Patents by Inventor Shun Akimoto

Shun Akimoto 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: 10926372
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic polishing system that allows a polishing treatment of an article while circumventing a polishing averting portion of the article. A polisher is attached to a leading end portion of a movable arm of a work robot. A control device controls the work robot and the polisher, based on position information of a polishing target surface of an article, so that the polisher is moved along the polishing target surface by a movement of the work robot while providing a polishing action on the polishing target surface at the same time. An image of the article including an image of an area demarcation marker annexed to the article for demarcating the area of the polishing target surface is captured by a three-dimensional image capturing machine. The control device produces the position information of the polishing target surface by determining the position of the area demarcation marker based on image data of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Taikisha Ltd.
    Inventors: Genji Nakayama, Yoshio Higashi, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Shun Akimoto, Yoshifumi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20210016412
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic polishing system that allows a polishing treatment of an article while circumventing a polishing averting portion of the article. A polisher is attached to a leading end portion of a movable arm of a work robot. A control device controls the work robot and the polisher, based on position information of a polishing target surface of an article, so that the polisher is moved along the polishing target surface by a movement of the work robot while providing a polishing action on the polishing target surface at the same time. An image of the article including an image of an area demarcation marker annexed to the article for demarcating the area of the polishing target surface is captured by a three-dimensional image capturing machine. The control device produces the position information of the polishing target surface by determining the position of the area demarcation marker based on image data of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Genji Nakayama, Yoshio Higashi, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Shun Akimoto, Yoshifumi Kawai