Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Horiuchi

Tomoyuki Horiuchi 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: 12101014
    Abstract: A stator sub-assembly with a connector includes a stator sub-assembly including a stator core and a rigid wiring board, and a connector fixed to a connector mounting part of the rigid wiring board in such a way that it is opposed to the stator core in the radial direction of the frame. A groove part that extends in the axial direction from an opening in the axial direction and accommodates the connector and the connector mounting part is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the frame. A window part for an opponent connector to mate with the connector accommodated in the groove part is formed in the frame. The window part opens in an outer surface of the frame and an inner surface of the groove part, and has an unbroken inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd., Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Misawa, Manabu Horiuchi, Mai Shimizu, Takashi Matsushita, Tomoyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11241796
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot, a first movable object on which the robot is mounted and which is configured to move with the robot, a camera mounted on the first movable object to take, while the first movable object is moving, a plurality of images of a reference object that relates to a position of a workpiece, and circuitry configured to control the robot to operate on the workpiece based on the plurality of images while the first movable object is moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Yuichi Sato, Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Dai Kono, Tetsuro Izumi
  • Publication number: 20190160682
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot, a first movable object on which the robot is mounted and which is configured to move with the robot, a camera mounted on the first movable object to take, while the first movable object is moving, a plurality of images of a reference object that relates to a position of a workpiece, and circuitry configured to control the robot to operate on the workpiece based on the plurality of images while the first movable object is moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Yuichi SATO, Tomoyuki HORIUCHI, Dai KONO, Tetsuro IZUMI
  • Patent number: 9317771
    Abstract: In an object detecting method according to an embodiment, external reference points are set in external space of a model of an object and an internal reference point is set in internal space of the model. A table is stored in which feature quantities on a local surface of the model are associated with positions of the external reference points and the internal reference point. The feature quantity on the local surface of the model is calculated, and the position of the reference point whose feature quantity is identical to the calculated feature quantity is acquired from the table and is converted into a position in a real space. When the converted position is outside the object, the position is excluded from information for estimation and the position and the attitude of the object are estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ejima, Shuichi Enokida, Masakazu Sadano, Hisashi Ideguchi, Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Toshiyuki Kono
  • Patent number: 9156163
    Abstract: A robot system includes: a robot arm; a robot hand provided on the robot arm; a contact unit provided on the robot hand for rotating a rotation body of a rotation device which includes the rotation body capable of housing a work and a fixed part rotatably supporting the rotation body and which performs a predetermined process on the work; a detection unit configured to detect a detection target part provided on the rotation body; and a first control unit configured to control operation of the robot arm and the robot hand so that the contact unit rotates the rotation body up to a predetermined rotational position according to a result of detecting the detection target part by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Makoto Umeno, Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Takashi Suyama
  • Publication number: 20140277734
    Abstract: A robot system includes a first robot, a second robot, a stocker, and a controller. The first robot includes a first sensor. The second robot includes a second sensor. The stocker is configured to accommodate a plurality of workpieces that are to be held by at least one of the first robot and the second robot. The controller is configured to control the first robot and the second robot. When the first robot holds a first workpiece among the plurality of workpieces, the controller is configured to control the first sensor to recognize shapes of the plurality of workpieces in the stocker and control the second sensor to detect a holding state of the first workpiece held by the first robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Yuji ICHIMARU, Tomoyuki HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140233807
    Abstract: In an object detecting method according to an embodiment, external reference points are set in external space of a model of an object and an internal reference point is set in internal space of the model. A table is stored in which feature quantities on a local surface of the model are associated with positions of the external reference points and the internal reference point. The feature quantity on the local surface of the model is calculated, and the position of the reference point whose feature quantity is identical to the calculated feature quantity is acquired from the table and is converted into a position in a real space. When the converted position is outside the object, the position is excluded from information for estimation and the position and the attitude of the object are estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshiaki EJIMA, Shuichi Enokida, Masakazu Sadano, Hisashi Ideguchi, Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Toshiyuki Kono
  • Publication number: 20140025202
    Abstract: A robot system includes: a robot arm; a robot hand provided on the robot arm; a contact unit provided on the robot hand for rotating a rotation body of a rotation device which includes the rotation body capable of housing a work and a fixed part rotatably supporting the rotation body and which performs a predetermined process on the work; a detection unit configured to detect a detection target part provided on the rotation body; and a first control unit configured to control operation of the robot arm and the robot hand so that the contact unit rotates the rotation body up to a predetermined rotational position according to a result of detecting the detection target part by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Makoto UMENO, Tomoyuki HORIUCHI, Takashi SUYAMA
  • Patent number: 8614428
    Abstract: The height of selected points on the surface of a mask is measured, and if the number of measurement errors in this measurement is less than a predetermined value, an approximated curved surface for the mask surface is generated. The measurement data and height data obtained from the approximated curved surface are then compared, and if there is no point at which the difference between the measurement data and the data obtained from the approximated curved surface is greater than a predetermined threshold value, then it is determined that the reliability of the approximated curved surface is high and the height of the mask surface is corrected in accordance with this approximated curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Atsushi Hayamizu
  • Patent number: 7844857
    Abstract: A writing data processing control apparatus includes an assignment part configured to assign processing of a plurality of pieces of writing data of predetermined divided writing regions, stored in a storage device, one by one to one of a plurality of processing apparatuses in which processing is performed in parallel, and a separation part configured, when a processing error occurred as a result of processing of writing data read from the storage device by a first processing apparatus assigned, to separate the first processing apparatus in which the processing error occurred from assigning targets of subsequent writing data processing, wherein the assignment part reassigns the processing of the writing data in which the processing error occurred to a second processing apparatus being different from the first processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke Sakai, Tomoyuki Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20100207017
    Abstract: The height of selected points on the surface of a mask is measured, and if the number of measurement errors in this measurement is less than a predetermined value, an approximated curved surface for the mask surface is generated. The measurement data and height data obtained from the approximated curved surface are then compared, and if there is no point at which the difference between the measurement data and the data obtained from the approximated curved surface is greater than a predetermined threshold value, then it is determined that the reliability of the approximated curved surface is high and the height of the mask surface is corrected in accordance with this approximated curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Atsushi Hayamizu
  • Patent number: 7705327
    Abstract: A charged-particle beam lithography apparatus includes a charged-particle beam irradiation unit, a deflector which deflects the charged particle beam, a stage which disposes thereon a workpiece for pattern writing and a plurality of marks being regularly laid out in an entire area substantially equal to a pattern writing region of the workpiece, a measurement unit for measuring positions of the marks on the stage through scanning of the charged-particle beam by the deflector, a coefficient calculation unit which uses an approximation equation for correction of a position deviation occurring due to a hardware configuration of the apparatus to perform the fitting of a position deviation amount of each mark by a coordinate system of the apparatus to thereby calculate more than one coefficient of the fitting-applied approximation equation, and a storage unit which performs overwrite-storing whenever the coefficient calculation unit calculates the coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Noriaki Nakayamada, Junichi Suzuki, Takeshi Kurohori
  • Patent number: 7605383
    Abstract: A charged particle beam pattern writing apparatus includes an input part for inputting a predetermined command, a check part for checking a state of a predetermined function used for pattern writing using a charged particle beam, based on the predetermined command, and an output part for outputting the state of the predetermined function which has been checked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Takeshi Kurohori
  • Patent number: 7589335
    Abstract: A charged particle beam pattern writing apparatus in accordance with one preferred form of this invention includes an atmospheric pressure measuring unit which measures the value of an atmosphere air pressure, a coordinate value corrector which corrects three-dimensional (3D) coordinate values by use of the value of the air pressure measured, a deflection amount computing unit which calculates the deflection amount of a charged particle beam by using the 3D coordinate values corrected, an irradiator for irradiation of the charged particle beam, and a deflector for deflection of the charged particle beam based on the deflection amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya Matsukawa, Shuichiro Fukutome, Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Hayato Kimura, Tateki Watanabe, Kiyoshi Hattori
  • Publication number: 20080235535
    Abstract: A writing data processing control apparatus includes an assignment part configured to assign processing of a plurality of pieces of writing data of predetermined divided writing regions, stored in a storage device, one by one to one of a plurality of processing apparatuses in which processing is performed in parallel, and a separation part configured, when a processing error occurred as a result of processing of writing data read from the storage device by a first processing apparatus assigned, to separate the first processing apparatus in which the processing error occurred from assigning targets of subsequent writing data processing, wherein the assignment part reassigns the processing of the writing data in which the processing error occurred to a second processing apparatus being different from the first processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: NuFLARE Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yusuke SAKAI, Tomoyuki Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20080078947
    Abstract: A charged-particle beam lithography apparatus includes a charged-particle beam irradiation unit, a deflector which deflects the charged particle beam, a stage which disposes thereon a workpiece for pattern writing and a plurality of marks being regularly laid out in an entire area substantially equal to a pattern writing region of the workpiece, a measurement unit for measuring positions of the marks on the stage through scanning of the charged-particle beam by the deflector, a coefficient calculation unit which uses an approximation equation for correction of a position deviation occurring due to a hardware configuration of the apparatus to perform the fitting of a position deviation amount of each mark by a coordinate system of the apparatus to thereby calculate more than one coefficient of the fitting-applied approximation equation, and a storage unit which performs overwrite-storing whenever the coefficient calculation unit calculates the coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki HORIUCHI, Noriaki Nakayamada, Junichi Suzuki, Takeshi Kurohori
  • Publication number: 20080067431
    Abstract: A charged particle beam pattern writing apparatus includes an input part for inputting a predetermined command, a check part for checking a state of a predetermined function used for pattern writing using a charged particle beam, based on the predetermined command, and an output part for outputting the state of the predetermined function which has been checked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Takeshi Kurohori
  • Publication number: 20080011965
    Abstract: A charged particle beam pattern writing apparatus in accordance with one preferred form of this invention includes an atmospheric pressure measuring unit which measures the value of an atmosphere air pressure, a coordinate value corrector which corrects three-dimensional (3D) coordinate values by use of the value of the air pressure measured, a deflection amount computing unit which calculates the deflection amount of a charged particle beam by using the 3D coordinate values corrected, an irradiator for irradiation of the charged particle beam, and a deflector for deflection of the charged particle beam based on the deflection amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya Matsukawa, Shuichiro Fukutome, Tomoyuki Horiuchi, Hayato Kimura, Tateki Watanabe, Kiyoshi Hattori