Patents by Inventor Toshinori HIRAIDE
Toshinori HIRAIDE 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).
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Patent number: 11931905Abstract: A failure prediction method of predicting a failure of a component of a robot including a robot arm having the component and a detection section that detects information on vibration characteristics when the robot arm moves, includes generating a failure prediction model for prediction of the failure of the component by machine learning based on the information on vibration characteristics, and predicting the failure of the component based on an estimated value of failure prediction output by the generated failure prediction model when the information on vibration characteristics is input to the generated failure prediction model.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshinori Hiraide, Yimei Ding
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Patent number: 11701780Abstract: A control method includes (a) measuring a misregistration index value relating to misregistration of a distal end portion of a manipulator by controlling the manipulator to perform a test operation, and (b) setting a limit value for an operation of the manipulator to prevent the misregistration index value from exceeding a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventor: Toshinori Hiraide
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Patent number: 11465280Abstract: A control device includes a second-control-signal generating section configured to reduce a predetermined frequency component from a first control signal for performing operation for moving a movable section of the robot to generate a second control signal and a storing section having stored therein reference information including information concerning combinations of ranges of positions of a control point of the robot and frequencies. The second-control-signal generating section determines, based on a position of the control point of the robot in the operation, with reference to the reference information, a frequency component to be reduced from the first control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Inventors: Toshinori Hiraide, Shunsuke Toshimitsu
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Publication number: 20210299871Abstract: A failure prediction method of predicting a failure of a component of a robot including a robot arm having the component and a detection section that detects information on vibration characteristics when the robot arm moves, includes generating a failure prediction model for prediction of the failure of the component by machine learning based on the information on vibration characteristics, and predicting the failure of the component based on an estimated value of failure prediction output by the generated failure prediction model when the information on vibration characteristics is input to the generated failure prediction model.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Toshinori HIRAIDE, Yimei DING
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Publication number: 20210229287Abstract: A control method includes (a) measuring a misregistration index value relating to misregistration of a distal end portion of a manipulator by controlling the manipulator to perform a test operation, and (b) setting a limit value for an operation of the manipulator to prevent the misregistration index value from exceeding a predetermined threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventor: Toshinori HIRAIDE
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Patent number: 10946517Abstract: A robot control device includes: a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a first instruction from an operation device; display information regarding a target vibration frequency of a robot obtained based on vibration data indicating vibration of the robot in a certain time section on a display, when the processor receives the first instruction; set the target vibration frequency; generate a second control signal obtained by reducing the target vibration frequency from a first control signal based on the set target vibration frequency; and generate a driving signal to drive the robot based on the second control signal and output the driving signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventors: Toshinori Hiraide, Yasuhiro Shimodaira
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Patent number: 10870201Abstract: A SCARA robot includes a first arm configured to be moved in a direction different from a gravity direction; a first motor configured to drive the first arm; a first speed reducer, an input shaft of which is connected to the first motor and an output shaft of which is connected to the first arm; and a first output-side angle sensor configured to detect an operating position on an output side of the first speed reducer, wherein the first motor is controlled on the basis of an output of the first output-side angle sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masaki Motoyoshi, Ryosuke Imai, Tetsuya Kawase, Toshinori Hiraide
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Patent number: 10836037Abstract: A control device includes: a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, and the processor is configured to receive an instruction to execute a specific operation which is an operation determined in advance; and an amplifier that causes a motor of a robot to execute the specific operation when the processor receives the instruction to execute the specific operation; wherein the processor is configured to receive a measurement result of vibration measured by a measurement device installed in the robot from the measurement device in the execution of the specific operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Toshinori Hiraide, Norio Yokoshima
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Publication number: 20200306961Abstract: A control device includes a second-control-signal generating section configured to reduce a predetermined frequency component from a first control signal for performing operation for moving a movable section of the robot to generate a second control signal and a storing section having stored therein reference information including information concerning combinations of ranges of positions of a control point of the robot and frequencies. The second-control-signal generating section determines, based on a position of the control point of the robot in the operation, with reference to the reference information, a frequency component to be reduced from the first control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Toshinori HIRAIDE, Shunsuke TOSHIMITSU
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Publication number: 20190126469Abstract: A SCARA robot includes a first arm configured to be moved in a direction different from a gravity direction; a first motor configured to drive the first arm; a first speed reducer, an input shaft of which is connected to the first motor and an output shaft of which is connected to the first arm; and a first output-side angle sensor configured to detect an operating position on an output side of the first speed reducer, wherein the first motor is controlled on the basis of an output of the first output-side angle sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Masaki MOTOYOSHI, Ryosuke IMAI, Tetsuya KAWASE, Toshinori HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20180281183Abstract: A control device includes: a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, and the processor is configured to receive an instruction to execute a specific operation which is an operation determined in advance; and an amplifier that causes a motor of a robot to execute the specific operation when the processor receives the instruction to execute the specific operation; wherein the processor is configured to receive a measurement result of vibration measured by a measurement device installed in the robot from the measurement device in the execution of the specific operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Toshinori HIRAIDE, Norio YOKOSHIMA
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Publication number: 20180281186Abstract: A robot control device includes: a processor that is configured to execute computer-executable instructions so as to control a robot, wherein the processor is configured to: receive a first instruction from an operation device; display information regarding a target vibration frequency of a robot obtained based on vibration data indicating vibration of the robot in a certain time section on a display, when the processor receives the first instruction; set the target vibration frequency; generate a second control signal obtained by reducing the target vibration frequency from a first control signal based on the set target vibration frequency; and generate a driving signal to drive the robot based on the second control signal and output the driving signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Toshinori HIRAIDE, Yasuhiro SHIMODAIRA
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Patent number: 9346272Abstract: There is provided a recording head unit that includes a recording head main body that drives a piezoelectric element to generate a pressure change in ink filling a pressure generation chamber so as to eject the ink through a nozzle formed in a nozzle plate; a holder to hold the recording head main body; and a fixing plate to which end surfaces, on the nozzle plate side, of the recording head main body and the holder are fixed.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Chiaki Tatebe, Toshinori Hiraide
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Publication number: 20160082727Abstract: There is provided a recording head unit that includes a recording head main body that drives a piezoelectric element to generate a pressure change in ink filling a pressure generation chamber so as to eject the ink through a nozzle formed in a nozzle plate; a holder to hold the recording head main body; and a fixing plate to which end surfaces, on the nozzle plate side, of the recording head main body and the holder are fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Chiaki TATEBE, Toshinori HIRAIDE
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Patent number: 8459761Abstract: A recording apparatus that records onto recording paper includes: a main case housing a noise source that generates noise when printing is carried out; a scanner space portion that is within the main case but that is independently separate from a housing space portion of the noise source; and a communication tube portion that communicates between the housing space portion and the scanner space portion. An inner surface area that intersects with the axial direction of the communication tube portion at the inner surface of the scanner space portion is formed of a document platform glass whose surface density is higher than that of the material of which the other wall surface areas are formed in the inner surface of the scanner space portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Toshinori Hiraide
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Publication number: 20110187769Abstract: A recording apparatus that records onto recording paper includes: a main case housing a noise source that generates noise when printing is carried out; a scanner space portion that is within the main case but that is independently separate from a housing space portion of the noise source; and a communication tube portion that communicates between the housing space portion and the scanner space portion. An inner surface area that intersects with the axial direction of the communication tube portion at the inner surface of the scanner space portion is formed of a document platform glass whose surface density is higher than that of the material of which the other wall surface areas are formed in the inner surface of the scanner space portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Toshinori HIRAIDE