Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Okazaki

Yoshitaka Okazaki 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).

  • Production system, production apparatus and method for controlling production system
    Patent number: 10518375
    Abstract: A production apparatus includes a workbench, a movement apparatus, a conveyance apparatus, a motion detector, and a control unit. The movement apparatus configured to move the workpiece on the workbench to a predetermined delivery position. The conveyance apparatus configured to convey the workpiece moved to the predetermined delivery position to an adjacent production apparatus. The motion detector configured to detect conveyance motion of the conveyance apparatus of the adjacent production apparatus. The control unit configured to operate the movement apparatus to move the workpiece on the workbench to the predetermined delivery position. If conveyance motion of the conveyance apparatus of the adjacent production apparatus is detected by the motion detector, the control unit operates the conveyance apparatus to convey the workpiece to a delivery position of the adjacent production apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Kensuke Uehara, Yoshitaka Okazaki
  • PRODUCTION SYSTEM, PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRODUCTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180361523
    Abstract: A production apparatus includes a workbench, a movement apparatus, a conveyance apparatus, a motion detector, and a control unit. The movement apparatus configured to move the workpiece on the workbench to a predetermined delivery position. The conveyance apparatus configured to convey the workpiece moved to the predetermined delivery position to an adjacent production apparatus. The motion detector configured to detect conveyance motion of the conveyance apparatus of the adjacent production apparatus. The control unit configured to operate the movement apparatus to move the workpiece on the workbench to the predetermined delivery position. If conveyance motion of the conveyance apparatus of the adjacent production apparatus is detected by the motion detector, the control unit operates the conveyance apparatus to convey the workpiece to a delivery position of the adjacent production apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro Tanaka, Kensuke Uehara, Yoshitaka Okazaki
  • Power supply and demand leveling system
    Patent number: 9340117
    Abstract: The invention judges a total power supply/demand condition of the electricity consumers 2 as a whole according to an individual power supply/demand condition of electricity consumers 2, judges a total usable capacity of all batteries 17 according to a usable capacity of the batteries 17 of electric vehicles 10 parked at electricity consumers 2, obtains required charge/discharge amounts of all the batteries 17 according to a result of comparison of the total power supply/demand condition of the electricity consumers 2 as a whole with the total usable capacity of all the batteries 17, subjects the batteries 17 to charge/discharge controls according to the required charge/discharge amounts, the power supply/demand conditions of the electricity consumers 2, and the usable capacities of the batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nobuo Momose, Makoto Kataniwa, Yasuhiro Nakai, Hiroyuki Kumazawa, Tatsuji Munaka, Yoshitaka Okazaki, Yuichiro Shimura, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Irie, Hitoshi Maejima
  • POWER SUPPLY AND DEMAND LEVELING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130184882
    Abstract: The invention judges a total power supply/demand condition of the electricity consumers 2 as a whole according to an individual power supply/demand condition of electricity consumers 2, judges a total usable capacity of all batteries 17 according to a usable capacity of the batteries 17 of electric vehicles 10 parked at electricity consumers 2, obtains required charge/discharge amounts of all the batteries 17 according to a result of comparison of the total power supply/demand condition of the electricity consumers 2 as a whole with the total usable capacity of all the batteries 17, subjects the batteries 17 to charge/discharge controls according to the required charge/discharge amounts, the power supply/demand conditions of the electricity consumers 2, and the usable capacities of the batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Momose, Makoto Kataniwa, Yasuhiro Nakai, Hiroyuki Kumazawa, Tatsuji Munaka, Yoshitaka Okazaki, Yuichiro Shimura, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroshi Irie, Hitoshi Maejima