Patents by Inventor Takafumi Tetsuya

Takafumi Tetsuya 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).

  • Position teaching method and control apparatus for robot
    Patent number: 5371836
    Abstract: The present invention, by manually operating a robot and memorizing a position of the extremity of the robot, teaches a reference point representing a representative position and orientation on a moving path and a relative position of an operating position of a robot extremity in operation from the above-mentioned reference point, and designate a path of a moving position of the robot extremity in operation by an array of the reference points, and teachings of the moving path and a gripping position can be separated each other, and an accurate and easy teaching is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Mitomi, Takafumi Tetsuya, Katsuyoshi Satoh