Patents by Inventor Yasuki SHIMAZU

Yasuki SHIMAZU 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: 11279504
    Abstract: A robot system has a manipulator that conveys a conveying object to a conveyance destination having a bottom surface and a wall surface connected to the bottom surface. The system includes: a first process in which the manipulator puts a first conveying object on the bottom surface of the conveyance destination; a second process in which the manipulator conveys a second conveying object to a position that does not come into contact with the first conveying object on the bottom surface of the conveyance destination; and a third process in which the manipulator moves the second conveying object in the direction of the first conveying object from the position that does not come into contact with the first conveying object, and moves the first conveying object by further moving the second conveying object after coming into contact with the first conveying object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI TRANSPORT SYSTEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Kimura, Fumiko Beniyama, Yasuki Shimazu, Yoshihiro Nishida, Takao Ueki
  • Publication number: 20200078935
    Abstract: A robot system has a manipulator that conveys a conveying object to a conveyance destination having a bottom surface and a wall surface connected to the bottom surface. The system includes: a first process in which the manipulator puts a first conveying object on the bottom surface of the conveyance destination; a second process in which the manipulator conveys a second conveying object to a position that does not come into contact with the first conveying object on the bottom surface of the conveyance destination; and a third process in which the manipulator moves the second conveying object in the direction of the first conveying object from the position that does not come into contact with the first conveying object, and moves the first conveying object by further moving the second conveying object after coming into contact with the first conveying object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI TRANSPORT SYSTEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka KIMURA, Fumiko BENIYAMA, Yasuki SHIMAZU, Yoshihiro NISHIDA, Takao UEKI
  • Publication number: 20190034727
    Abstract: A picking robot executes an acquisition process for acquiring the latest recognition result from a storage destination of the latest recognition result of a housed area on the basis of the latest imaged image of the housed area, a modification process for accessing the housed area and modifying a location in the housed area by controlling the robot arm on the basis of the latest recognition result acquired in the acquisition process, an imaging process for imaging the housed area after modification in the housed area by the modification process by controlling the imaging device, a recognition process for recognizing residual articles in the housed area on the basis of an image imaged in the imaging process, and a transmission process for transmitting the recognition result in the recognition process to the storage destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuhiro CHIHARA, Nobutaka KIMURA, Yasuki SHIMAZU