Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Akagi

Tetsuya Akagi 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: 12023813
    Abstract: A control system (1) includes: a control device (100) that controls a robot (200); a three-dimensional sensor (300) that acquires positional information of a worker and the robot (200), which are included in a viewing-field area in a three-dimensional space; and a support device (400) that provides a user interface (411) for virtually setting a cooperation region in which the worker and the robot (200) are allowed to work. The control device (100) controls stopping or the speed of the robot (200) on the basis of whether or not the position of the worker or the robot (200) calculated on the basis of the positional information is included in the cooperation region, which is set by using the user interface (411), as well as the relative positional relationship between the worker and the robot (200) calculated on the basis of the positional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Akagi, Takeshi Shoji, Kazunori Osako, Xiaoguang Ning, Kazuma Mishima
  • Patent number: 11614525
    Abstract: A highly reliable determination device to determine the distance to an object even if general-purpose optical distance measurement modules or the like are used. The determination device determines that an abnormality has occurred in at least one of a plurality of optical distance measurement modules when the distances respectively indicated by the optical distance measurement modules deviate from each other by a predetermined length or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Akagi, Xiaoguang Ning
  • Publication number: 20220362933
    Abstract: A technique shortens the time taken to adjust a protection area. An area setting device includes a setting unit that sets a protection area in at least a part of a surrounding environment of a robot to detect an entry of an object, an obtainer that obtains surrounding information about the robot, and a storage prestoring a set value for the protection area and the surrounding information associated with each other. The setting unit sets the protection area based on the set value read from the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuma MISHIMA, Tetsuya AKAGI
  • Publication number: 20220176560
    Abstract: A control system (1) includes: a control device (100) that controls a robot (200); a three-dimensional sensor (300) that acquires positional information of a worker and the robot (200), which are included in a viewing-field area in a three-dimensional space; and a support device (400) that provides a user interface (411) for virtually setting a cooperation region in which the worker and the robot (200) are allowed to work. The control device (100) controls stopping or the speed of the robot (200) on the basis of whether or not the position of the worker or the robot (200) calculated on the basis of the positional information is included in the cooperation region, which is set by using the user interface (411), as well as the relative positional relationship between the worker and the robot (200) calculated on the basis of the positional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya AKAGI, Takeshi SHOJI, Kazunori OSAKO, Xiaoguang NING, Kazuma MISHIMA
  • Patent number: 10965225
    Abstract: This motor control devices provided with: a motor control unit which generates a command value on the basis of a motor drive command acquired from a PLC over a communication line; a drive unit which supplies motor drive voltage according to the command value; an interruption unit which interrupts transmission of the drive signal to the motor; a safety input unit which receives an emergency stop input operation over a control signal line; a reset input unit which receives a reset input operation; a determination unit which determines whether or not safety is maintained on the basis of input to the safety input unit; and a safety control unit which, when the safety input unit receives an emergency stop input operation, performs interruption processing of the drive signal through the interruption unit, and when the reset input unit receives a reset input operation, performs restart processing if safety is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Hashimoto, Tetsuya Akagi, Ryuichi Jimbo
  • Patent number: 10958205
    Abstract: This motor control device is provided with a motor control unit which, on the basis of an operation command signal for driving the motor and a feedback signal from the encoder corresponding to motor operation, generates a command value relating to operation of the motor in accordance with a prescribed feedback method such that operation of the motor follows the operation command signal. The occurrence of an error is determined on the basis of the result of comparing a prescribed feedback value, which is calculated from the feedback signal from the encoder, and an operation command value, which is calculated from the operation command signal, and, on the basis of this determination result, interruption processing of the drive signal is performed. By means of this configuration, it is possible to improve safety performance of the motor control device without hampering the safety performance of the encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Hashimoto, Tetsuya Akagi, Ryuichi Jimbo
  • Patent number: 10948893
    Abstract: This motor control device is provided with a motor control unit which, on the basis of an operation command signal for driving the motor and a feedback signal from the encoder corresponding to motor operation, generates a command value relating to operation of the motor in accordance with a prescribed feedback method such that operation of the motor follows the operation command signal. Interruption processing of the drive signal is performed on the basis of the comparison result of a prescribed feedback value, which is calculated from the feedback signal from the encoder, and a control calculation value, which, comparable with a prescribed feedback value, is calculated during the process of generation of the command value by the motor control unit. By means of this configuration, it is possible to improve safety performance of the motor control device without hampering the safety performance of the encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Hashimoto, Tetsuya Akagi, Ryuichi Jimbo
  • Patent number: 10921800
    Abstract: A motor control device comprising a motor control unit that, on the basis of an operation command signal for driving a motor and a feedback signal, from an encoder, corresponding to the operation of the motor, generates a command value pertaining to the operation of the motor in accordance with a prescribed feedback scheme so that the operation of the motor follows the operation command signal, wherein interrupt processing of a drive signal is executed by an interrupt unit on the basis of a comparison result of two items pertaining to a prescribed feedback value calculated using the feedback signal from the encoder, and to a state calculation value that is calculated on the basis of the operation command signal and that pertains to an operating state of the motor comparable with the prescribed feedback value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Akagi, Minoru Hashimoto, Ryuichi Jimbo
  • Publication number: 20200117160
    Abstract: A servo system is used. The servo system includes: a safety driver including a drive signal generation circuit which generates a drive signal driving the drive device based on an action command from a standard PLC via a communication line and a feedback signal from the drive device, a drive signal path through which the drive signal is transmitted from the drive signal generation circuit to the drive device, and a safety stop circuit which cuts off the drive signal path when a stop instruction signal is input; a safety controller, connected with the safety driver by a control signal line and generating the stop instruction signal in response to an input of an operator and outputting the stop instruction signal; and a safety communication unit generating the stop instruction signal in response to an instruction from a safety PLC via the communication line and outputting the stop instruction signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takao UEMURA, Minoru HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya AKAGI, Ryuichi JIMBO
  • Publication number: 20200033816
    Abstract: This motor control device comprises: a motor control unit which outputs a drive signal for the motor; a drive circuit which supplies, to the motor, a drive current for driving the motor, on the basis of the drive signal outputted from the motor control unit; an interruption circuit which interrupts transmission of the drive signal from the motor control unit to the drive circuit; an input terminal to which the emergency stop signal is inputted; and a safety control unit which, when the emergency stop signal is inputted to the input terminal, sends a command for causing the interruption circuit to interrupt the transmission of the drive signal, inspects whether or not the interruption circuit has operated normally, and, if an inspection result indicating that the interruption circuit has operated normally is not obtained, prohibits restarting of the motor control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takao UEMURA, Minoru HASHIMOTO, Yoshihide Tamura, Tetsuya AKAGI, Ryuichi JIMBO
  • Publication number: 20200033827
    Abstract: This motor control device is provided with a motor control unit which, on the basis of an operation command signal for driving the motor and a feedback signal from the encoder corresponding to motor operation, generates a command value relating to operation of the motor in accordance with a prescribed feedback method such that operation of the motor follows the operation command signal. Interruption processing of the drive signal is performed on the basis of the comparison result of a prescribed feedback value, which is calculated from the feedback signal from the encoder, and a control calculation value, which, comparable with a prescribed feedback value, is calculated during the process of generation of the command value by the motor control unit. By means of this configuration, it is possible to improve safety performance of the motor control device without hampering the safety performance of the encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya AKAGI, Ryuichi JIMBO
  • Patent number: 10521625
    Abstract: A safety control device, a method of controlling safety control device, and a recording medium are provided. A detection zone in which the safety of an operator can be secured and a decrease in an operation rate of a machine can be minimized is set. A safety controller sets a detection zone for executing a safety operation when it is determined that an operator has entered for each operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Takeshima, Yoshiharu Tani, Kazunori Osako, Toshiyuki Higuchi, Minoru Hashimoto, Daichi Kamisono, Tetsuya Akagi
  • Publication number: 20190372506
    Abstract: This motor control device is provided with a motor control unit which, on the basis of an operation command signal for driving the motor and a feedback signal from the encoder corresponding to motor operation, generates a command value relating to operation of the motor in accordance with a prescribed feedback method such that operation of the motor follows the operation command signal. The occurrence of an error is determined on the basis of the result of comparing a prescribed feedback value, which is calculated from the feedback signal from the encoder, and an operation command value, which is calculated from the operation command signal, and, on the basis of this determination result, interruption processing of the drive signal is performed. By means of this configuration, it is possible to improve safety performance of the motor control device without hampering the safety performance of the encoder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya AKAGI, Ryuichi JIMBO
  • Publication number: 20190369612
    Abstract: A motor control device comprising a motor control unit that, on the basis of an operation command signal for driving a motor and a feedback signal, from an encoder, corresponding to the operation of the motor, generates a command value pertaining to the operation of the motor in accordance with a prescribed feedback scheme so that the operation of the motor follows the operation command signal, wherein interrupt processing of a drive signal is executed by an interrupt unit on the basis of a comparison result of two items pertaining to a prescribed feedback value calculated using the feedback signal from the encoder, and to a state calculation value that is calculated on the basis of the operation command signal and that pertains to an operating state of the motor comparable with the prescribed feedback value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya AKAGI, Minoru HASHIMOTO, Ryuichi JIMBO
  • Publication number: 20190363650
    Abstract: This motor control devices provided with: a motor control unit which generates command value on the basis of a motor drive command acquired from a PLC over a communication line; a drive unit which supplies motor drive voltage according to the command value; an interruption unit which interrupts transmission of the drive signal to the motor; a safety input unit which receives an emergency stop input operation over a control signal line; a reset input unit which receives a reset input operation; a determination unit which determines whether or not safety is maintained on the basis of input to the safety input unit; and a safety control unit which, when the safety input unit receives an emergency stop input operation, performs interruption processing of the drive signal through the interruption unit, and when the reset input unit receives a reset input operation, performs restart processing if safety is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru HASHIMOTO, Tetsuya AKAGI, Ryuichi JIMBO
  • Patent number: 10452939
    Abstract: A monitoring system, a monitoring device, and a monitoring method are provided. The monitoring system includes a detection part that detects a position of a worker intruded into a work area, a first specifying part that specifies a worker movable area on the basis of a position of the worker, an image capturing part that captures an image of an area including at least the worker movable area and a predetermined robot occupied area, a second specifying part that specifies a robot movable area from the image of the area, a third specifying part that specifies a human body area of the worker from the image of the area, a measuring part that measures the distance between the robot movable area and the human body area, and a restricting part that restricts movement of the robot when the distance is equal to or less than a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Tani, Toshiyuki Higuchi, Ikuo Matsukawa, Kazuhiro Kudo, Tetsuya Akagi, Satoru Shimokawa, Kazushige Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20190277948
    Abstract: The disclosure is provided to accurately measure a distance to an object. An optical distance measuring sensor includes a light receiving part having a plurality of light receiving elements and receiving reflected light via an optical system. The optical system is configured such that, in the case where an object having a size of a minimum value is arranged in an area within a maximum measurement distance, two or more of the light receiving elements receive the reflected light from the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoguang NING, Tetsuya AKAGI
  • Publication number: 20190271778
    Abstract: The disclosure realizes a highly reliable determination device for determining the distance to an object even if general-purpose optical distance measurement modules or the like are used. The determination device determines whether at least one of the signals respectively outputted by a plurality of optical distance measurement modules indicates that the distance to the object is within a predetermined range, wherein the observation area of an optical distance measurement module is within the observation area of another optical distance measurement module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuya AKAGI
  • Publication number: 20190271768
    Abstract: The disclosure realizes a highly reliable determination device for determining the distance to an object even if general-purpose optical distance measurement modules or the like are used. The determination device determines that an abnormality has occurred in at least one of a plurality of optical distance measurement modules when the distances respectively indicated by the optical distance measurement modules deviate from each other by a predetermined length or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya AKAGI, Xiaoguang NING
  • Patent number: 10379513
    Abstract: A monitoring system, a monitoring device, and a monitoring method that can facilitate designing of a working environment are provided. Positions of a worker and a robot in a three-dimensional space are specified, at least one protection area to secure safe work of the worker and the robot is set, whether at least one of the worker and the robot intrudes into the protection area is determined, the motion of the robot is limited when at least one of the worker and the robot intrudes into the protection area, a protection area for executing the determination is being switched from multiple set protection areas, and it is possible to set the protection area when the worker works in a common area in which a work area of the worker and a work area of the robot overlap and set the protection area when the robot works in the common area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Higuchi, Tetsuya Akagi, Yoshiharu Tani, Ikuo Matsukawa