Patents by Inventor Shigemoto Hirota

Shigemoto Hirota 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).

  • Publication number: 20240029355
    Abstract: A three-dimensional point cloud data processing system includes: one or more cameras that image an object to acquire one or more items of brightness information; and a controller that calculates point cloud data of the object from the one or more items of brightness information. The controller calculates at least one BB, which surrounds the object and is formed by combining one or more rectangles, from at least one of the one or more items of brightness information, and calculates the point cloud data based on the at least one BB and the one or more items of brightness information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shigemoto HIROTA, Akihito KATAOKA, Takayuki OTOMO
  • Publication number: 20230101718
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shape measurement system includes an image pickup unit, a storage device that stores image pickup conditions required in imaging for measurement as condition information for each of a plurality of combinations of the material and surface property of an object, and a measurement controller that controls driving of the image pickup unit. The measurement controller identifies the material and surface property of the object, specifies image pickup conditions corresponding to the identified material and surface property of the object based on the condition information, causes the image pickup unit to perform the imaging for measurement under the specified image pickup conditions, and measures the shape of the object based on the obtained image for measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Shigemoto HIROTA, Akihito KATAOKA, Keigo ASANO, Masahiro MAEDA
  • Patent number: 10348833
    Abstract: Provided are a multiplex communication system and a work machine that can appropriately perform transmission and reception of data between a processing circuit used in an industrial network and a multiplex processing section that multiplexes and transmits control data transmitted in the industrial network. A slave processes control data in the industrial network. The control data processed by the slave is transmitted and received by the multiplex communication by a multiplex processing section. A DUMMY-PHY, which is connected between the multiplex processing section and the slave, generates, in a pseudo manner, a signal compliant with an MII communication standard using a pseudo signal generation section, and transmits the generated signal to the slave, thereby performing establishment of communication. The DUMMY-PHY performs data transmission between the multiplex processing section and the slave after establishing communication with the slave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kanai, Shigemoto Hirota, Nobuo Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 10205554
    Abstract: In an electronic component mounting device, a first multiplexing device of a head section which is attachable to and detachable from a Y-axis slider is connected to a second multiplexing device through an electric communication cable. The first multiplexing device, from which the cable is likely to be removed, is connected through the electric communication cable for which the communication failure due to dust or the like is relatively unlikely to occur. Second and third multiplexing devices, from which cables are less likely to be removed, are connected through the optical communication cable. The second multiplexing device separates data directed to the input and output device, among frame data received from the third multiplexing device, multiplexes only data directed to the first multiplexing device from the second multiplexing device, and transfers the multiplexed data to the first multiplexing device by the electric communication cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kanai, Nobuo Nagasaka, Shigemoto Hirota
  • Patent number: 10033481
    Abstract: A multiplexing communication system is provided in which, even in a case where communication uses a multiplex data string in which multiple types of pieces of data that are different in error processing by a multiplexing communication system and a substrate working machine are present mixedly, it is possible to perform the error processing suitable for every type of data. A transmission data composition processing section at a transmitting side performs setting processing for error detection in accordance with a data transfer rate and a data processing time for each of the multiple types of pieces of data, and then multiplexes these pieces of data using a multiplexing section, and transmits a result of the multiplexing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Nagasaka, Yasuaki Imadera, Naomichi Ishiura, Shigemoto Hirota
  • Patent number: 9916752
    Abstract: A multiplexing communication system is capable of maintaining an appropriate response speed of a control with respect to an electromagnetic motor based on an encoder signal during multiplexing and transmission of the encoder signal. A transmission data composition processing section of a multiplex communication device multiplexes encoder signals ENCD1 to ENCD8 output from a linear scale and a rotary encoder into frame data FRMD and transmits the data. The transmission data composition processing section sets the encoder signals ENCD1 to ENCD8 to bit positions of the frame data FRMD respectively corresponding to the linear scale and the rotary encoder. At the bit positions where the encoder signals ENCD1 to ENCD8 are set, the encoder signal ENCD and information showing the presence or absence of the data of the encoder signal ENCD are alternately set for each cycle of transmission of the frame data FRMD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo Nagasaka, Yasuaki Imadera, Naomichi Ishiura, Shigemoto Hirota
  • Publication number: 20180048714
    Abstract: Provided are a multiplex communication system and a work machine that can appropriately perform transmission and reception of data between a processing circuit used in an industrial network and a multiplex processing section that multiplexes and transmits control data transmitted in the industrial network. A slave processes control data in the industrial network. The control data processed by the slave is transmitted and received by the multiplex communication by a multiplex processing section. A DUMMY-PHY, which is connected between the multiplex processing section and the slave, generates, in a pseudo manner, a signal compliant with an MII communication standard using a pseudo signal generation section, and transmits the generated signal to the slave, thereby performing establishment of communication. The DUMMY-PHY performs data transmission between the multiplex processing section and the slave after establishing communication with the slave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu KANAI, Shigemoto HIROTA, Nobuo NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20170346595
    Abstract: In an electronic component mounting device, a first multiplexing device of a head section which is attachable to and detachable from a Y-axis slider is connected to a second multiplexing device through an electric communication cable. The first multiplexing device, from which the cable is likely to be removed, is connected through the electric communication cable for which the communication failure due to dust or the like is relatively unlikely to occur. Second and third multiplexing devices, from which cables are less likely to be removed, are connected through the optical communication cable. The second multiplexing device separates data directed to the input and output device, among frame data received from the third multiplexing device, multiplexes only data directed to the first multiplexing device from the second multiplexing device, and transfers the multiplexed data to the first multiplexing device by the electric communication cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu KANAI, Nobuo NAGASAKA, Shigemoto HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20160261373
    Abstract: A multiplexing communication system is provided in which, even in a case where communication uses a multiplex data string in which multiple types of pieces of data that are different in error processing by a multiplexing communication system and a substrate working machine are present mixedly, it is possible to perform the error processing suitable for every type of data. A transmission data composition processing section at a transmitting side performs setting processing for error detection in accordance with a data transfer rate and a data processing time for each of the multiple types of pieces of data, and then multiplexes these pieces of data using a multiplexing section, and transmits a result of the multiplexing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo NAGASAKA, Yasuaki IMADERA, Naomichi ISHIURA, Shigemoto HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20160240077
    Abstract: A multiplexing communication system is capable of maintaining an appropriate response speed of a control with respect to an electromagnetic motor based on an encoder signal during multiplexing and transmission of the encoder signal. A transmission data composition processing section of a multiplex communication device multiplexes encoder signals ENCD1 to ENCD8 output from a linear scale and a rotary encoder into frame data FRMD and transmits the data. The transmission data composition processing section sets the encoder signals ENCD1 to ENCD8 to bit positions of the frame data FRMD respectively corresponding to the linear scale and the rotary encoder. At the bit positions where the encoder signals ENCD1 to ENCD8 are set, the encoder signal ENCD and information showing the presence or absence of the data of the encoder signal ENCD are alternately set for each cycle of transmission of the frame data FRMD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo NAGASAKA, Yasuaki IMADERA, Naomichi ISHIURA, Shigemoto HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20160182184
    Abstract: Provided is an electric apparatus for radio-transmitting a signal between devices by using an optical signal. The electric apparatus is able to continuously perform radio transmission by using an optical signal based on safety standards in a non-normal operating state such an adjustment work, even if safety measures for preventing adverse effects of the optical signal on the human body is suspended. The transmission rate setting unit sets the transmission rate of the signal transmission. The emission intensity control unit sets emission intensity of the optical signal emitted from the light-emitting unit. The notification means notifies a non-normal operating state. The transmission rate setting unit and the emission intensity setting unit, according to the notification means, decrease the transmission rate and the emission intensity of the optical signal while maintaining a bit error rate of the radio transmission set in the normal operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: C/O FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuo NAGASAKA, Takahiro JINDO, Shigemoto HIROTA, Yasuaki IMADERA, Ypshihiko NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20160065504
    Abstract: A communication system in which a transmission line performs data transmission using multiplexing. Data extraction sections of an optical wireless device extract data output from multiple electric devices based on a start bit of the respective data, and output the data to multiple first buffers which are disposed corresponding to the electric devices. A control section selects any one of the first buffers, and outputs the data from the first buffers to a second buffer. A control section adds an identification information ID to the data indicating from which electric device the data are obtained, and stores the data in the second buffer. The data and the identification information ID of the second buffer are input to a multiplexing device from an input port. The multiplexing device multiplexes the data together with other data as a frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigemoto HIROTA, Nobuo NAGASAKA, Takahiro JINDO
  • Publication number: 20140347466
    Abstract: An image transmission method, from an image sensor which collects a fixed number of pixel data items obtained by a plurality of imaging elements into a data block, and outputs the pixel data items, including a transmission region setting step of setting an interest region by using a unit lower than the fixed number, a region extension step of extending the interest region to obtain an extension interest region in which the data block is represented as a unit and obtaining extension ranges from the interest region to the extension interest region, an imaging step of performing imaging with the image sensor, an output step of outputting the data block included in the extension interest region from the image sensor, and an extension range erasing step of erasing pixel data of the extension ranges from the output data block so as to obtain an image of the interest region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsunori Hirano, Shigemoto Hirota, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Nobuo Nagasaka, Takahiro Jindo