Patents by Inventor Susumu Matsubara
Susumu Matsubara 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: 11720086Abstract: A machining-process generation device includes: a process-instance storage section to store therein a process instance that is an instance of a machining process indicating machining details of each machining-operation unit; a process generation section to generate a machining process on a basis of the process instance and a generation condition for the machining process, and to generate background information indicating a background to generation of the machining process, the background information including information of the process instance used to generate the machining process; and a display section capable of displaying the background information on a display device.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Joji Wakairo, Kenji Iriguchi, Susumu Matsubara, Hiroki Kaneko, Savilleramadhona
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Publication number: 20210389753Abstract: A machine learning device includes: a data extraction unit that extracts a first parameter and a second parameter from each of a plurality of machining programs for numerically controlling a machine tool, the first parameter being a parameter to be adjusted, the second parameter being a parameter to be used for adjusting the parameter to be adjusted; and a machine learning unit that learns a value of the first parameter according to a data set including the first parameter and the second parameter extracted by the data extraction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu MATSUBARA, Kenji IRIGUCHI, Hiroki KANEKO
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Patent number: 10831178Abstract: A processing step data generating apparatus includes: a processing procedure data group storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of processing procedure data each including data defining a processing unit, which is a unit of a processing step, and processing order data of the processing unit defined by the data defining the processing unit; a processing procedure selection unit; and a processing step generation unit that determines a processing shape for the processing unit on the basis of the data defining the processing unit included in the processing procedure data selected by the processing procedure selection unit as well as product and material data to generate processing unit data, and generates processing step data from the processing unit data being generated.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Iriguchi, Susumu Matsubara, Hiroki Kaneko
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Publication number: 20190339676Abstract: A machining-process generation device includes: a process-instance storage section to store therein a process instance that is an instance of a machining process indicating machining details of each machining-operation unit; a process generation section to generate a machining process on a basis of the process instance and a generation condition for the machining process, and to generate background information indicating a background to generation of the machining process, the background information including information of the process instance used to generate the machining process; and a display section capable of displaying the background information on a display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Joji WAKAIRO, Kenji IRIGUCHI, Susumu MATSUBARA, Hiroki KANEKO, Savilleramadhona N/A
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Patent number: 10222783Abstract: A numerical control device includes an NC-machining-program reading unit to read an NC machining program, a machining-removal-shape generation unit to generate a machining removal shape by a block of the NC machining program, a tool-data search unit to search for tool data to be used in the NC machining program, and a machining-finished-shape generation unit to generate a machining finished shape from the machining removal shape generated by the machining-removal-shape generation unit. During editing of the NC machining program, the machining removal shape and the machining finished shape can be confirmed sequentially by the block.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu Matsubara, Hiroki Kaneko, Kenji Iriguchi, Naoki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190064776Abstract: A processing step data generating apparatus includes: a processing procedure data group storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of processing procedure data each including data defining a processing unit, which is a unit of a processing step, and processing order data of the processing unit defined by the data defining the processing unit; a processing procedure selection unit; and a processing step generation unit that determines a processing shape for the processing unit on the basis of the data defining the processing unit included in the processing procedure data selected by the processing procedure selection unit as well as product and material data to generate processing unit data, and generates processing step data from the processing unit data being generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenji IRIGUCHI, Susumu MATSUBARA, Hiroki KANEKO
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Patent number: 10114364Abstract: A NC-program editing apparatus includes a 3D-machining-shape generating unit that generates, for each unit of machining, a three-dimensional machining shape including position information in a three-dimensional virtual space on the basis of attribute information described for each unit of machining configuring an NC program, an attribute processing unit that extracts the attribute information from the NC program and associates three-dimensional position information corresponding to a machining shape corresponding to the extracted attribute information with the extracted attribute information, and a display-screen control unit that displays the NC program on a program display screen and displays a projection drawing of the machining shape on a shape display screen according to position information contained in the machining shape and, when receiving an input for editing the NC program via the program display screen, reflects content of the input on the NC program.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu Matsubara, Kenji Iriguchi, Tomonori Sato, Nobuyuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20180210420Abstract: A display device and a display method to enable, by reducing the amount of data to be displayed, reduction of the time required for display even when the data to be dealt with is three-dimensional coordinate data are obtained. A display device according to the invention includes a tool-movement-path calculation means 14 to calculate, on the basis of data of a machining program on which movement commands for a tool in a three-dimensional coordinate system are written, tool movement paths through which the tool moves in the three-dimensional coordinate system, a path-replacement-processing unit 19 to replace, on the basis of the tool movement paths calculated by the tool-movement-path calculation means 14 and a predetermined index, consecutive tool movement paths with a replacement path, and a display unit 20 to display the replacement path replaced by the path-replacement-processing unit 19.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroki KANEKO, Susumu MATSUBARA, Kenji IRIGUCHI, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Toshiyuki MORITA
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Patent number: 9841751Abstract: To provide a numerical-control machining-program creation device that creates a numerical-control machining program including turning machining based on shape data of a workpiece. The numerical-control machining-program creation device generates a turning-machining removal shape indicating a shape to be removed by turning machining based on a turning sectional shape, extracts a turning groove shape from the turning-machining removal shape, and creates the numerical-control machining program for turning machining based on a shape obtained by separating the turning groove shape from the turning-machining removal shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu Matsubara, Kenji Iriguchi, Nobuyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 9811759Abstract: In the invention, there are included a first image generating that generates image data corresponding to a shape data of a machining target as machining target image data, a second image generating that generates, based on NC programs created in the past, image data of a machining finish shape as finish shape image data, a storing that stores the finish shape image data associating with an NC program corresponding thereto, a similarity calculating that compares the machining target image data and the finish shape image data to calculate similarity of both the image data, a searching that searches, based on the similarity, candidates of finish shape image data similar to or matching the machining target image data and displays the candidates, and a first program displaying that displays, out of the candidates of the finish shape image data, an NC program for designated finish shape image data.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2012Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu Matsubara, Kenji Iriguchi, Nobuyuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20170308060Abstract: A numerical control device includes an NC-machining-program reading unit to read an NC machining program, a machining-removal-shape generation unit to generate a machining removal shape by a block of the NC machining program, a tool-data search unit to search for tool data to be used in the NC machining program, and a machining-finished-shape generation unit to generate a machining finished shape from the machining removal shape generated by the machining-removal-shape generation unit. During editing of the NC machining program, the machining removal shape and the machining finished shape can be confirmed sequentially by the block.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu MATSUBARA, Hiroki KANEKO, Kenji IRIGUCHI, Naoki NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9740189Abstract: A machining program creating apparatus includes a tool-route generating unit sequentially executing, concerning each line segment, processing for setting an end point of a set tool route as an endpoint of interest and setting a line segment connected to the endpoint of interest as a next tool route and an NC-machining-program-creation processing unit creating the NC machining program. When a line segment not set as a tool route yet is present among line segments connected to the endpoint of interest, the tool-route generating unit sets the line segment not set as a tool route as a next tool route, and, otherwise, the tool route generating unit sets a line segment already set as a tool route as a tool route again between the endpoint of interest and an endpoint forming a line segment not set as a tool route yet.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu Matsubara, Mitsuo Maehara
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Patent number: 9523966Abstract: An automatic programming apparatus includes a machining-shape generating unit configured to generate second machining shapes for each of machining processes from each of a plurality of first machining shapes input from outside; a machining-order editing unit configured to receive an input of execution order of the machining processes; a machining-shape adjusting unit configured to extend, among a plurality of the second machining shapes having a same tool direction, which is a direction that a tool pierces, one of the second machining shapes in a direction opposite to the tool direction, delete, from the other machining shape that overlaps the one second machining shape because of the extension of the one second machining shape, a portion of the overlap, and generate a third machining shape; and a control-command generating unit configured to generate, based on the third machining shape and the input execution order, a control command.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu Matsubara, Kenji Iriguchi, Daisuke Fujino, Tomonori Sato
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Patent number: 9389605Abstract: In a method of generating a numerical control program in which, based on sectional shape data of a product to which a relief processing is to be performed, a numerical control program for turning-processing the product is generated in order to recognize a groove shape data existing in the vicinity of a corner as a relief sectional shape, wherein groove shape data is extracted from the sectional shape data, an intersection of a line segment parallel to a turning axis and a line segment that is not parallel to the line segment is calculated as a corner of the sectional shape data, and the groove shape data is recognized as a relief sectional shape in a case where dimensions of a frame which includes from the corner to the groove shape data are within predetermined dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Mahito Matsuura, Takashi Kamiya, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Susumu Matsubara
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Publication number: 20160077518Abstract: To provide a numerical-control machining-program creation device that creates a numerical-control machining program including turning machining based on shape data of a workpiece. The numerical-control machining-program creation device generates a turning-machining removal shape indicating a shape to be removed by turning machining based on a turning sectional shape, extracts a turning groove shape from the turning-machining removal shape, and creates the numerical-control machining program for turning machining based on a shape obtained by separating the turning groove shape from the turning-machining removal shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu MATSUBARA, Kenji IRIGUCHI, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9268322Abstract: An apparatus that creates, based on shape data of an object to be machined and grinding allowance data for the shape data, a numerically controlled machining program that has the grinding allowance data reflected in the shape data, is configured to include storing means 2 and 4 that store the shape data of the object to be machined and the grinding allowance data; a shape data modification means 5 that modifies the shape data to create, based on the grinding allowance data, shape data having a grinding allowance; and a numerically controlled machining program creation means 6 that creates a numerically controlled machining program for the modified shape data, with the apparatus enabling easy and efficient creation of a numerically controlled machining program having the grinding allowance reflected in the shape data.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu Matsubara, Kenji Iriguchi, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Mahito Matsuura, Takeshi Tasaka, Takashi Kambara
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Publication number: 20160011584Abstract: To provide a numerical-control machining-program creation device including a work-origin setting unit that sets a work origin from shape data of a workpiece, a milling programming support unit that supports milling programming to create a milling program based on the shape data and the work origin, and a numerical-control machining-program creation unit that creates a numerical-control machining program from the milling program. The numerical-control machining-program creation device displays a coordinate of a machining program in a size easily understood by a worker at the time of milling programming.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu MATSUBARA, Kenji IRIGUCHI, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20160011583Abstract: A NC-program editing apparatus includes a 3D-machining-shape generating unit that generates, for each unit of machining, a three-dimensional machining shape including position information in a three-dimensional virtual space on the basis of attribute information described for each unit of machining configuring an NC program, an attribute processing unit that extracts the attribute information from the NC program and associates three-dimensional position information corresponding to a machining shape corresponding to the extracted attribute information with the extracted attribute information, and a display-screen control unit that displays the NC program on a program display screen and displays a projection drawing of the machining shape on a shape display screen according to position information contained in the machining shape and, when receiving an input for editing the NC program via the program display screen, reflects content of the input on the NC program.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Susumu MATSUBARA, Kenji IRIGUCHI, Tomonori SATO, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: PP35086Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Keipekumehus’, characterized by its compact and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; flowers that are reddish purple in color with a white-colored star-shaped pattern and centers; and good garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: KEISEI ROSE NURSERIES INC.Inventors: Susumu Matsubara, Rieko Suwa
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Patent number: PP35250Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Keipehabham’, characterized by its mounding, upright to trailing and decumbent plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; flowers that are white to light purple in color with dark purple-colored venation and centers; and good garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: KEISEI ROSE NURSERIES, INC.Inventors: Susumu Matsubara, Rieko Suwa