Patents by Inventor Shinichirou Hayashi

Shinichirou Hayashi 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: 11326899
    Abstract: An encoder includes a position information generating unit that generates position information made of a predetermined amount of data and including absolute position data of an object to be detected; a configuration information generating unit that generates configuration information representing a ratio of the absolute position data in the amount of data during serial communication; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the control device, the position information and the configuration information as a series of serial data or as separate serial data. The control device includes a reception unit that receives the position information and the configuration information transmitted from the encoder; a storage unit that stores the received configuration information; and a control unit that processes the received position information on the basis of the stored configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11293781
    Abstract: An encoder according to an example of the present disclosure includes a first reception unit configured to receive a position information request signal for requesting position information on an object to be detected, a position information generation unit configured to generate the position information at a position information generation timing after a predetermined delay time elapses from when the position information request signal is received, and a first transmission unit configured to transmit the position information to the outside via serial communication. The first transmission unit is configured to transmit, at least once, position information generation timing information representing the predetermined delay time to the outside via serial communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11237023
    Abstract: A control system includes an encoder and a control device that controls a target object by using information transmitted from the encoder by serial communication. The encoder includes a position information generating unit that generates position information made of a predetermined amount of data and including absolute position data of an object to be detected; a configuration information generating unit that generates configuration information representing a ratio of the absolute position data in the amount of data during serial communication; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the control device, the position information and the configuration information as a series of serial data. The control device includes a reception unit that receives the position information and the configuration information transmitted from the encoder; and a control unit that processes the position information received by the reception unit on the basis of the configuration information received by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11101815
    Abstract: A control system includes an encoder and a control device that controls a target object. The encoder includes a position information generating unit that generates position information made of a predetermined amount of data and including absolute position data of an object to be detected; a configuration information generating unit that generates configuration information representing a ratio of the absolute position data in the amount of data during serial communication; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the control device, the position information and the configuration information as serial data. The control device includes a reception unit that receives the position information and the configuration information transmitted from the encoder; a storage unit that stores the received configuration information; and a notification unit that performs notification of a configuration mismatch when the stored configuration information does not match the next received configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11015959
    Abstract: A control system in which an encoder and a controller are connected by serial communication. The encoder includes a data transmission unit configured to: embed, in serial data, position information which is information related to a position of a detection object, and position information generation timing information that indicates a timing at which the position information is generated; and transmit to the controller the serial data. The controller includes a correction unit configured to correct, based on the position information and the position information generation timing information received from the encoder, the position information of the detection object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10973130
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a substrate, a contact member arranged in contact with the substrate, and a wear resistant member fixed at least in an area on the substrate that comes in contact with the contact member, the wear resistant member having a wear resistance higher than that of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10666388
    Abstract: An encoder signal processing device includes a position data acquisition unit, an error data calculation unit that calculates error data in a predetermined number of position data in one cycle, and a compensation unit that compensates the position data based on the calculated error data, in which the error data calculation unit calculates first error data in the predetermined number of position data sampled at first predetermined time intervals ?Tn in one cycle, defines the first error data as the error data, calculates second error data in position data sampled at second predetermined time intervals ?Tk in each of the first predetermined time intervals ?Tn, and changes a time interval of the error data without increasing or decreasing the predetermined number of error data by replacing second error data closest to a local extremum or inflexion point in error characteristics of the first and second error data with the first error data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200096365
    Abstract: An encoder according to an example of the present disclosure includes a first reception unit configured to receive a position information request signal for requesting position information on an object to be detected, a position information generation unit configured to generate the position information at a position information generation timing after a predetermined delay time elapses from when the position information request signal is received, and a first transmission unit configured to transmit the position information to the outside via serial communication. The first transmission unit is configured to transmit, at least once, position information generation timing information representing the predetermined delay time to the outside via serial communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200096364
    Abstract: An encoder includes a position information generating unit that generates position information made of a predetermined amount of data and including absolute position data of an object to be detected; a configuration information generating unit that generates configuration information representing a ratio of the absolute position data in the amount of data during serial communication; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the control device, the position information and the configuration information as a series of serial data or as separate serial data. The control device includes a reception unit that receives the position information and the configuration information transmitted from the encoder; a storage unit that stores the received configuration information; and a control unit that processes the received position information on the basis of the stored configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200099387
    Abstract: A control system includes an encoder and a control device that controls a target object. The encoder includes a position information generating unit that generates position information made of a predetermined amount of data and including absolute position data of an object to be detected; a configuration information generating unit that generates configuration information representing a ratio of the absolute position data in the amount of data during serial communication; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the control device, the position information and the configuration information as serial data. The control device includes a reception unit that receives the position information and the configuration information transmitted from the encoder; a storage unit that stores the received configuration information; and a notification unit that performs notification of a configuration mismatch when the stored configuration information does not match the next received configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200096369
    Abstract: A control system includes an encoder and a control device that controls a target object by using information transmitted from the encoder by serial communication. The encoder includes a position information generating unit that generates position information made of a predetermined amount of data and including absolute position data of an object to be detected; a configuration information generating unit that generates configuration information representing a ratio of the absolute position data in the amount of data during serial communication; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the control device, the position information and the configuration information as a series of serial data. The control device includes a reception unit that receives the position information and the configuration information transmitted from the encoder; and a control unit that processes the position information received by the reception unit on the basis of the configuration information received by the reception unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20190364673
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a substrate, a contact member arranged in contact with the substrate, and a wear resistant member fixed at least in an area on the substrate that comes in contact with the contact member, the wear resistant member having a wear resistance higher than that of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20190296856
    Abstract: An encoder signal processing device includes a position data acquisition unit, an error data calculation unit that calculates error data in a predetermined number of position data in one cycle, and a compensation unit that compensates the position data based on the calculated error data, in which the error data calculation unit calculates first error data in the predetermined number of position data sampled at first predetermined time intervals ?Tn in one cycle, defines the first error data as the error data, calculates second error data in position data sampled at second predetermined time intervals ?Tk in each of the first predetermined time intervals ?Tn, and changes a time interval of the error data without increasing or decreasing the predetermined number of error data by replacing second error data closest to a local extremum or inflexion point in error characteristics of the first and second error data with the first error data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichirou HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190170540
    Abstract: A control system in which an encoder and a controller are connected by serial communication. The encoder includes a data transmission unit configured to: embed, in serial data, position information which is information related to a position of a detection object, and position information generation timing information that indicates a timing at which the position information is generated; and transmit to the controller the serial data. The controller includes a correction unit configured to correct, based on the position information and the position information generation timing information received from the encoder, the position information of the detection object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichirou Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4806896
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield for electromagnetic apparatus comprises a plurality of shield coils (2-7) wound intermittently on a looped magnetic core (11). Same polarity terminals of the shield coils are connected to form current paths which prevent external fluxes .phi..sub.1, .phi..sub.2 from entering into the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshirou Shikano, Shinichirou Hayashi