Patents by Inventor Takao Ushiyama
Takao Ushiyama 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: 12192610Abstract: An imaging device according to the present invention includes an illumination unit 20 containing a light source 21 for emitting illumination light 2, and a lens group 22 for irradiating an imaging object 1 with the illumination light 2 emitted from the light source 21, and an imaging unit 10 for imaging the imaging object 1. A part of the illumination light 2 is shielded by a light shielding component 40.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Takao Ushiyama, Eiji Takahashi
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Publication number: 20230353854Abstract: An imaging device according to the present invention includes an illumination unit 20 containing a light source 21 for emitting illumination light 2, and a lens group 22 for irradiating an imaging object 1 with the illumination light 2 emitted from the light source 21, and an imaging unit 10 for imaging the imaging object 1. A part of the illumination light 2 is shielded by a light shielding component 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: KOWA COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Takao Ushiyama, Eiji Takahashi
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Patent number: 11190110Abstract: A main circuit power source and a control power source of a motor drive device are backed up. A first backup capacitor is inserted between a rectifier and a control power source output terminal that supplies power to a control circuit of a driver.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Taketomo Hirata, Takao Ushiyama
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Patent number: 10879834Abstract: A temperature monitoring device of the present invention includes: a current value acquisition portion (50) that acquires a current value supplied for the motor; a calorific value inference portion (20) that infers a calorific value through a first thermal model indicating a relationship between the current value and a calorific value of a servo driver (2); and an anomaly judgment portion (10) that compares the calorific value with a threshold, so as to judge whether there is heating anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Satoshi Yamawaki, Takao Ushiyama, Kentaro Hirao
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Publication number: 20200212819Abstract: A main circuit power source and a control power source of a motor drive device are backed up. A first backup capacitor is inserted between a rectifier and a control power source output terminal that supplies power to a control circuit of a driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Taketomo HIRATA, Takao USHIYAMA
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Patent number: 10649426Abstract: The present invention can stabilize driving of a motor even if multiple control instructions of driving the motor are acquired through non-real-time communication. A servo driver (10) does not perform processing corresponding to other control commands when acquiring the other control commands from other interfaces through non-real-time communication in a process of performing processing corresponding to a control command acquired via one interface and through non-real-time communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takao Ushiyama, Satoshi Yamawaki, Takaya Kitano
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Patent number: 10520906Abstract: The disclosure enables mutual relationships among operation statuses of each motor to be ascertained without using synchronous serial communication between multiple motor control devices. The motor control system is equipped with: a motor driver having a trigger determination part for determining whether or not a trigger condition is satisfied, a trigger notification part for transmitting a trigger notification indicating that the trigger condition is satisfied to motor drivers by asynchronous communication, and a trace result information generation part for causing a storage part to store a trigger data number for identifying operation data when the trigger condition is satisfied; and motor drivers each having a trace result information generation part for causing a storage part to store a slave trigger time at which the trigger notification is received, a trigger data number for identifying operation data corresponding to the slave trigger time, and a master trigger time.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Daisuke Tamashima, Fumiaki Sato, Takao Ushiyama, Naoya Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10416663Abstract: When a motor replacement detection portion (4) detects replacement of a motor (M), a control portion (2) of the motor control apparatus executes limiting processing for limiting action of the motor (M), at least until an acceptance portion (5) accepts an input of confirmation information from a user.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Satoshi Yamawaki, Takao Ushiyama, Masakazu Matsugami, Takaya Kitano
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Patent number: 10401821Abstract: The invention relates to a motor control device, a control method, an information processing program and a recording medium, even though the network for receiving an output permission signal is not connected, the test run of the motor can be safely performed. Even though a signal generating element (104) of a servo driver (10) does not receive the output permission signal through a field network (30), if the connection to the field network (30) is determined to be not required, the signal generating element (104) does not generate the safety command.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takao Ushiyama, Satoshi Yamawaki, Masakazu Matsugami, Yu Tanaka
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Publication number: 20190025783Abstract: The disclosure enables mutual relationships among operation statuses of each motor to be ascertained without using synchronous serial communication between multiple motor control devices. The motor control system is equipped with: a motor driver having a trigger determination part for determining whether or not a trigger condition is satisfied, a trigger notification part for transmitting a trigger notification indicating that the trigger condition is satisfied to motor drivers by asynchronous communication, and a trace result information generation part for causing a storage part to store a trigger data number for identifying operation data when the trigger condition is satisfied; and motor drivers each having a trace result information generation part for causing a storage part to store a slave trigger time at which the trigger notification is received, a trigger data number for identifying operation data corresponding to the slave trigger time, and a master trigger time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Daisuke TAMASHIMA, Fumiaki SATO, Takao USHIYAMA, Naoya HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 9887659Abstract: A safety system has higher user design flexibility. Motor controllers (20, 30) include a motor drive circuit (207) that outputs a motor voltage command signal for driving motors (90, 100) in accordance with a motor drive command value, an inverter (211) that supplies power for driving the motors (90, 100) by switching based on the motor voltage command signal, a safety control unit that outputs a drive permission signal for driving the motors (90, 100) in accordance with communication data received through a communication circuit (213), a cut-off circuit (209) that receives the drive permission signal and the voltage drive command signal and cuts off the voltage drive command signal to an inverter (211) when receiving no drive permission signal, and a safety input unit (205) that receives redundant safety input signals. The cut-off circuit (207) receives a logical AND of the safety input signal and the drive permission signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: OMRON CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Jimbo, Takao Ushiyama, Masakazu Matsugami
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Patent number: 9866008Abstract: A safety unit is provided for this purpose, and includes a position determining unit, a speed determining unit, a logical product unit, and a stopping unit. When a rotation amount (positional data) of an encoder rotating in connection with a rotation shaft of a servo motor falls within a predetermined limiting range, the position determining unit outputs a command for stopping a motor to a logical product unit. When rotation speed of the encoder rotating in connection with the rotation shaft of the servo motor falls within a predetermined limiting range, the speed determining unit outputs the command for stopping the motor to the logical product unit. This control by the logical product unit requires a stop command from both the position and speed determining units. The logical product unit informs the stopping unit to stop the servo motor to a controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Akihiko Morikawa, Takao Ushiyama, Junichi Ueno, Toshinori Sato
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Publication number: 20170272025Abstract: A safety system has higher user design flexibility. Motor controllers (20, 30) include a motor drive circuit (207) that outputs a motor voltage command signal for driving motors (90, 100) in accordance with a motor drive command value, an inverter (211) that supplies power for driving the motors (90, 100) by switching based on the motor voltage command signal, a safety control unit that outputs a drive permission signal for driving the motors (90, 100) in accordance with communication data received through a communication circuit (213), a cut-off circuit (209) that receives the drive permission signal and the voltage drive command signal and cuts off the voltage drive command signal to an inverter (211) when receiving no drive permission signal, and a safety input unit (205) that receives redundant safety input signals. The cut-off circuit (207) receives a logical AND of the safety input signal and the drive permission signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Ryuichi JIMBO, Takao USHIYAMA, Masakazu MATSUGAMI
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Publication number: 20170264233Abstract: A temperature monitoring device of the present invention includes: a current value acquisition portion (50) that acquires a current value supplied for the motor; a calorific value inference portion (20) that infers a calorific value through a first thermal model indicating a relationship between the current value and a calorific value of a servo driver (2); and an anomaly judgment portion (10) that compares the calorific value with a threshold, so as to judge whether there is heating anomaly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Satoshi YAMAWAKI, Takao USHIYAMA, Kentaro HIRAO
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Publication number: 20170261955Abstract: The present invention can stabilize driving of a motor even if multiple control instructions of driving the motor are acquired through non-real-time communication. A servo driver (10) does not perform processing corresponding to other control commands when acquiring the other control commands from other interfaces through non-real-time communication in a process of performing processing corresponding to a control command acquired via one interface and through non-real-time communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takao USHIYAMA, Satoshi YAMAWAKI, Takaya KITANO
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Publication number: 20170261973Abstract: When a motor replacement detection portion (4) detects replacement of a motor (M), a control portion (2) of the motor control apparatus executes limiting processing for limiting action of the motor (M), at least until an acceptance portion (5) accepts an input of confirmation information from a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Satoshi YAMAWAKI, Takao USHIYAMA, Masakazu MATSUGAMI, Takaya KITANO
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Publication number: 20170261960Abstract: The invention relates to a motor control device, a control method, an information processing program and a recording medium, even though the network for receiving an output permission signal is not connected, the test run of the motor can be safely performed. Even though a signal generating element (104) of a servo driver (10) does not receive the output permission signal through a field network (30), if the connection to the field network (30) is determined to be not required, the signal generating element (104) does not generate the safety command.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takao USHIYAMA, Satoshi YAMAWAKI, Masakazu MATSUGAMI, Yu TANAKA
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Patent number: 9547305Abstract: The operation state of a servo motor is monitored and output to a user before automatic termination of power to the motor. A servo system includes a servo motor and a safety unit. The safety unit cuts off electric power to the servo motor when at least one of a speed, a position, acceleration, an amount of movement, a movement direction, and torque of the servo motor is outside a first operation range. Furthermore, the safety unit outputs a warning when at least one of the speed, the position, the acceleration, the amount of movement, the movement direction, the torque is within the first operation range, but is outside a second operation range that is narrower than the first operation range. User controls allow reduced operation when outside the second operation range.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Takao Ushiyama, Akihiko Morikawa, Toshinori Sato, Junichi Ueno
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Patent number: 8969789Abstract: A signal output unit generates an A phase output signal of a rectangular wave and a B phase output signal of a rectangular wave from the A phase sinusoidal wave signal and the B phase sinusoidal wave signal, respectively and outputs the generated signals. An internal signal generating unit (comparator) generates an A phase internal signal of a rectangular wave and a B phase internal signal of a rectangular wave from the A phase sinusoidal wave signal and the B phase sinusoidal wave signal, respectively, which are further processed by counters, and an abnormality detector. Each counter resets in response to a pulse edge of a signal for detection. The abnormality detector detects an abnormality when the count value of at least one of counters reaches a prescribed value.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Toshinori Sato, Akihiko Morikawa, Takao Ushiyama, Junichi Ueno
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Publication number: 20140018958Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a new safety system that can perform measurement in order to clearly set a realistic determination value and a control device constituting the safety system. The safety system, which causes a target device to transition to a safety state when an event matched with a predetermined safety condition is generated, is provided. The safety system includes a control device that includes a monitoring function of continuously collecting information on the safety condition and a management device that aggregates the information on the safety condition, which is collected by the control device. In response to generation of the event matched with the safety condition, the control device stores the information on the safety condition for a predetermined period based on generation timing of the event while correlating the generation timing with the collected information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Jyunichi UENO, Toshinori SATO, Akihiko MORIKAWA, Takao USHIYAMA