Patents by Inventor Shiro Oda

Shiro Oda 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: 20210154856
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conveyance system and the like capable of preferably conveying a conveyed object in accordance with a state of the conveyed object. The conveyance system includes a conveyance robot, a drive controller, which is a controller, an image data acquisition unit, and a setting unit. The conveyance robot conveys the conveyed object. The drive controller controls an operation of the conveyance robot. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data obtained by capturing images of the conveyed object. The setting unit sets an operation parameter of the conveyance robot in the drive controller based on the acquired image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Tetsuya TAIRA, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20210155410
    Abstract: A conveyance system includes a plurality of conveyance robots, a storage unit, a stability information acquisition unit, a selection unit, and a system controller, which serves as a controller. The plurality of conveyance robots convey a wagon that accommodates a conveyed object. The storage unit stores robot information regarding features that the plurality of respective conveyance robots include. The stability information acquisition unit acquires stability information regarding stability when the conveyed object is conveyed. The selection unit selects one of the plurality of conveyance robots based on the robot information and the stability information that have been acquired. The system controller instructs the one conveyance robot that has been selected to convey the conveyed object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Tetsuya TAIRA, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20210157317
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a conveyance control system and the like that enable a scheduled recipient of a conveyance object to reliably receive the conveyance object even when a destination of a conveyance robot is changed for any reason. The conveyance control system is a conveyance control system configured to control a conveyance robot to autonomously move and convey a conveyance object to a destination, including: a change unit configured to change the destination after the conveyance robot starts conveying the conveyance object; and a notification unit configured to notify an information terminal of a scheduled recipient of the conveyance object about destination information regarding the destination that has been changed by the change unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Tetsuya TAIRA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20210155464
    Abstract: A conveyance system and the like capable of preferably conveying a conveyed object is provided. The conveyance system includes a conveyance robot, which is a conveyance apparatus, a drive controller, which is a controller, an information accepting unit, and a setting unit. The conveyance robot conveys the conveyed object. The drive controller controls an operation of the conveyance robot. The information accepting unit accepts an input from a user regarding information indicating stability of the conveyed object in a conveyance state. The setting unit sets an operation parameter of the conveyance apparatus in the drive controller based on the accepted information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Tetsuya TAIRA, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20210154848
    Abstract: A conveyance control system according to the present disclosure is a conveyance control system configured to control a conveyance robot to autonomously move and convey a conveyance object to a destination, including: a reception unit configured to receive, from a scheduled recipient of the conveyance object, an instruction that the conveyance object is to be collected halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object; and an execution unit configured to execute a predetermined process for enabling collection of the conveyance object halfway through conveyance of the conveyance object when the reception unit receives the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Tetsuya TAIRA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20200363802
    Abstract: An autonomous moving body includes: a determination unit configured to determine that the autonomous moving body has arrived at a waiting area on a current floor before the autonomous moving body gets on a car of the elevator; an orientation adjustment unit configured to adjust, when the determination unit determines that the autonomous moving body has arrived at the waiting area, an orientation of the autonomous moving body based on an exiting direction from the car on a destination floor; and a movement controller configured to cause, when the car arrives, the autonomous moving body to enter the car while maintaining the orientation adjusted by the orientation adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Tetsuya TAIRA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20200363817
    Abstract: An autonomous moving apparatus control system including a range sensor, a reflection plate, and a control unit. The range sensor is installed in a cage of an elevator and detects a distance to an object by receiving reflected light of signal light applied to the object. The reflection plate is disposed in an elevator hall of a floor on which the elevator stops, and reflects the signal light. The control unit determines whether or not a mobile robot, which is an autonomous moving apparatus, can get on and off the elevator based on a detected distance, the detected distance being a distance to the reflection plate detected by the range sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohisa TAKAI, Yuhei YAMAGUCHI, Satoshi TOYOSHIMA, Yuta WATANABE, Mikio HONDA, Shiro ODA, Tetsuya TAIRA, Nobuhisa OTSUKI
  • Patent number: 7260448
    Abstract: A substrate holding device includes: holding members configured to hold substrates, the holding members being arranged along a predetermined arranging direction and being movable along the arranging direction; an interlocking mechanism interlocking the holding members for simultaneous coordinate movement along the arranging direction to change intervals between the holding members with respect to the arranging direction; driving unit for driving the holding members for shifting at least along the arranging direction; and control unit for controlling the driving unit to shift the holding members to substrate taking positions where the holding members are able to hold substrates, respectively, in accordance with a mapping information about a condition of arrangement of the substrates arranged along the arranging direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirohiko Goto, Shiro Oda
  • Publication number: 20050123383
    Abstract: A substrate holding device includes: holding members configured to hold substrates, the holding members being arranged along a predetermined arranging direction and being movable along the arranging direction; an interlocking mechanism interlocking the holding members for simultaneous coordinate movement along the arranging direction to change intervals between the holding members with respect to the arranging direction; driving unit for driving the holding members for shifting at least along the arranging direction; and control unit for controlling the driving unit to shift the holding members to substrate taking positions where the holding members are able to hold substrates, respectively, in accordance with a mapping information about a condition of arrangement of the substrates arranged along the arranging direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohiko Goto, Shiro Oda