Patents by Inventor Taro NAMBA

Taro NAMBA 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: 9662789
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a robot system including one or more work facilities and a teaching information database. The work facilities comprise a robot and robot controller. The robot controller controls the movement of the robot based on teaching information stored in a storage part. The teaching information database stores a plurality of types of the teaching information associated with work information. Each work facility includes an interface device configured to receive an input of search condition information, to search teaching information highly relevant to the search condition information among the plurality of types of teaching information, and to receive a selection of desired teaching information among one or more sets of the teaching information hit in the search. The robot system further comprises a first transferring part configured to transfer the teaching information from the teaching information database to the storage part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Taro Namba, Tomohiro Ueno, Osamu Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150314438
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a robot system including one or more work facilities and a teaching information database. The work facilities comprise a robot and robot controller. The robot controller controls the movement of the robot based on teaching information stored in a storage part. The teaching information database stores a plurality of types of the teaching information associated with work information. Each work facility includes an interface device configured to receive an input of search condition information, to search teaching information highly relevant to the search condition information among the plurality of types of teaching information, and to receive a selection of desired teaching information among one or more sets of the teaching information hit in the search. The robot system further comprises a first transferring part configured to transfer the teaching information from the teaching information database to the storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Taro NAMBA, Tomohiro UENO, Osamu YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9067744
    Abstract: A robot system includes a first loading portion, a plurality of second loading portions provided for each sorting destination, and a robot configured to sort the plurality of articles loaded onto the first loading portion, and to transfer the articles to the second loading portions. The robot includes a robot arm, a tool, a first sensor configured to acquire distance information, an article identifying portion configured to identify the article loaded onto the first loading portion, a second sensor configured to acquire outer shape information, and to acquire sorting destination information, a first calculating portion configured to calculate a shape and size of the article, a sorting destination determining portion configured to determine a sorting destination, and a first operation control portion configured to control the robot arm and the tool so that the article is stacked onto the identified second loading portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Katsumi Takizawa, Taro Namba
  • Publication number: 20150019006
    Abstract: The robot system includes a first robot, a first robot controller, a loading information storage device, a second robot, and a second robot controller. The first robot holds and loads one or more target objects to form a loaded body. The first robot controller controls a movement of the first robot. The loading information storage device stores loading information of each target object loaded by the first robot. The second robot holds and unloads the one or more target objects from the loaded body. The second robot controller controls a movement of the second robot. The second robot controller comprises a first movement mode determining part. The first movement mode determining part determines a movement mode of the second robot based on the loading information of each target object. The second robot controller controls the movement of the second robot based on the movement mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Osamu YOSHIDA, Tomohiro UENO, Eiji KIHARA, Taro NAMBA
  • Publication number: 20150019012
    Abstract: The robot system includes work facilities and a central computer device. The work facilities comprise a robot, a robot controller. The robot controller includes a storage part which stores teaching information. The central computer device comprises a teaching information database, an information accepting part, a correlation determining part. The teaching information database stores a plurality of the teaching information in association with detection information of the sensor or processed information. The information accepting part accepts the detection information of a sensor of each work facility. The correlation determining part determines whether or not the plurality of teaching information stored includes teaching information comprising a predetermined correlation with respect to the detection information or the processed information corresponding thereto. The robot system further comprises a first transferring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Osamu YOSHIDA, Tomohiro UENO, Eiji KIHARA, Taro NAMBA
  • Publication number: 20150019011
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a robot system including one or more work facilities, and a central information processor. The work facilities comprise a robot, a robot controller, and a sensor. The robot performs predetermined work. The central information processor includes an information accepting part, an algorithm storage part, an information analysing part, and an analytical information output part. The information accepting part accepts detection information of the sensor of each work facility. The algorithm storage part stores a processing algorithm for the detection information. The information analysing part analyses the detection information accepted based on the processing algorithm stored in the algorithm storage part. Then analytical information output part outputs analytical information of the detection information to the robot controller of a corresponding the work facility. The robot controller controls a movement of the robot based on the analytical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Taro NAMBA, Tomohiro UENO, Osamu YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20140079524
    Abstract: There is provided a robot system including a first robot arm provided with a holding unit for holding one of workpieces arranged on a workpiece arrangement unit and configured to transfer the one workpiece held by the holding unit, and a second robot arm provided with a detecting unit for detecting an arrangement state of the one workpiece. The robot system further includes a detecting operation control unit configured to perform a control operation in such a way that, during the operation of the first robot arm, the detecting unit detects the arrangement state of another one of the workpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Toshiaki SHIMONO, Taro NAMBA, Toshihiro TOMO
  • Publication number: 20130096713
    Abstract: A robot system includes a first loading portion, a plurality of second loading portions provided for each sorting destination, and a robot configured to sort the plurality of articles loaded onto the first loading portion, and to transfer the articles to the second loading portions. The robot includes a robot arm, a tool, a first sensor configured to acquire distance information, an article identifying portion configured to identify the article loaded onto the first loading portion, a second sensor configured to acquire outer shape information, and to acquire sorting destination information, a first calculating portion configured to calculate a shape and size of the article, a sorting destination determining portion configured to determine a sorting destination, and a first operation control portion configured to control the robot arm and the tool so that the article is stacked onto the identified second loading portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Katsumi TAKIZAWA, Taro NAMBA