Patents by Inventor Toshiya Takeda

Toshiya Takeda 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: 20240146140
    Abstract: In this stator, lead wire extended portions and a power wire extended portion are extended from a resin portion by an extended portion separating portion such that the lead wire extended portions are separated from the power wire extended portion by distances that are greater than a maximum value of the width of clearance between an end-side portion of the lead wire extended portion and a facing portion located next to the end-side portion, the resin portion being provided so as to cover lead wire portions and a power wire portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya SUGIYAMA, Munehiro TAKAHASHI, Keisuke KIMURA, Ken TAKEDA, Takahito NOZAWA, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Yoshitada YAMAGISHI, Katsuhide KITAGAWA, Hajime KATO
  • Publication number: 20240042611
    Abstract: A program evaluation device for evaluating an operation program for a robot. The operation program is a program that causes the robot to perform processing of a workpiece using a tool, and the robot has a function of correcting a position of the tool in response to an amount of wear of the tool. The program evaluation device includes an operation verification unit that verifies whether the robot will operate correctly in accordance with the operation program with each of a plurality of amounts of wear within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230073912
    Abstract: A simulator comprises a fluid property acquiring unit for acquiring the properties of a fluid to be discharged; a mesh division unit for dividing the surface of a CAD model for a workpiece into meshes; an application amount calculation unit for calculating the amount of the fluid applied to each mesh; a maximum film thickness calculation unit for calculating the maximum film thickness of the fluid that each mesh can hold; and a first moving amount calculation unit for calculating, for each mesh, a first moving amount by which the fluid in an amount determined by the properties of the fluid moves relative to the mesh located at a position lower than said each mesh among the meshes adjacent to said each mesh when the film thickness of the applied fluid is larger than the maximum film thickness of the fluid that each mesh can hold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Toshiya TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11579587
    Abstract: An automatic program-correction device includes: a clearance detecting unit that detects an amount of clearance between a robot and a peripheral device in an operation program; a near-miss detecting unit that detects a near-miss section; a closest-point detecting unit that detects a pair of closest points, in the near-miss section; and a program updating unit that generates a new operation program having an intermediate teaching point to which the closest points have been moved, along a straight line passing through the detected pair of closest points, until the amount of clearance becomes greater than a minimum amount of clearance and equal to or less than the threshold. While gradually reducing, from the threshold, the amount of clearance at the intermediate teaching point, the program updating unit obtains an intermediate teaching point that provides a maximum amount of clearance at which a new near-miss section is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Kimoto, Yoshiharu Nagatsuka, Toshiya Takeda
  • Patent number: 11241759
    Abstract: Provided is a teaching device including a grouping unit which divides machining points into machining point groups so that a machining head can sequentially machine each machining point for a machining time and so that a non-machining time can be minimized, a machining path determination unit which determines a machining path on which an in-group movement time of a robot is shortest for each machining point group, a teaching process adjustment unit which adjusts a machining order of the machining points and an operation order of the machining point groups so as to minimize a distance between groups and which optimizes the grouping so as to minimize a total movement time for completing machining, and a teaching data output unit which outputs, as teaching data, machining execution positions on the machining path obtained as a result of processing of the teaching process adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya Takeda
  • Patent number: 10987758
    Abstract: A teaching device for a laser machining system which performs laser machining on a workpiece while moving an irradiation position of laser light using a robot includes a graphical user interface processing unit which displays machining periods, in each of which machining is performed by irradiating a corresponding one of a plurality of machining points set for the workpiece with the laser light while the robot moves along a machining path, and non-machining intervals between the machining periods of the machining points arranged in time series in a band-like region in a distinguishable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Takeda, Youhei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10706526
    Abstract: This substance adhesion simulation system includes an input unit for inputting a model of a device, and information of a presence state of a substance which may be able to adhere to the device, and a processing unit which estimates an adhesion state of the substance to the device by using the information, which is input to the input unit, and the substance is in a liquid state, a gas state, a mist state, a powder state, a dust state, or a state combining the liquid state and the mist state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya Takeda
  • Publication number: 20200133276
    Abstract: An automatic program-correction device includes: a clearance detecting unit that detects an amount of clearance between a robot and a peripheral device in an operation program; a near-miss detecting unit that detects a near-miss section; a closest-point detecting unit that detects a pair of closest points, in the near-miss section; and a program updating unit that generates a new operation program having an intermediate teaching point to which the closest points have been moved, along a straight line passing through the detected pair of closest points, until the amount of clearance becomes greater than a minimum amount of clearance and equal to or less than the threshold. While gradually reducing, from the threshold, the amount of clearance at the intermediate teaching point, the program updating unit obtains an intermediate teaching point that provides a maximum amount of clearance at which a new near-miss section is not detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuuki KIMOTO, Yoshiharu NAGATSUKA, Toshiya TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20200070282
    Abstract: A teaching device for a laser machining system which performs laser machining on a workpiece while moving an irradiation position of laser light using a robot includes a graphical user interface processing unit which displays machining periods, in each of which machining is performed by irradiating a corresponding one of a plurality of machining points set for the workpiece with the laser light while the robot moves along a machining path, and non-machining intervals between the machining periods of the machining points arranged in time series in a band-like region in a distinguishable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiya TAKEDA, Youhei SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200070281
    Abstract: Provided is a teaching device including a grouping unit which divides machining points into machining point groups so that a machining head can sequentially machine each machining point for a machining time and so that a non-machining time can be minimized, a machining path determination unit which determines a machining path on which an in-group movement time of a robot is shortest for each machining point group, a teaching process adjustment unit which adjusts a machining order of the machining points and an operation order of the machining point groups so as to minimize a distance between groups and which optimizes the grouping so as to minimize a total movement time for completing machining, and a teaching data output unit which outputs, as teaching data, machining execution positions on the machining path obtained as a result of processing of the teaching process adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Toshiya TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10556343
    Abstract: A simulation device for a robot system includes: an input unit that allows input of the constitution of a virtual robot; a storage unit that stores the constitutions and elements of virtual-robot candidates and settings of virtual-robot-controller candidates in association with each other; a difference extracting unit that reads the constitution of one of the virtual-robot candidates that most closely approximates the input virtual robot and extracts the difference; a virtual-robot generating unit that reads the setting of the associated virtual-robot-controller candidate and the settings of the virtual-robot-controller candidates associated with the elements of the virtual-robot candidates included in the extracted difference and that adds or deletes the setting for each of the elements to generate new candidates and a new virtual robot and virtual robot controller; and a candidate updating unit that stores the constitutions of the new virtual-robot candidates and the settings of the generated virtual-robot-
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya Takeda
  • Patent number: 10434648
    Abstract: Provided is a task planning device including a simulator that is configured to simulate operation of a robot system including a plurality of devices by using models of the plurality of devices allocated in a virtual space, a system state acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a state of the robot system, and a task plan generation unit that is configured to dynamically generate a task plan to be executed by the robot system by operating the simulator based on the state acquired by the system state acquisition unit and content of a task instructed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya Takeda
  • Patent number: 10406689
    Abstract: A simulation apparatus acquires a position and an operating speed in each drive axis of the robot at a set point set for each minute section of a motion path of the robot when an operation program of a robot is executed. The simulation apparatus comprises a stop position estimation part that estimates a stop position where the robot is stopped after moving by inertia in each dive axis, based on the position in each drive axis of the robot, the operating speed in each drive axis, and the weight of the work tool, when an emergency stop of the robot is performed at the set point. The simulation apparatus comprises a swept space calculation part that calculates a swept space of three-dimensional models of the robot and the work tool based on the stop position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190236769
    Abstract: This substance adhesion simulation system includes an input unit for inputting a model of a device, and information of a presence state of a substance which may be able to adhere to the device, and a processing unit which estimates an adhesion state of the substance to the device by using the information, which is input to the input unit, and the substance is in a liquid state, a gas state, a mist state, a powder state, a dust state, or a state combining the liquid state and the mist state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Toshiya TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 10216874
    Abstract: A robot simulation device includes, a model generation unit which generates a three-dimensional wire-shaped member model from a plurality of mass points and a plurality of spring elements, a focus point setting unit which sets a plurality of focus points on the wire-shaped member model, a simulation unit which performs a simulation of the behavior of the wire-shaped member associated with the operation of the robot using the wire-shaped member model, and a display unit which displays focus point images, together with wire-shaped member images, using position data of the plurality of mass points and position data of the plurality of focus points which are obtained via the simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya Takeda
  • Publication number: 20190039243
    Abstract: A simulation device for a robot system includes: an input unit that allows input of the constitution of a virtual robot; a storage unit that stores the constitutions and elements of virtual-robot candidates and settings of virtual-robot-controller candidates in association with each other; a difference extracting unit that reads the constitution of one of the virtual-robot candidates that most closely approximates the input virtual robot and extracts the difference; a virtual-robot generating unit that reads the setting of the associated virtual-robot-controller candidate and the settings of the virtual-robot-controller candidates associated with the elements of the virtual-robot candidates included in the extracted difference and that adds or deletes the setting for each of the elements to generate new candidates and a new virtual robot and virtual robot controller; and a candidate updating unit that stores the constitutions of the new virtual-robot candidates and the settings of the generated virtual-robot-
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventor: Toshiya TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20180178379
    Abstract: Provided is a task planning device including a simulator that is configured to simulate operation of a robot system including a plurality of devices by using models of the plurality of devices allocated in a virtual space, a system state acquisition unit that is configured to acquire a state of the robot system, and a task plan generation unit that is configured to dynamically generate a task plan to be executed by the robot system by operating the simulator based on the state acquired by the system state acquisition unit and content of a task instructed by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya Takeda
  • Patent number: 9970501
    Abstract: In relation to the NAO friction material free of copper component, this invention is to provide the friction material that prevents the occurrence of metal catch while securing sufficient wear resistance. In the friction material manufactured by forming the NAO friction material composition which is free of copper component, the above-described friction material composition does not contain metal simple substance or alloy and contains, as the lubricant, metal sulfide having 600 centigrade or higher decomposition temperature to be decomposed into metal and sulfur, 2.0-5.0 weight % of graphite and a zirconium silicate as an abrasive material. Here, the metal sulfide is not a molybdenum disulfide or a tungsten disulfide. Especially, the content of the metal sulfide is preferably 0.5-2.0 weight % relative to the total amount of the friction material composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: NISSHINBO BRAKE, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuki Hattori, Mitsuaki Yaguchi, Toshiya Takeda
  • Patent number: 9925664
    Abstract: A robot simulation device for automatically generating a practical interference avoiding motion path, regardless of the level of skill of an operator. The device includes: a motion path obtaining part which obtains a first motion path by simulating a robot motion program; a teaching point specifying part which detects whether a robot interferes with a peripheral object on the first path, and specifies first and second teaching points immediately before and after the interference occurs, respectively; a motion path generating part which automatically inserts a third teaching point between the first and second points and generates second motion paths for avoiding the interference, based on a search direction and distance determined by a random number; an evaluating part which evaluates each second path based on a predetermined parameter; and a motion path selecting part which selects an optimum motion path from the second paths based on an evaluation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiya Takeda
  • Publication number: 20170248186
    Abstract: In relation to the NAO friction material free of copper component, this invention is to provide the friction material that prevents the occurrence of metal catch while securing sufficient wear resistance. In the friction material manufactured by forming the NAO friction material composition which is free of copper component, the above-described friction material composition does not contain metal simple substance or alloy and contains, as the lubricant, metal sulfide having 600 centigrade or higher decomposition temperature to be decomposed into metal and sulfur, 2.0-5.0 weight % of graphite and a zirconium silicate as an abrasive material. Here, the metal sulfide is not a molybdenum disulfide or a tungsten disulfide. Especially, the content of the metal sulfide is preferably 0.5-2.0 weight % relative to the total amount of the friction material composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: NISSHINBO BRAKE, INC.
    Inventors: YASUKI HATTORI, MITSUAKI YAGUCHI, TOSHIYA TAKEDA