Patents by Inventor Riichi OOUTIDA

Riichi OOUTIDA 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).

  • Positioning control apparatus
    Patent number: 9833898
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling the positioning of an object having a specified point, a first limiter establishes a movable range of the specified point of the object, and limits movement of the specified point of the object within the movable range. The movable range includes a line connecting the position of the specified point of the object and a target position for the specified point of the object. A second limiter limits change of a specified orientation of the object from increasing an angular difference between the specified orientation of the object a target orientation for the specified orientation of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Toyoda, Hideki Okuda, Toshihiko Koyama, Makoto Hashizume, Riichi Ooutida
  • MACHINING APPARATUS FOR MACHINING WORKPIECE WITH TOOL
    Publication number: 20160091885
    Abstract: In a machining apparatus, a tool has a specified point for machining a workpiece, and a support supports the tool while a position and an orientation of the specified point of the tool are changeable. A actuator actuates the support to move the tool, and a sensor measures a magnitude and an orientation of force upon the force being applied to the tool. A determiner determines, upon the force being applied to the tool, a target orientation of the specified point of the tool according to the magnitude and the orientation of the force measured by the sensor. The force applied to the tool having an orientation to separate the tool from the workpiece. A controller controls the actuator to move the tool according to the determined target orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Kazutaka TOYODA, Toshihiko KOYAMA, Makoto HASHIZUME, Riichi OOUTIDA
  • POSITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160075013
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling the positioning of an object having a specified point, a first limiter establishes a movable range of the specified point of the object, and limits movement of the specified point of the object within the movable range. The movable range includes a line connecting the position of the specified point of the object and a target position for the specified point of the object. A second limiter limits change of a specified orientation of the object from increasing an angular difference between the specified orientation of the object a target orientation for the specified orientation of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Kazutaka TOYODA, Hideki OKUDA, Toshihiko KOYAMA, Makoto HASHIZUME, Riichi OOUTIDA