Patents by Inventor Satoru INOKUCHI

Satoru INOKUCHI 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: 11163296
    Abstract: A numerical control device for a machine tool, the machine tool including: a reference shaft that moves a tool or a workpiece; and a superimposition shaft that moves a tool or the workpiece. The numerical control device superimposes the movement amount of the reference shaft on the movement amount of the superimposition shaft. The numerical control device including a control computation unit that, in response to a superimposition control command, changes at least one of a first vibration rate, a second vibration rate, and a main shaft rotation speed on a basis of a first vibration command, a second vibration command and a main shaft rotation speed command such that the first vibration rate stays constant and the second vibration rate stays constant. The first vibration rate is a number of times that of the reference shaft vibrates per rotation of a main shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Sagasaki, Satoru Inokuchi, Yuki Hirata
  • Publication number: 20210311460
    Abstract: A numerical control device for a machine tool, the machine tool including: a reference shaft that moves a tool or a workpiece; and a superimposition shaft that moves a tool or the workpiece. The numerical control device superimposes the movement amount of the reference shaft on the movement amount of the superimposition shaft. The numerical control device including a control computation unit that, in response to a superimposition control command, changes at least one of a first vibration rate, a second vibration rate, and a main shaft rotation speed on a basis of a first vibration command, a second vibration command and a main shaft rotation speed command such that the first vibration rate stays constant and the second vibration rate stays constant. The first vibration rate is a number of times that of the reference shaft vibrates per rotation of a main shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu SAGASAKI, Satoru INOKUCHI, Yuki HIRATA
  • Patent number: 11131979
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling a main shaft, which is a rotating shaft for a workpiece, a drive shaft that drives a tool for vibration cutting of the workpiece in an X-axis direction, and a drive shaft that drives the tool or the workpiece in a Z-axis direction, includes: a storage unit that stores a machining program for vibration cutting of the workpiece; and a control computation unit that calculates a specific point that the tool passes during vibration cutting on the basis of a tolerance value, which is an allowable error in machining of a corner of the workpiece, and generates a vibration waveform of the tool indicating a movement path of the tool passing the specific point, in which the control computation unit controls movement and vibration of the tool in accordance with the machining program and the vibration waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Sagasaki, Satoru Inokuchi, Yoshinori Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210247734
    Abstract: A numerical control device for controlling a main shaft, which is a rotating shaft for a workpiece, a drive shaft that drives a tool for vibration cutting of the workpiece in an X-axis direction, and a drive shaft that drives the tool or the workpiece in a Z-axis direction, includes: a storage unit that stores a machining program for vibration cutting of the workpiece; and a control computation unit that calculates a specific point that the tool passes during vibration cutting on the basis of a tolerance value, which is an allowable error in machining of a corner of the workpiece, and generates a vibration waveform of the tool indicating a movement path of the tool passing the specific point, in which the control computation unit controls movement and vibration of the tool in accordance with the machining program and the vibration waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu SAGASAKI, Satoru INOKUCHI, Yoshinori YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10831880
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein address book information in which at least tag identification information for identifying a wireless tag that indicates a medium capable of performing wireless communication and personal information on a user are associated with each other, a tag identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire the tag identification information, a face information acquiring unit configured to refer to the address book information, and when face information on the user is not associated with the tag identification information, acquire the face information based on a captured image that is obtained by capturing an image of an imaging range corresponding to a range in which the tag identification information can be acquired, and a registration control unit configured to control registration of the face information in the address book information in association with the tag identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Genki Watanabe, Satoru Inokuchi
  • Patent number: 10325082
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a radio communication unit configured to start emission of radio waves for performing radio communication with a radio tag, and obtain specific information from the radio tag, at least after a time point at which a user in a predetermined range is detected by a detecting unit; a first authentication unit configured to execute first authentication for the radio tag, based on the specific information obtained by the radio communication unit; a second authentication unit configured to execute second authentication for a user included in an image acquired by an imaging unit, based on feature information of the image; and an apparatus authentication unit configured to authorize the user to use the information processing apparatus, if a user of the radio tag authenticated by the first authentication is the same as the user authenticated by the second authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Inokuchi, Taku Ikawa
  • Publication number: 20180068110
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein address book information in which at least tag identification information for identifying a wireless tag that indicates a medium capable of performing wireless communication and personal information on a user are associated with each other, a tag identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire the tag identification information, a face information acquiring unit configured to refer to the address book information, and when face information on the user is not associated with the tag identification information, acquire the face information based on a captured image that is obtained by capturing an image of an imaging range corresponding to a range in which the tag identification information can be acquired, and a registration control unit configured to control registration of the face information in the address book information in association with the tag identification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Genki WATANABE, Satoru INOKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170220787
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a radio communication unit configured to start emission of radio waves for performing radio communication with a radio tag, and obtain specific information from the radio tag, at least after a time point at which a user in a predetermined range is detected by a detecting unit; a first authentication unit configured to execute first authentication for the radio tag, based on the specific information obtained by the radio communication unit; a second authentication unit configured to execute second authentication for a user included in an image acquired by an imaging unit, based on feature information of the image; and an apparatus authentication unit configured to authorize the user to use the information processing apparatus, if a user of the radio tag authenticated by the first authentication is the same as the user authenticated by the second authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru INOKUCHI, Taku IKAWA