Patents by Inventor Tomofumi NAGATOMO

Tomofumi NAGATOMO 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: 11544651
    Abstract: An electronic manual system for a machine tool: generates an inquiry code on the basis of information relating to a user including a manufacture number of a machine tool; refers, on the basis of the inquiry code, to a user information database in which information relating to the machine tool and user identification information are associated with each other and stored; acquires, from an instruction manual database which stores electronic data of an instruction manual for the machine tool possessed by the user, a corresponding electronic manual; and displays the electronic manual on a manual display terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomofumi Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 11009850
    Abstract: An electronic manual for a machine tool for displaying information related to operation, maintenance, or inspection of the machine tool, which is necessary for an operator, includes an operator-operated input part for inputting search conditions to search the electronic manual in accordance with intent of the operator in order to obtain necessary information, a machine-operated input part for selecting and inputting at least one item provided to the operator from the machine tool depending on a status of the machine tool, and a display part for displaying information related to operation, maintenance, or inspection of the machine tool corresponding to the input from the operator-operated input part or the machine-operated input part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Nagatomo, Kayoko Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20210049534
    Abstract: An electronic manual system for a machine tool: generates an inquiry code on the basis of information relating to a user including a manufacture number of a machine tool; refers, on the basis of the inquiry code, to a user information database in which information relating to the machine tool and user identification information are associated with each other and stored; acquires, from an instruction manual database which stores electronic data of an instruction manual for the machine tool possessed by the user, a corresponding electronic manual; and displays the electronic manual on a manual display terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomofumi NAGATOMO
  • Publication number: 20190377324
    Abstract: An electronic manual for a machine tool for displaying information related to operation, maintenance, or inspection of the machine tool, which is necessary for an operator, includes an operator-operated input part for inputting search conditions to search the electronic manual in accordance with intent of the operator in order to obtain necessary information, a machine-operated input part for selecting and inputting at least one item provided to the operator from the machine tool depending on a status of the machine tool, and a display part for displaying information related to operation, maintenance, or inspection of the machine tool corresponding to the input from the operator-operated input part or the machine-operated input part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomofumi NAGATOMO, Kayoko ICHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190251864
    Abstract: An electronic manual for a machine tool includes a display part for displaying handling instruction display point icons and internal display point icons on an image of the machine tool in an overlapping manner, and a control part for displaying, when the handling instruction display point icon is selected, handling instructions or a list of handling instructions corresponding to the handling instruction display point icon, and displaying, when the internal display point icon is selected, an image of the interior of the machine tool corresponding to the internal display point icon overlapping the handling instruction display point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kayoko ICHIMURA, Tomofumi NAGATOMO