Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Tobata

Yukihiro Tobata 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: 20230390921
    Abstract: The simulation device include circuitry configured to: store a simulation model of a machine system including a robot, the simulation model generated to simulate a three-dimensional real shape of the machine system; receive measured data acquired by measuring the machine system in a real space; generate, based on the measured data, an actual shape model representing a three-dimensional real shape of the machine system; and correct the simulation model of the machine system based on a comparison between the simulation model and the actual shape model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sae SAKATA, Yukihiro TOBATA
  • Publication number: 20220339791
    Abstract: A robot system includes: a conveying device configured to convey a workpiece; a robot configured to execute an operation on the workpiece; and circuitry configured to: identify a current position of the workpiece and an object area occupied by an object; identify an interlock area that moves with the current position of the workpiece being conveyed by the conveying device; check an overlap between the interlock area and the object area; and control the robot to execute the operation based on the current position of the workpiece in response to determining that the interlock area does not overlap the object area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Toshiki ITO, Hiroshi Kumagai, Yukihiro Tobata, Hisashi Ideguchi, Keisuke Nakamura