Patents by Inventor Shota TOMINAGA
Shota TOMINAGA 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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Patent number: 12176112Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to process an image of a target region, and thereby compute a proximity index being an index relating to a proximity state of a plurality of persons captured in the image, and cause a predetermined apparatus to execute predetermined control, when the proximity index satisfies a criterion.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Gaku Nakano, Shoji Nishimura, Yoshitaka Higeta, Youtarou Noda, Shigeki Shinoda, Yuzo Senda, Shin Tominaga, Masumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ikefuji, Kana Takizawa, Kenichi Ishii, Yoshiyuki Satou, Eishi Arita, Shota Yamamoto, Shinya Yamasaki, Narumitsu Notomi, Aki Nakamura
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Patent number: 12162145Abstract: A substrate conveying robot includes an arm, a substrate holding hand, a sensor board to which a sensor is electrically connected, and a control board on which a controller is mounted, the control board including a universal connector connectable to different types of the sensor boards.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko Tan, Shota Tominaga, Avish Ashok Bharwani, Simon Jeyapalan
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Publication number: 20240263683Abstract: A chain containing chain links with rounded chamfered edges to reduce friction loss between the link and a plastic face of the timing drive. The rounded chamfered edges preferably have a radius in a range of 0.14-0.33 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Shota TOMINAGA, Sho TANIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240240951Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a path planning apparatus, and includes: a travelable region calculation unit configured to calculate a travelable region of a moving body, based on surrounding information of the moving body; a target state calculation unit configured to calculate target state quantity including at least a target position of the moving body; a state prediction unit configured to predict at least current state quantity of the moving body and state quantity of the moving body at one or more positions between a current position and the target position of the moving body, and thereby generate one or more path candidates; a predicted state evaluation unit configured to evaluate the one or more path candidates based on the target state quantity and the travelable region, and output evaluation results; and a path generation unit configured to generate a path from the one or more path candidates based on the evaluation results, and output the path to a motion controller configured to control the movType: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2021Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuki YOSHIDA, Shota KAMEOKA, Rin ITO, Hiroaki KITANO, Kenta TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20240025671Abstract: A substrate conveying robot includes a hand sensor provided on a substrate holding hand, and a hand circuit substrate provided on the substrate holding hand and connected to the hand sensor, and a serial communication connection is made between a robot controller and the hand circuit substrate through an inside of an arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko TAN, Masaya YOSHIDA, Masahiko SUMITOMO, Shota TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20230150120Abstract: A substrate conveying robot includes an arm, a substrate holding hand, a sensor board to which a sensor is electrically connected, and a control board on which a controller is mounted, the control board including a universal connector connectable to different types of the sensor boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kawasaki Robotics (USA), INC.Inventors: Haruhiko TAN, Shota TOMINAGA, Avish Ashok BHARWANI, Simon JEYAPALAN
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Patent number: 11330725Abstract: A housing includes: a box-shaped main body portion accommodating an electronic circuit substrate and including an opening portion; a lid portion covering the opening portion so as to be able to open or close the opening portion; a jumper detachably attached to the electronic circuit substrate; a window portion different from the opening portion, the window portion being opposed to the jumper and being open at the main body portion; and a cover portion covering the window portion so as to be able to open or close the window portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko Tan, Shota Tominaga
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Patent number: 11328947Abstract: An aligner apparatus according to one or more embodiments may include a first rotating base, a second rotating base, and a detection apparatus. The first rotating base on which a wafer placed thereon rotates around a first rotation axis line. The second rotating base on which a wafer placed thereon rotates around a second rotation axis whose position is different from that of the first rotation axis line. The detection apparatus includes one sensor for detecting the edge of the wafer, and the detection range of the sensor includes the edge of the wafer placed on the first rotating base and the edge of the wafer placed on the second rotating base, and detects the edges of the two wafers.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KAWASAKI ROBOTICS (USA), INC.Inventors: Haruhiko Tan, Hajime Nakahara, Shota Tominaga, Hiroyuki Yoshida
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Publication number: 20220131494Abstract: A control device configured to control operation of an electric motor of which a rotational shaft is rotatable by an external force which servo-controls the electric motor by an inverter circuit when a voltage value between power-supply input terminals of the inverter circuit is detected to be at or above a given voltage value required for the servo-control of the electric motor, and applies dynamic braking to the electric motor by forming a short circuit in the inverter circuit when the voltage value between the power-supply input terminals of the inverter circuit is detected to be below the given voltage value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko TAN, Masahiko SUMITOMO, Shota TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20210213518Abstract: There is provided a method of producing a casing configured such that adjacent surfaces of the casing are maintained to be perpendicular to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko TAN, Shota TOMINAGA
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Publication number: 20200375042Abstract: A housing includes: a box-shaped main body portion accommodating an electronic circuit substrate and including an opening portion; a lid portion covering the opening portion so as to be able to open or close the opening portion; a jumper detachably attached to the electronic circuit substrate; a window portion different from the opening portion, the window portion being opposed to the jumper and being open at the main body portion; and a cover portion covering the window portion so as to be able to open or close the window portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruhiko TAN, Shota TOMINAGA