Patents by Inventor Takayuki AKAZAWA

Takayuki AKAZAWA 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).

  • Assembly system
    Patent number: 11796984
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the risk of outflow of defects and improve the work efficiency of assembly work. An assembly system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is used to assemble a finished product while sequentially placing and fixing multiple types of components to a workpiece. The assembly system 10 includes a collaborative robot 20 configured to collaborate with a worker 100, an identification information reading unit 27 configured to read identification information indicated on a component placed on the workpiece, and a controller 70 configured to determine whether a type of the component placed on the workpiece is correct or incorrect based on the read identification information and control the collaborative robot in accordance with a result of the correctness determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Akazawa, Tatsuo Shinohara, Yuuichi Yamada, Naoki Yamaguchi, Takumi Mizuno, Takashi Ogura, Hikaru Fujita
  • ASSEMBLY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230152780
    Abstract: An object is to reduce the risk of outflow of defects and improve the work efficiency of assembly work. An assembly system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is used to assemble a finished product while sequentially placing and fixing multiple types of components to a workpiece. The assembly system 10 includes a collaborative robot 20 configured to collaborate with a worker 100, an identification information reading unit 27 configured to read identification information indicated on a component placed on the workpiece, and a controller 70 configured to determine whether a type of the component placed on the workpiece is correct or incorrect based on the read identification information and control the collaborative robot in accordance with a result of the correctness determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Takayuki AKAZAWA, Tatsuo SHINOHARA, Yuuichi YAMADA, Naoki YAMAGUCHI, Takumi MIZUNO, Takashi OGURA, Hikaru FUJITA