Patents by Inventor Takashi NAGASAKI

Takashi NAGASAKI 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: 11899428
    Abstract: A task resumption system including processing circuitry that receives a task resumption specification for task resumption by a device when the device, which sequentially performs multiple tasks, stops during processing, acquires a current state of the device, acquires a resume state corresponding to the task resumption of the device, causes the device to transition from the current state to the resume state, and causes the device to resume the task according to the resume state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventor: Takashi Nagasaki
  • Publication number: 20210347042
    Abstract: Provided is a robot system including: a robot including a hand; a unit job storage section configured to store a unit job; a linking job generation section configured to generate a linking job being a command to move the hand from an end position at which a first unit job has ended to a start position at which a second unit job to be executed subsequently after the first unit job is started; an action command generation section configured to generate an action command for the robot by connecting the unit jobs and the linking job in series, based on arrangement of a plurality of processing symbols; and a required time calculation section configured to calculate a required time of the action command by adding required times of the unit jobs and a required time of the linking job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi NAGASAKI, Hirokazu KARIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210302940
    Abstract: A task resumption system including processing circuitry that receives a task resumption specification for task resumption by a device when the device, which sequentially performs multiple tasks, stops during processing, acquires a current state of the device, acquires a resume state corresponding to the task resumption of the device, causes the device to transition from the current state to the resume state, and causes the device to resume the task according to the resume state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventor: Takashi NAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210291368
    Abstract: A method of generating a robot operation command includes extracting a work command from an overall work flow; extracting, from a command definition database, a command definition corresponding to the extracted work command, the work command having been read; generating, by referring to the read work command, a set of unit jobs in which at least one work command is arranged in order, based on the extracted command definition; generating, for a plurality of unit jobs, a connecting job for causing a robot to be moved from an end position of a previous unit job to a start position of a subsequent unit job; and generating a robot operation command in which the unit jobs and the connecting job are continuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yoichi KAKISAKA, Yukio HASHIGUCHI, Hirokazu KARIYAZAKI, Takashi NAGASAKI, Yukiko SAWADA, Keita MORISAKI
  • Patent number: 11103993
    Abstract: Provided is a robot system including: a robot including a hand; a unit job storage section configured to store a unit job; a linking job generation section configured to generate a linking job being a command to move the hand from an end position at which a first unit job has ended to a start position at which a second unit job to be executed subsequently after the first unit job is started; an action command generation section configured to generate an action command for the robot by connecting the unit jobs and the linking job in series, based on arrangement of a plurality of processing symbols; and a required time calculation section configured to calculate a required time of the action command by adding required times of the unit jobs and a required time of the linking job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takashi Nagasaki, Hirokazu Kariyazaki
  • Patent number: 11065764
    Abstract: A method of generating a robot operation command includes extracting a work command from an overall work flow; extracting, from a command definition database, a command definition corresponding to the extracted work command, the work command having been read; generating, by referring to the read work command, a set of unit jobs in which at least one work command is arranged in order, based on the extracted command definition; generating, for a plurality of unit jobs, a connecting job for causing a robot to be moved from an end position of a previous unit job to a start position of a subsequent unit job; and generating a robot operation command in which the unit jobs and the connecting job are continuous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Yoichi Kakisaka, Yukio Hashiguchi, Hirokazu Kariyazaki, Takashi Nagasaki, Yukiko Sawada, Keita Morisaki
  • Publication number: 20190101559
    Abstract: A dispensing system includes an automatic dispensing machine configured to perform a dispensing work related to content of a container, and at least one controller configured to acquire measured data of properties of the content, and control the automatic dispensing machine to perform a dispensing operation based on the measured data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, ROBOTIC BIOLOGY INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Hirokazu KARIYAZAKI, Takashi NAGASAKI, Motohisa KAMEI, Noriko ABE, Takahiro KIZAKI, Kenji INADA, Kenji MATSUKUMA
  • Publication number: 20180281190
    Abstract: A method of generating a robot operation command includes extracting a work command from an overall work flow; extracting, from a command definition database, a command definition corresponding to the extracted work command, the work command having been read; generating, by referring to the read work command, a set of unit jobs in which at least one work command is arranged in order, based on the extracted command definition; generating, for a plurality of unit jobs, a connecting job for causing a robot to be moved from an end position of a previous unit job to a start position of a subsequent unit job; and generating a robot operation command in which the unit jobs and the connecting job are continuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Yoichi KAKISAKA, Yukio HASHIGUCHI, Hirokazu KARIYAZAKI, Takashi NAGASAKI, Yukiko SAWADA, Keita MORISAKI
  • Publication number: 20180117763
    Abstract: Provided is a robot system including: a robot including a hand; a unit job storage section configured to store a unit job; a linking job generation section configured to generate a linking job being a command to move the hand from an end position at which a first unit job has ended to a start position at which a second unit job to be executed subsequently after the first unit job is started; an action command generation section configured to generate an action command for the robot by connecting the unit jobs and the linking job in series, based on arrangement of a plurality of processing symbols; and a required time calculation section configured to calculate a required time of the action command by adding required times of the unit jobs and a required time of the linking job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi NAGASAKI, Hirokazu KARIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9849587
    Abstract: Provided is an operation command generation device including: an execution order determination unit configured to determine, based on respective arrangement positions of a plurality of process symbols each representing a process for a process subject on a protocol chart including the plurality of process symbols, an execution order of the plurality of process symbols; and a process symbol conversion unit configured to respectively convert the plurality of process symbols into jobs for a process system including at least a robot so that processes represented by the plurality of process symbols are executed in the execution order determined by the execution order determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, ROBOTIC BIOLOGY INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Toru Natsume, Takashi Nagasaki, Makoto Umeno, Tatsuro Ipposhi, Hirokazu Kariyazaki
  • Patent number: 9802312
    Abstract: Provided is an operation command generation device configured to generate an operation command, which is a collection of jobs to be carried out by a process system including a robot based on a protocol chart including a process symbol representing a process to be carried out on a container containing a process subject, the operation command generation device including: a process job generation unit configured to generate, based on the process symbol, a job for causing the process system to carry out the process on the container at a work area; and a transfer job generation unit configured to generate, when the process represented by the process symbol is not a process to be carried out on the same container, a job to transfer the container from the work area to a retreat area after the process represented by the process symbol has been carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, ROBOTIC BIOLOGY INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Toru Natsume, Takashi Nagasaki, Makoto Umeno, Tatsuro Ipposhi, Hirokazu Kariyazaki
  • Patent number: 9744666
    Abstract: Provided is an operation command generation device configured to generate an operation command, which is a collection of jobs to be carried out by a process system including a robot based on a protocol chart including a process symbol representing a process to be carried out on a container containing a process subject, the operation command generation device including: a process job generation unit configured to generate, based on the process symbol, a job for causing the process system to carry out the process on the container at a work area; and a transfer job generation unit configured to generate, when the process represented by the process symbol is not a process to be carried out on the same container, a job to transfer the container from the work area to a retreat area after the process represented by the process symbol has been carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, ROBOTIC BIOLOGY INSTITUTE INC.
    Inventors: Toru Natsume, Takashi Nagasaki, Makoto Umeno, Tatsuro Ipposhi, Hirokazu Kariyazaki
  • Patent number: 9621839
    Abstract: A processing system at least including a processing apparatus including a robot configured to perform, in accordance with operation commands, processes on a container that contains an object to be processed in a biochemistry, biotechnology, or life science field includes an image capturing apparatus and a monitoring apparatus. The image capturing apparatus continuously captures a moving image of the processes. The monitoring apparatus includes a storage unit, a list display unit, and a playback unit. The storage unit stores the moving image captured by the image capturing apparatus. The list display unit displays at least one of a list of the processes and a list of operation information items of each indicating an operation the robot. The playback unit plays the moving image from a timing corresponding to a process specified from the list of processes or an operation information item specified from the list of operation information items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takashi Nagasaki, Takashi Suyama, Hirokazu Kariyazaki
  • Patent number: 9601859
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (20) has a main body (30) with a bottom wall (31), first and second facing walls (32, 33) extending from opposite sides of the bottom wall (31), an inner ceiling wall (34) extending from an extending end (33A) of the first facing wall (33) toward the second facing wall (32) and an outer ceiling wall (35) extending from an extending end (32A) of the second facing wall (33) toward the second facing wall (33) along an outer surface (34A) of the inner ceiling wall (34). A stabilizer (36) is formed by folding a projecting piece (37) standing up from the outer ceiling wall (35) toward the extending end (33A) of the first facing wall (33). A tip (37D) of the projecting piece (37) can contact the first facing wall (33) and the inner ceiling wall (34) in a recess (38) formed on a corner therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nagasaki, Shohei Nagasaki, Hiroshi Hamada
  • Patent number: 9595770
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (20) includes a rectangular tubular main body (30) with a bottom wall (30A), side walls (30B, 30C) extending from opposite sides of the bottom wall (30A) and a ceiling wall (30D, 30E) facing the bottom wall (30A). A main spring (31) is in the main body (30) and resiliently contacts a mating terminal. An auxiliary spring (35) is cantilevered from the bottom wall (30A) and into the main body (30) for contacting the main spring (31) from a side opposite the mating terminal. Protection walls (36) are formed on ends of the side walls (30B, 30C) on the side of the bottom wall (30A) for laterally covering the auxiliary spring (35). Chamfered portions (37) are formed on surfaces of the protection walls (36) for contacting an inner wall (52) of a hole (51) of a collective rubber plug (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nagasaki, Shohei Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20170061078
    Abstract: Provided is a protocol chart creation device, including: an initial symbol arrangement unit configured to arrange an initial symbol representing an initial state of a container for containing a specimen; a procedure line arrangement unit configured to arrange a procedure line representing a process order for the container in a direction along a first axis from the initial symbol; a process symbol arrangement unit configured to arrange a process symbol representing a process to be carried out on the container along the procedure line, and to arrange, when there are a plurality of processes to be carried out on one container, the process symbols representing the processes along the procedure line; and a separation unit configured to separate arrangements of the initial symbols, the procedure lines, and the process symbols for different containers in a direction along a second axis intersecting the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Toru NATSUME, Kenji MATSUKUMA, Takashi NAGASAKI, Makoto UMENO, Tatsuro IPPOSHI, Hirokazu KARIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160268718
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (20) has a main body (30) with a bottom wall (31), first and second facing walls (32, 33) extending from opposite sides of the bottom wall (31), an inner ceiling wall (34) extending from an extending end (33A) of the first facing wall (33) toward the second facing wall (32) and an outer ceiling wall (35) extending from an extending end (32A) of the second facing wall (33) toward the second facing wall (33) along an outer surface (34A) of the inner ceiling wall (34). A stabilizer (36) is formed by folding a projecting piece (37) standing up from the outer ceiling wall (35) toward the extending end (33A) of the first facing wall (33). A tip (37D) of the projecting piece (37) can contact the first facing wall (33) and the inner ceiling wall (34) in a recess (38) formed on a corner therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi Nagasaki, Shohei Nagasaki, Hiroshi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20160268701
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (20) includes a rectangular tubular main body (30) with a bottom wall (30A), side walls (30B, 30C) extending from opposite sides of the bottom wall (30A) and a ceiling wall (30D, 30E) facing the bottom wall (30A). A main spring (31) is in the main body (30) and resiliently contacts a mating terminal. An auxiliary spring (35) is cantilevered from the bottom wall (30A) and into the main body (30) for contacting the main spring (31) from a side opposite the mating terminal. Protection walls (36) are formed on ends of the side walls (30B, 30C) on the side of the bottom wall (30A) for laterally covering the auxiliary spring (35). Chamfered portions (37) are formed on surfaces of the protection walls (36) for contacting an inner wall (52) of a hole (51) of a collective rubber plug (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi NAGASAKI, Shohei MITSUI
  • Publication number: 20160227158
    Abstract: A processing system at least including a processing apparatus including a robot configured to perform, in accordance with operation commands, processes on a container that contains an object to be processed in a biochemistry, biotechnology, or life science field includes an image capturing apparatus and a monitoring apparatus. The image capturing apparatus continuously captures a moving image of the processes. The monitoring apparatus includes a storage unit, a list display unit, and a playback unit. The storage unit stores the moving image captured by the image capturing apparatus. The list display unit displays at least one of a list of the processes and a list of operation information items of each indicating an operation the robot. The playback unit plays the moving image from a timing corresponding to a process specified from the list of processes or an operation information item specified from the list of operation information items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takashi NAGASAKI, Takashi SUYAMA, Hirokazu KARIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160144506
    Abstract: Provided is an operation command generation device including: an execution order determination unit configured to determine, based on respective arrangement positions of a plurality of process symbols each representing a process for a process subject on a protocol chart including the plurality of process symbols, an execution order of the plurality of process symbols; and a process symbol conversion unit configured to respectively convert the plurality of process symbols into jobs for a process system including at least a robot so that processes represented by the plurality of process symbols are executed in the execution order determined by the execution order determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Toru NATSUME, Takashi NAGASAKI, Makoto UMENO, Tatsuro IPPOSHI, Kazuhiro KARIYAZAKI