Patents by Inventor Yasushi Fukaya
Yasushi Fukaya 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: 11243676Abstract: A numerical control system for a machine tool includes a display screen, a storage unit, and a control unit. The control unit executes a step of displaying, on the display screen, a designation screen that selects and designates one or more pieces of auxiliary information and auxiliary functions corresponding to each of basic work screens prepared for each work process using the machine tool, and associating with the basic work screen and storing in the storage unit one or more pieces of auxiliary information and auxiliary functions selected and designated by a user through the designation screen, and a step of simultaneously displaying, on the display screen, one basic work screen designated by the user among the basic work screens, and one or more virtual buttons that select one or more pieces of auxiliary information and one or more auxiliary functions, associated with the user-designated basic work screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori Fujitsuka, Tadanobu Imai, Yasushi Fukaya
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Publication number: 20160117090Abstract: A numerical control system for a machine tool includes a display screen, a storage unit, and a control unit. The control unit executes a step of displaying, on the display screen, a designation screen that selects and designates one or more pieces of auxiliary information and auxiliary functions corresponding to each of basic work screens prepared for each work process using the machine tool, and associating with the basic work screen and storing in the storage unit one or more pieces of auxiliary information and auxiliary functions selected and designated by a user through the designation screen, and a step of simultaneously displaying, on the display screen, one basic work screen designated by the user among the basic work screens, and one or more virtual buttons that select one or more pieces of auxiliary information and one or more auxiliary functions, associated with the user-designated basic work screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Kazunori FUJITSUKA, Tadanobu IMAI, Yasushi FUKAYA
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Patent number: 7805285Abstract: A numerical control apparatus can perform a machining simulation or an interference check that reflects worksite information. However, a machining simulation apparatus cannot use worksite information in a machining simulation or an interference check. Thus, simulation conditions of the machining simulation apparatus are different from those of the numerical control apparatus. To solve this problem, a machining simulation apparatus and a numerical control apparatus according to the present invention can communicate with each other via a communication unit or a storage medium so as to mutually transmit and receive data. The machining simulation apparatus includes a network transmission/reception control unit or an external memory reading/writing unit. Similarly, the numerical control apparatus includes a network transmission/reception control unit or an external memory reading/writing unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Okuma CorporationInventors: Yasushi Fukaya, Katsunori Kunimitsu
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Patent number: 7689300Abstract: When causing manual movement of a moving section of a machine tool, shape data of the moving section is made to move in a movement direction that has been input manually, and it is confirmed whether there is no interference with shape data of a surrounding interfering object. If interference occurs, a position returned a specified distance from the position where interference occurs is made a stop position, the moving section is moved to this stop position, and stopped at that position.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Okuma CorporationInventors: Yuji Naganawa, Yasushi Fukaya, Yoshiichi Ichikawa, Mamoru Yamashita
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Publication number: 20080103741Abstract: A numerical control apparatus can perform a machining simulation or an interference check that reflects worksite information. However, a machining simulation apparatus cannot use worksite information in a machining simulation or an interference check. Thus, simulation conditions of the machining simulation apparatus are different from those of the numerical control apparatus. To solve this problem, a machining simulation apparatus and a numerical control apparatus according to the present invention can communicate with each other via a communication unit or a storage medium so as to mutually transmit and receive data. The machining simulation apparatus includes a network transmission/reception control unit or an external memory reading/writing unit. Similarly, the numerical control apparatus includes a network transmission/reception control unit or an external memory reading/writing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: OKUMA CORPORATIONInventors: Yasushi Fukaya, Katsunori Kunimitsu
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Publication number: 20060041325Abstract: When causing manual movement of a moving section of a machine tool, shape data of the moving section is made to move in a movement direction that has been input manually, and it is confirmed whether there is no interference with shape data of a surrounding interfering object. If interference occurs, a position returned a specified distance from the position where interference occurs is made a stop position, the moving section is moved to this stop position, and stopped at that position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2005Publication date: February 23, 2006Inventors: Yuji Naganawa, Yasushi Fukaya, Yoshiichi Ichikawa, Mamoru Yamashita
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Patent number: 6708138Abstract: Operating information of a measuring device is extracted through analysis of at least a part program to execute measurement or output of measurements. Information facilitating maintenance and control of the measuring device is automatically generated from the operating information history.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Okuma CorporationInventors: Yuwu Zhang, Masayoshi Uneme, Yasushi Fukaya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6690982Abstract: A method and device to automatically determine the operation balance of processing/assembly machines such as NC machine tools. The device detects the machine operations related to income and expenditure as income/expenditure data and stores the income and expenditure amounts in a memory based on the detected income/expenditure data and calculates the income/expenditure balance of the individual machines for an arbitrary period based on the stored income and expenditure amounts. In the NC machine tool, the operations related to the income and expenditure can be detected while monitoring the execution statuses of the NC program. By calculating the income/expenditure amounts with multiplication of such operations by the predetermined unit prices of income or expenditure and subtracting the expenditure amount from the income amount, the operation balance of the machine for each cycle or every week or month can be determined.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2000Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignees: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Okuma Corporation, Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Makoto Fujishima, Yasushi Fukaya, Sadayuki Matsumiya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6671571Abstract: In the present invention, for an NC program for controlling a machine tool, information for machining quality required by a machine tool is prewritten in the program. A measurement program for measuring the machining quality of the workpiece using a measuring machine is produced by analyzing the NC program. The machining quality of the workpiece is measured by the measurement program and the measuring machine. The machining quality of the workpiece can be judged by comparing the measurement results and the machining quality information included in the NC program. By utilizing this quality judgement, simple and effective system control can be achieved when a system such as CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) is constructed in cooperation with other machine tools.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2001Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Okúma CorporationInventors: Sadayuki Matsumiya, Naoki Morita, Yasushi Fukaya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6662073Abstract: A machining simulation is performed on a graphic data basis prior to machining. Machining simulation means (17) simulates a forced-vibration frequency and/or a load variation frequency occurring due to interrupted cutting on the basis of machining information, and numerical control command generating means (18) generates a numerical control command on the basis of the frequencies obtained from the machining simulation means (17). A spindle rotation speed can be reflected on the actual machining and the generation of a machining program under conditions optimum for the actual machining. Therefore, the interrupted-cutting forced-vibration frequency and/or load variation frequency, or harmonic frequencies thereof which are integral multiples thereof are prevented from being close to the natural frequency of a machine, a tool, a jig or a workpiece. Thus, chattering due to resonance can be prevented, thereby improving a surface accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignees: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Okuma CorporationInventors: Makoto Fujishima, Yasushi Fukaya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6611786Abstract: In coordinate and surface texture measurement in which measurement control is performed by a part program, a part program is analyzed to extract measurement information or measurement condition. The measurement condition is rewritably stored such that optimal measurement conditions of an actual measurement can be reflected in a part program, and such that the actual measurement conditions can be added to subsequent measurement control.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Okuma CorporationInventors: Yuwu Zhang, Masayoshi Uneme, Yasushi Fukaya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6591156Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating numerical control information for numerically controlling machine tools. Contents of corrective editing or correction to numerical control information by a processing operator is written and stored in a processing method database as processing knowledge of the processing engineer. When a programmer generates new numerical control information, a suitable processing method can be used from the processing method database. The knowledge included processing conditions by the processing operator. The information in the processing method database is updated at each and every processing.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2000Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignees: Okuma Corporation, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Yasushi Fukaya, Naoki Morita, Sadayuki Matsumiya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6584415Abstract: A tool management method, when performing machining using a Numerical Control (NC) program, searches for cutting tool status information obtained as a result of having performed a machining simulation based on tool information, cutting condition information and the NC program, and on the other hand, actually measures tool wear at the time of actual cutting, estimates the tool wear from each of the items of information described above and judges permission to use a tool.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignees: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Okuma Corporation, Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Masayoshi Uneme, Yasushi Fukaya, Sadayuki Matsumiya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6568407Abstract: An automatic production system includes an automatic washing device usable to wash off swarf left on a workpiece by an NC machine tool. The automatic washing device is used before measuring a portion of a workpiece using a three dimensional measuring device controlled by a measuring part program controlling the three dimensional measuring device. When automating an operation of the washing device, a washing program is produced based on the a measuring part program controlling the three dimensional measuring device to be able to efficiently wash a minimal area of the work piece encompassing the portion of the workpiece to be measured.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2000Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Okuma CorporationInventors: Sadayuki Matsumiya, Masayoshi Uneme, Yasushi Fukaya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6512961Abstract: There is provided a method and device which extracts as a running operation history a modification made to an NC program for numerical control of machine tools which has already been completed. After making an NC program, modifications are made to the NC program prior to the actual operation so that experience in field work or results of test machining can be reflected. An optimum NC program can be obtained through such modifications, and contents of the modifications are extracted from the NC program as a running operation history to produce a data base. The running operation history data base is reflected in subsequent preparation of NC programs having similar conditions.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignees: Okuma Corporation, Mitutoyo Corporation, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Fukaya, Sadayuki Matsumiya, Masayoshi Uneme, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6505092Abstract: Machining procedure extracting means extract machining procedures (information about tools, cutting conditions, and the like) based on a machining command of an NC program, and machining procedure outputting means display the machining procedures on a CRT display unit or the like. Thus, a machining operator can easily prepare for machining.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2000Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignees: Okuma Corporation, Mitutoyo Corporation, Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Fukaya, Sadayuki Matsumiya, Masayoshi Uneme, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6502007Abstract: In NC machining in which machining control is performed through An NC program, machining conditions at the time of actual machining are reflected in the NC program. At this time, there are two types of modes comprising an analytic storage mode in which actual machining conditions are reflected in the NC program as they are and an optimization mode in which optimization processing applies to the actual machining conditions and the result is reflected in the NC machining program, and either of them is selected according to conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2000Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignees: Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Okuma Corporation, Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Masao Kanamoto, Yasushi Fukaya, Sadayuki Matsumiya, Kazuo Yamazaki
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Patent number: 6400998Abstract: A method and apparatus for NC machining management based on a measurement program, wherein a machining shape at an arbitrary machining stage is determined by an NC program, a geometric element or a geometric model is generated, and a measurement program is generated on the basis of the geometric model. The measurement program is executed when at least one of the steps of the NC program is completed, and the results of measurement are used as control information for machining measurement.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1998Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignees: Mitutoyo Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Mori Seiki Seisakusho, Okuma CorporationInventors: Kazuo Yamazaki, Sadayuki Matsumiya, Naoki Morita, Yasushi Fukaya
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Patent number: 6401004Abstract: A device for analyzing NC program is provided with a machining method analyzing means (34) which extracts machining conditions for every machining work element by analyzing an actual NC machining program, and data base creating means (35). The device extracts necessary machining information from the actual NC machining program and allows the data bases (21, 22, 23 and 24) to reflect the information.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1998Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Mori Seiki Seisakusho, Mitutoyo Corporation, Okuma CorporationInventors: Kazuo Yamazaki, Naoki Morita, Sadayuki Matsumiya, Yasushi Fukaya
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Patent number: 6223095Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating orientation action commands of NC machine tools. Workpiece surfaces are grouped according to inclination of the surfaces on the basis of machining information. Optimum orientation angles are decided for each of the groups, and numerical control commands are generated on the basis of the decided orientation angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1998Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignees: Okuma Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Mori Seiki Seisakusho, Mitutoyo CorporationInventors: Kazuo Yamazaki, Yasushi Fukaya, Naoki Morita, Sadayuki Matsumiya