Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Yamamoto

Tomoyuki Yamamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20200359042
    Abstract: At least one of a vector candidate derivation unit and a merge candidate derivation unit derives a motion vector of each of multiple sub-blocks contained in a decoding target block by referring to motion vectors at multiple control points including two points at an interval which is longer than one side of the target block, and a prediction image generation unit refers to the motion vector of each sub-block to generate a prediction image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: TOMOHIRO IKAI, TOMOYUKI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10807240
    Abstract: A robot control device is provided with a display unit for displaying a three-dimensional image of a jog coordinate system and a robot, and an input unit including keys corresponding to coordinate axes of the jog coordinate system. The input unit is formed so that an operator operates an image on the display unit. A display control unit changes the image so that the direction of the jog coordinate system is fixed while the direction of the robot changes in accordance with the operation of the operator in the input unit. When the operator pushes the key, a manual control unit changes the position and orientation of the robot based on the direction of the jog coordinate system with respect to the robot in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Kurihara, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10810770
    Abstract: A system for detecting and displaying an external force applied to a robot. Magnitude and direction of the detected external force are displayed by an image for visual and intuitive understanding. A robot system includes a robot; a detection section for detecting an external force applied to the robot; a conversion section for converting magnitude and direction of the external force detected by the detection section into a coordinate value of a three-dimensional rectangular coordinate system; an image generating section for generating a force model image representing the magnitude and direction of the external force by a graphic, with use of the coordinate value obtained by the conversion section; and a display section for three-dimensionally displaying the force model image generated by the image generating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao Ooshima, Keita Maeda, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200322634
    Abstract: A layer incapable of being decoded on a bit stream which is generated through a bit stream extraction process from a bit stream including a prescribed layer set and which only includes a layer set made up of a subset of the prescribed layer set, occurs. An aspect of the present disclosure specifies a bit stream constraint pertaining to a parameter set, and a bit stream extraction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Takeshi TSUKUBA, Tomoyuki YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro IKAI
  • Publication number: 20200316775
    Abstract: A machining control system includes: a numerical control device which controls a machine tool; a robot control device which communicates with the numerical control device and controls a robot having a plurality of drive axes, in which the numerical control device includes: a coordinate position command generation unit which generates a coordinate position command specifying a target coordinate position at each time of a leading end part of the robot, based on a machining program; and a communication unit which sends the target coordinate position that is current to the robot control device, and in which the robot control device includes: a target drive position calculation unit which calculates a target drive position of each of the plurality of drive axes so as to position the leading end part at the target coordinate position received from the communication unit; and a drive command generation unit which generates a drive command to each of the drive axes so as to position the drive axes at the target drive
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nao OOSHIMA, Shunichi OZAKI, Tomoyuki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10798403
    Abstract: At least one of a vector candidate derivation unit and a merge candidate derivation unit derives a motion vector of each of multiple sub-blocks contained in a decoding target block by referring to motion vectors at multiple control points including two points at an interval which is longer than one side of the target block, and a prediction image generation unit refers to the motion vector of each sub-block to generate a prediction image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200304830
    Abstract: To achieve a reduction in the amount of coding taken in the use of an asymmetric partition and to implement efficient encoding/decoding processes exploiting the characteristics of the asymmetric partition. An image decoding device includes a motion compensation parameter derivation unit configured to derive a motion compensation parameter indicating either a uni-prediction scheme or a bi-prediction scheme. In a case that a prediction unit has a size less than or equal to a predetermined value, the motion compensation parameter derivation unit is configured to derive the motion compensation parameter by switching between the prediction schemes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro IKAI, Yukinobu YASUGI
  • Patent number: 10773384
    Abstract: A robot control device is provided with a display unit for displaying a three-dimensional image of a jog coordinate system and a robot, and an input unit including keys corresponding to coordinate axes of the jog coordinate system. The input unit is formed so that an operator operates an image on the display unit. A display control unit changes the image so that the direction of the jog coordinate system is fixed while the direction of the robot changes in accordance with the operation of the operator in the input unit. When the operator pushes the key, a manual control unit changes the position and orientation of the robot based on the direction of the jog coordinate system with respect to the robot in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Kurihara, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10764580
    Abstract: An adaptive offset filter (60) adds an offset to the pixel value of each pixel forming an input image. The adaptive offset filter (60) refers to offset-type specifying information, sets offset attributes for a subject unit area of the input image, decodes an offset having a bit width corresponding to an offset value range included in the set offset attributes, and adds the offset to the pixel value of each pixel forming the input image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Yamazaki, Tomohiro Ikai, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Yukinobu Yasugi
  • Patent number: 10743024
    Abstract: To achieve a reduction in the amount of coding taken in the use of an asymmetric partition and to implement efficient encoding/decoding processes exploiting the characteristics of the asymmetric partition. An image decoding device includes a motion compensation parameter derivation unit configured to derive a motion compensation parameter indicating either a uni-prediction scheme or a bi-prediction scheme. In a case that a prediction unit has a size less than or equal to a predetermined value, the motion compensation parameter derivation unit is configured to derive the motion compensation parameter by switching between the prediction schemes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Ikai, Yukinobu Yasugi
  • Patent number: 10730182
    Abstract: To provide an action information learning device, robot control system and action information learning method for facilitating the performing of cooperative work by an operator with a robot. An action information learning device includes: a state information acquisition unit that acquires a state of a robot; an action information output unit for outputting an action, which is adjustment information for the state; a reward calculation section for acquiring determination information, which is information about a handover time related to handover of a workpiece, and calculating a value of reward in reinforcement learning based on the determination information thus acquired; and a value function update section for updating a value function by way of performing the reinforcement learning based on the value of reward calculated by the reward calculation section, the state and the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Yuusuke Kurihara
  • Publication number: 20200242832
    Abstract: An image processing device (2, 11, 21, 31) includes: an acquisition unit (4) configured to acquire multiple pieces of partial 3D model data that partially indicate a three-dimensional shape of a display target, the multiple pieces of partial 3D model data being associated with an order in a prescribed sequence; and a generation unit (6) configured to update the reference model with reference to the multiple pieces of partial 3D model data according to the order associated with the multiple pieces of partial 3D model data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: TOMOYUKI YAMAMOTO, KYOHEI IKEDA
  • Patent number: 10710241
    Abstract: A controller includes a stop command unit for stopping the motion of the robot when a person comes into contact with the robot, and a speed limiting unit for limiting the operation speed of the component driven on the drive axis. A variable calculated from the position of the component on the drive axis and the range of the variable in a state where the person is caught by the robot are determined in advance. The speed limiting unit acquires the variable from the output of a position detector and controls the operation speed of the component to a predetermined speed limit or lower if the variable is within the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Oyama, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200219278
    Abstract: Provided is a technique in which a three-dimensional video with no missing region can be generated even immediately after video capturing is started in an apparatus that captures an imaging object and generates a three-dimensional video of the imaging object. A video generating apparatus (1) includes a depth information obtaining unit (5) configured to obtain depth information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the display target, and a three-dimensional video generating unit (7) configured to generate the three-dimensional video with reference to the depth information and an initial reference model, which is prepared in advance before a process for generating the three-dimensional video is started and which indicates entirety of the three-dimensional shape of the display target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: KYOHEI IKEDA, YASUAKI TOKUMO, TOMOYUKI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10708609
    Abstract: A reference picture information decoding unit (13) omits decoding of a reference list sorting presence or absence flag and/or a reference list sorting order based on the number of current picture referable pictures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Ikai, Yukinobu Yasugi, Takeshi Tsukuba
  • Patent number: 10695909
    Abstract: A robot system including: a robot and a controller, the controller is configured to conduct: a region generating process that generates a robot inclusion region which includes the robot and the like and whose area increases as a speed of the robot increases, an entry prohibited region near the robot, and a speed limit region along the robot side edge of the entry prohibited region; an entry detecting process that detects whether or not the generated robot inclusion region enters the entry prohibited region or the speed limit region; a speed limiting process that reduces operating speed of the robot if the robot inclusion region enters the speed limit region; and a power cutoff unit that immediately stops the robot if the robot inclusion region enters the entry prohibited region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Nao Ooshima
  • Publication number: 20200204816
    Abstract: To achieve a reduction in the amount of coding taken in the use of an asymmetric partition and to implement efficient encoding/decoding processes exploiting the characteristics of the asymmetric partition. In a case that a CU information decoding unit decodes information for specifying an asymmetric partition (AMP; Asymmetric Motion Partition) as a partition type, an arithmetic decoding unit is configured to decode binary values by switching between arithmetic decoding that uses contexts and arithmetic decoding that does not use contexts in accordance with the position of the binary values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro IKAI, Yukinobu YASUGI
  • Patent number: 10678231
    Abstract: A cell controller includes a first communication unit which receives a task program and signal setting information stored in each manufacturing machine from this manufacturing machine, a stop detection unit which refers to the task program and the signal setting information to detect whether a production facility has stopped operation, and a stop cause identification unit which analyzes the task program and the signal setting information to identify the manufacturing machine that has caused the operation stop of the production facility, and this cause. Such a cell controller can detect whether a production facility including manufacturing machines has stopped operation, and automatically identify the manufacturing machine that has caused this operation stop, and this cause.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kamoi, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Tomoyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10666978
    Abstract: A layer incapable of being decoded on a bit stream which is generated through a bit stream extraction process from a bit stream including a prescribed layer set and which only includes a layer set made up of a subset of the prescribed layer set, occurs. An aspect of the present disclosure specifies a bit stream constraint pertaining to a parameter set, and a bit stream extraction process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Tsukuba, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Tomohiro Ikai
  • Patent number: RE48074
    Abstract: An image encoding device includes a first prediction parameter determination section (53) for selecting, for each of prediction units belonging to a first group, a prediction parameter from a basic set; a second prediction parameter determination section (55) for selecting, for each of prediction units belonging to a second group, a prediction parameter from a reduced set (i) including at least a part of the prediction parameter(s) selected by the first prediction parameter determination section (53) and (ii) is constituted by a prediction parameter(s), the number of which is not more than the number of prediction parameters included in the basic set; and a prediction parameter encoding section (243) for encoding (i) information indicating which one of prediction parameters is selected by the first prediction parameter determination section (53) and (ii) information indicating which one of prediction parameters is selected by the second prediction parameter determination section (55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Velos Media, LLC
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Yamamoto