Patents by Inventor Shinji IGARI

Shinji IGARI 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: 11556110
    Abstract: The step for performing machine learning includes acquiring shape data; acquiring geometric information for each of a plurality of machining faces; acquiring a tool path pattern selected for the machining faces from among a plurality of tool path patterns; and performing machine learning by using the geometric data for known workpieces and the tool path patterns wherein the input is the geometric information for the machining faces and the output is the tool path pattern for the machining faces. The step for generating a new tool path includes: acquiring shape data for the workpiece; acquiring geometric information for each of the plurality of machining faces of the workpiece to be machined; and generating a tool path pattern for each of the plurality of machining faces on the workpiece on the basis of the results of the machine learning using the geometric information of the workpiece to be machined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakamoto, Mayu Hashimoto, Kazumasa Kono, Katsuhiko Takei, Shinji Igari
  • Publication number: 20220281047
    Abstract: A method is provided with a step of converting shape data (51) into a plurality of voxels (55) for each of a plurality of known objects being processed, a step of setting, for each of the known objects being processed, a processing condition for a voxel (55) constituting a processing surface, a step of using the voxel (55) of the plurality of known objects being processed and the processing condition to perform machine learning in which an input is the voxel (55) and an output is a processing condition, a step of converting shape data (52) of a candidate object being processed into a plurality of voxels (56), a step of setting, on the basis of results of machine learning, a processing condition for a voxel (56) constituting a processing surface of the candidate object being processed, and a step of determining a processing condition for each processing surface of the candidate object being processed, a processing condition that is set for the largest number of voxels (56) in one processing surface being deter
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi NAKAMOTO, Mayu HASHIMOTO, Takashi OGAWA, Shinji IGARI
  • Publication number: 20220128964
    Abstract: This tool selection method is provided with: a step for respectively calculating, with respect to a plurality of known workpieces, feature amounts based on the shapes of a plurality of machining surfaces wherein, to each of the plurality of known workpieces, one main tool which is preselected from a tool list that includes a plurality of tools is allocated as being suitable for machining the plurality of machining surfaces; a step for executing, with respect to the plurality of known workpieces, machine learning by taking the feature amounts as inputs and the main tools as outputs; a step for calculating a feature amount for a target workpiece; and a step for selecting, with respect to the target workpiece, a main tool from the tool list on the basis of a machine learning result obtained by using the feature amount of the target workpiece as an input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi NAKAMOTO, Rie IMOTO, Katsuhiko TAKEI, Shinji IGARI
  • Publication number: 20210398044
    Abstract: A production assistance system which generates steps for producing a product on the basis of an order including information which should specify the product to be produced, a quantity or count by which the product is to be produced, and a due date by which the production is to be completed is provided with an input unit for inputting the order; a schedule computation unit for generating, on the basis of the order input by the input unit, a schedule including information relating to a plurality of operation machines required to produce a product specified by the order, steps assigned to the respective operation machines, and a time required to execute each of the steps; a step division information providing unit for dividing the steps of the generated schedule into a plurality of tasks as information which can be interpreted and executed by the operation machines; and a step instruction unit for outputting instructions to the operation machines on the basis of the tasks from the step division information provi
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HATTORI, Shinji IGARI, Takumi KODAMA, Wataru ARAI
  • Publication number: 20210003992
    Abstract: The step for performing machine learning includes acquiring shape data; acquiring geometric information for each of a plurality of machining faces; acquiring a tool path pattern selected for the machining faces from among a plurality of tool path patterns; and performing machine learning by using the geometric data for known workpieces and the tool path patterns wherein the input is the geometric information for the machining faces and the output is the tool path pattern for the machining faces. The step for generating a new tool path includes: acquiring shape data for the workpiece; acquiring geometric information for each of the plurality of machining faces of the workpiece to be machined; and generating a tool path pattern for each of the plurality of machining faces on the workpiece on the basis of the results of the machine learning using the geometric information of the workpiece to be machined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakamoto, Mayu HASHIMOTO, Kazumasa KONO, Katsuhiko TAKEI, Shinji IGARI