Patents by Inventor Shigeo Yoshida
Shigeo Yoshida 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).
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Publication number: 20240123606Abstract: In the present invention, a robot control device comprises: a search point calculation unit that calculates the position of a search point on the basis of at least one teaching point; and a command unit that drives a robot such that the position of the robot corresponds to the search point. The robot control device comprises a teaching point setting unit that sets the positions of the teaching points on the basis of a working position detected by a laser sensor. The robot control device sets the positions of a plurality of teaching points arranged along a work line by repeating: the calculation of the position of the search point by the search point calculation unit; the driving of the robot by the command unit; and the setting of the positions of the teaching points by the teaching point setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Ryunosuke UTSUMI, Shigeo YOSHIDA, Yuichi MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20240083022Abstract: A robot control device is provided with a camera which images a teaching tool which includes a characteristic area, and a characteristic position detection unit which detects the position of the characteristic area. The robot control device includes a movement instruction generating unit which, when an operator has moved the teaching tool, changes the position and orientation of the robot such that the camera follows the characteristic area. The robot control device includes a calculation unit which, on the basis of the position of the characteristic area, calculates the position and orientation of an auxiliary coordinate system set for the teaching tool. The robot control device includes a setting unit which, on the basis of the position and orientation of the auxiliary coordinate system, sets the position of the teaching point and the orientation of the robot at the teaching point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Ryuunosuke UTSUMI, Shigeo YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro AMAGATA
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Publication number: 20230373094Abstract: An arc welding robot system includes: a robot on which a welding torch is mounted; a robot control device; and a welding power supply that supplies power to the welding torch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Shigeo Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230244208Abstract: A control device controls a tool having a memory and removably attached to a machine. The control device includes a tool information reading unit that reads at least one of tool setting information and tool status information written in the memory of the tool, and a tool setting unit that sets the tool on the basis of at least one of the read tool setting information and tool status information. The tool is driven by a motor having an encoder, and the memory is attached to the encoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: Fanuc CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Amagata, Shigeo Yoshida, Akinori Nishimura, Sayuki Kashiwagi
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Publication number: 20230211499Abstract: Provided are a robot system, a robot control device, a control method, and a program which make it possible to more simply teach a robot action. The robot system comprises: a feature point teaching unit which causes a storage unit to store the position of a feature point that has been taught using lead-through; an input accepting unit which accepts the input of an angle value of a tool with respect to a workpiece W; a posture determining unit which determines the posture of the tool on the basis of the angle value of the tool; and a program generating unit which generates a robot program for a robot on the basis of the position of the feature point and the posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki WAKABAYASHI, Toshihiro NISHIMURA, Shigeo YOSHIDA, Gou INABA
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Patent number: 11628575Abstract: A robot controller includes a contact detection unit that detects contact of a welding wire protruding from a welding torch with a welding target, an override-value adjustment unit that sets and changes an override value for increasing or decreasing an operating speed of the robot from a predetermined speed, and a control unit which receives an operation signal from a teaching operation device and that controls the robot according to the operation signal at the operating speed based on the override value which is set by the override-value adjustment unit. When the contact of the welding wire with the welding target is detected by the contact detection unit, the control unit temporarily stops the robot, and the override-value adjustment unit decreases the override value.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Shigeo Yoshida
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Publication number: 20230065851Abstract: Provided is a robot control device that can suppress the stoppage of operations due to the detection of a contact error. The robot control device controls a robot that implements welding in association with contact with a to-be-welded object, said device comprising: an action stoppage unit that stops the action of the robot if detected that the robot has been subjected to an external force equal to or greater than a threshold; an instructing unit that instructs a welding power supply device to start welding; and a detection sensitivity adjustment unit that lowers the sensitivity at which as external force is detected at the action stoppage unit during a period of time from the point in time at which the instructing unit instructs the welding power supply device to start welding until a prescribed wait time has elapsed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeo YOSHIDA, Takatoshi IWAYAMA, Yasuhiro NAITOU
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Patent number: 11413704Abstract: An adjustment assistance device is attached to a galvanometer scanner at a laser output side of the galvanometer scanner and used to adjust a tool coordinate system of the galvanometer scanner. The adjustment assistance device includes a light-receiving member having a light-receiving surface, which is at least one flat surface; and a connecting member that connects the light-receiving member to the galvanometer scanner and that enables the light-receiving surface to face a laser output port of the galvanometer scanner with a predetermined distance therebetween. The light-receiving member includes a light-receiving mark portion on the light-receiving surface, the light-receiving mark portion being a mark used to quantify a relative positional difference between a reference light-receiving position for light output from the laser output port and an actual light-receiving position at which the light output from the laser output port is received.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu Hatada, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Shigeo Yoshida, Takahiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 11351626Abstract: A spot-welding system including a spot-welding gun including a movable part including a movable electrode, and a drive part that drives the movable part, a controller that controls the drive part, an applied pressure sensor that measures an applied pressure from the movable electrode of the spot-welding gun, and an own-weight calculator that calculates an own weight of the movable part based on the applied pressure detected by the applied pressure sensor in two different postures of the spot-welding gun that places the movable electrode in different movement directions. The controller superimposes a dither signal onto a control signal so as to control the drive part in measuring the applied pressure for use in calculating the own weight of the movable part by the own-weight calculator, and after the own weight is calculated, the controller corrects the control signal based on the calculated own weight.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Vanbac Nguyen, Shigeo Yoshida, Yasuhiro Amagata
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Publication number: 20210187647Abstract: To provide an arc welding robot system that allows for optimal welding each time welding is performed even in a situation in which the impedance and the inductance of a welding circuit vary in each welding. An arc welding robot system includes an arc welding machine, a robot controller, and a parameter keeping device provided in either or both of the robot controller and the arc welding machine. An impedance and an inductance of a welding circuit are acquired in advance for each configuration of welding object and saved in the parameter keeping device. The robot controller performs welding control on each of the welding objects based on the impedance and the inductance saved in the parameter keeping device depending on the configuration of the welding object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Shun KOTERA, Shigeo YOSHIDA, Hiroshi ONIZAKI
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Publication number: 20210060792Abstract: A robot controller includes a contact detection unit that detects contact of a welding wire protruding from a welding torch with a welding target, an override-value adjustment unit that sets and changes an override value for increasing or decreasing an operating speed of the robot from a predetermined speed, and a control unit which receives an operation signal from a teaching operation device and that controls the robot according to the operation signal at the operating speed based on the override value which is set by the override-value adjustment unit. When the contact of the welding wire with the welding target is detected by the contact detection unit, the control unit temporarily stops the robot, and the override-value adjustment unit decreases the override value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventor: Shigeo YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20210016389Abstract: An adjustment assistance device is attached to a galvanometer scanner at a laser output side of the galvanometer scanner and used to adjust a tool coordinate system of the galvanometer scanner. The adjustment assistance device includes a light-receiving member having a light-receiving surface, which is at least one flat surface; and a connecting member that connects the light-receiving member to the galvanometer scanner and that enables the light-receiving surface to face a laser output port of the galvanometer scanner with a predetermined distance therebetween. The light-receiving member includes a light-receiving mark portion on the light-receiving surface, the light-receiving mark portion being a mark used to quantify a relative positional difference between a reference light-receiving position for light output from the laser output port and an actual light-receiving position at which the light output from the laser output port is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Masanobu HATADA, Tomoyuki YAMAMOTO, Shigeo YOSHIDA, Takahiro TANAKA
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Publication number: 20200376588Abstract: A spot-welding system including a spot-welding gun including a movable part including a movable electrode, and a drive part that drives the movable part, a controller that controls the drive part, an applied pressure sensor that measures an applied pressure from the movable electrode of the spot-welding gun, and an own-weight calculator that calculates an own weight of the movable part based on the applied pressure detected by the applied pressure sensor in two different postures of the spot-welding gun that places the movable electrode in different movement directions. . The controller superimposes a dither signal onto a control signal so as to control the drive part in measuring the applied pressure for use in calculating the own weight of the movable part by the own-weight calculator, and after the own weight is calculated, the controller corrects the control signal based on the calculated own weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Vanbac NGUYEN, Shigeo YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro AMAGATA
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Patent number: 10688582Abstract: An arc sensor adjustment device and adjustment method for carrying out highly-accurate copying control. A welding system includes a welding torch, a welding power source that supplies power to the welding torch, a robot and a robot controller that cause the welding torch to oscillate, and an arc sensor that obtains a welding current or a welding voltage generated during welding while oscillating the welding torch. The arc sensor obtains a welding current or a welding voltage generated during calibration, in which welding is carried out while oscillating the welding torch in an up-down direction, calculates, on the basis of the obtained welding current or welding voltage, a correction amount for the position of the welding torch during welding carried out while oscillating the welding torch in a left-right direction, and applies the calculated correction amount to copying control.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Shigeo Yoshida
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Patent number: 10500668Abstract: A machine learning device which learns to determine at least one arc welding condition includes a state observation unit which observes a state variable consisting of at least one physical quantity regarding the arc welding and the at least one arc welding condition at least during or after the arc welding, and a learning unit which learns a change in the at least one physical quantity observed by the state observation unit and the at least one arc welding condition in association with each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeo Yoshida, Masayoshi Mori, Kazutaka Nakayama
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Patent number: 10384349Abstract: A processing robot system includes a connection setting information group storage device provided inside a robot control device, a teaching operation panel, and a PC. The connection setting information group storage device stores a connection setting information group including information on settings for a digital communication standard between a processing device and the robot control device, and information on the allocation of I/O signals to be transmitted between the processing device and the robot control device via digital communication and which outputs the connection setting information group as one file. The teaching operation panel and the PC have a screen on which each piece of setting information included in the connection setting information group can be displayed and edited. Such a processing robot system can easily make settings for connection with a digital-controlled processing device.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Shigeo Yoshida
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Patent number: 10232457Abstract: To provide an arc welding robot system that displays a current waveform graphically during arc welding and realizes parameter adjustment on a display screen. An arc welding robot system comprises a robot controller and a teaching operation terminal. The robot controller comprises: an arc sensor; and a welding current storage unit that stores the current value of a welding current detected by the arc sensor during implementation of the arc welding. The teaching operation terminal comprises: a control unit; and a display on which data is displayed. The control unit comprises: a welding current display unit that displays the current value and the waveform of the welding current in any weaving cycle on the display; a sampling current area display unit that displays a sampling current area on the display; and a current waveform display shift unit that shifts the waveform of the welding current in a temporal axis direction on the display unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Shigeo Yoshida
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Publication number: 20180207740Abstract: An arc sensor adjustment device and adjustment method for carrying out highly-accurate copying control. A welding system includes a welding torch, a welding power source that supplies power to the welding torch, a robot and a robot controller that cause the welding torch to oscillate, and an arc sensor that obtains a welding current or a welding voltage generated during welding while oscillating the welding torch. The arc sensor obtains a welding current or a welding voltage generated during calibration, in which welding is carried out while oscillating the welding torch in an up-down direction, calculates, on the basis of the obtained welding current or welding voltage, a correction amount for the position of the welding torch during welding carried out while oscillating the welding torch in a left-right direction, and applies the calculated correction amount to copying control.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Shigeo Yoshida
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Publication number: 20180154473Abstract: To provide an arc welding robot system that displays a current waveform graphically during arc welding and realizes parameter adjustment on a display screen. An arc welding robot system comprises a robot controller and a teaching operation terminal. The robot controller comprises: an arc sensor; and a welding current storage unit that stores the current value of a welding current detected by the arc sensor during implementation of the arc welding. The teaching operation terminal comprises: a control unit; and a display on which data is displayed. The control unit comprises: a welding current display unit that displays the current value and the waveform of the welding current in any weaving cycle on the display; a sampling current area display unit that displays a sampling current area on the display; and a current waveform display shift unit that shifts the waveform of the welding current in a temporal axis direction on the display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Shigeo YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 9902010Abstract: A welding robot comprising an arm having a wrist part and upper arm part rotatably connected to each other, a welding torch attached to the arm at the wrist part side, a wire feed device attached to the arm at the upper arm side, a welding cable connected to both of the wire feed device and the welding torch for holding a welding wire, a control part for controlling operation of the arm so that the welding torch is moved over a welding path, and a monitoring part for monitoring if the amount of flexure of the welding cable caused by operation of the wrist tilt axis located between the wrist part and upper arm part while the welding torch is moved over the welding path under the control of the control part is within an allowable range.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Shigeo Yoshida