each machine acquired by the data acquisition unit in a storage unit (1002) together with identification information of each machine, wherein, based on past history data related to the machine and current data related to the machine, the diagnostic service system (1) predicts a possibility of abnormality occurrence in the machine, and provides preventative maintenance information related to the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Masao KAMIGUTI, Norinaga MUTAI, Yujiro HONDA
  • Publication number: 20190243351
    Abstract: A failure location specifying device, a failure location specifying method, and a failure location specifying program capable of specifying locations of various failures occurring in a mechanism unit of a machine efficiently are provided. A failure location specifying device includes: a failure history database that stores a specific frequency band occurring resulting from a failure of a machine in correlation with at least an event code indicating a location of the failure; an input unit that receives data related to vibration during operation of the machine as an input; and an output unit that matches the specific frequency band to a frequency included in the data related to vibration to specify the location of the failure and outputs the event code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Tadashi OKITA, Norinaga MUTAI, Masao KAMIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7389150
    Abstract: A controller and a display device are connected to each other by a network. The controller comprises a network control program which controls a network control section to communicate with the display device for each of a plurality of operation modes, including an initialization mode, a normal action mode, and an alarm mode. Various data, such as operation mode information for the controller, are transmitted to the display device connected by the network through the network control section and display data is displayed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd
    Inventors: Shogo Inoue, Norinaga Mutai, Kunio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20060224256
    Abstract: A controller and a display device are connected to each other by a network. The controller comprises a network control program which controls a network control section to communicate with the display device for each of a plurality of operation modes, including an initialization mode, a normal action mode, and an alarm mode. Various data, such as operation mode information for the controller, are transmitted to the display device connected by the network through the network control section and display data is displayed on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: FANUC LTD
    Inventors: Shogo INOUE, Norinaga Mutai, Kunio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050143840
    Abstract: A controller managing system that enables a computer of a managing device to efficiently perform communication processing with a plurality of controllers. These controllers are connected via a network. to the monitoring computer of the managing device. The monitoring computer performs a power status determination task and a monitoring task. Each controller transmits power-ON information representing a power ON state to the monitoring computer at prescribed intervals. When the power status determination task cannot receive the power-ON information within a predetermined time period from either one of the controllers, it is determined that the power supply to that controller is OFF. The monitoring task skips the controller that is determined as being in a power OFF state; so as not to receive data therefrom, and communicates with the next controller that is in a power ON state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: FANUC LTD
    Inventors: Sadao Matsukura, Takashi Hosaka, Norinaga Mutai
  • Publication number: 20040208184
    Abstract: Network address request data is transmitted in the order in which the power is applied to control devices, or by adding a device ID assigned with a simple input means. An information processing device has a power application order or a correspondence table between device IDs and network addresses and informs each control device of network address determined for the above each control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: FANUC LTD
    Inventors: Kunio Tanaka, Norinaga Mutai
  • Patent number: 5973466
    Abstract: A database, in which information an NC apparatus needs in machining products is accumulated for each product, is set in a hard disk connected to the NC apparatus. In this database, products are represented by numbers assigned to them. When an operator specifies a product number, information required for machining of the product corresponding to that number is retrieved and extracted from the database to be automatically transferred to a predetermined memory of the NC apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd
    Inventors: Taishi Nogami, Norinaga Mutai