Patents by Inventor Yukio INAME

Yukio INAME 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: 20240103459
    Abstract: A drive system includes an actuator that is driven by a motor to generate displacement, a driver that drives the motor, and a controller that gives a control instruction to the driver. The controller includes a model creation unit that creates a physical model based on displacement caused by application of an external load to the actuator and an instruction generating unit that generates a control instruction such that the actuator generates displacement according to the physical model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi OGAWA, Yukio INAME
  • Publication number: 20240085875
    Abstract: A manufacturing device includes a stage on which a first workpiece is disposed, and a controller that controls the stage. The stage includes one or more actuators each driven by a motor to generate displacement in a first direction. The controller gives a first control instruction to the stage according to a second workpiece to be superimposed on the first workpiece such that the first workpiece and the second workpiece are parallel to each other, creates a physical model based on displacement in the actuator caused by the second workpiece coming into contact with the first workpiece, generates a second control instruction such that the actuator generates displacement according to the physical model, determines a spring constant, and generates a third control instruction for generating drive force calculated based on a product of the spring constant and the displacement generated in the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi OGAWA, Yukio INAME
  • Publication number: 20240058958
    Abstract: A drive system includes an actuator that is driven by a motor to generate displacement, a driver that drives the motor, and a controller that gives a control instruction to the driver. The controller creates a physical model based on displacement caused by application of an external load to the actuator; generates a first control instruction to the motor such that the actuator generates the displacement according to the physical model; determines a spring constant; generates a second control instruction to the motor so as to generate drive force calculated based on a product of the spring constant and the displacement generated in the actuator; and selects and validates one of the first and second control instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi OGAWA, Yukio INAME, Teja EMMEY
  • Patent number: 11754992
    Abstract: A control device is connected to a servo mechanism that drives a controlled object and outputs a manipulated variable to the servo mechanism so that a controlled variable tracks a target trajectory. The control device includes a controller and a sensor. The controller acquires a measured value from the sensor and performs model predictive control for each control period using a dynamics model representing a relationship between the manipulated variable and the position of the controlled object to generate the manipulated variable to be output to the servo mechanism. The sensor measures the position of the controlled object. The controller performs model predictive control in a first mode using the measured value when the controlled object has a position within the range, and performs model predictive control in a second mode using an output value of the dynamics model when the controlled object has a position outside the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Namie, Yukio Iname, Yoshimasa Usui
  • Publication number: 20220100164
    Abstract: A control device is connected to a servo mechanism that drives a controlled object and outputs a manipulated variable to the servo mechanism so that a controlled variable tracks a target trajectory. The control device includes a controller and a sensor. The controller acquires a measured value from the sensor and performs model predictive control for each control period using a dynamics model representing a relationship between the manipulated variable and the position of the controlled object to generate the manipulated variable to be output to the servo mechanism. The sensor measures the position of the controlled object. The controller performs model predictive control in a first mode using the measured value when the controlled object has a position within the range, and performs model predictive control in a second mode using an output value of the dynamics model when the controlled object has a position outside the range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki NAMIE, Masaki NAM IE, Yukio INAME, Yoshimasa USUI
  • Publication number: 20220066404
    Abstract: A control device includes a control component that performs model predictive control for each control period using a dynamics model representing a relationship between a manipulated variable and the position of a controlled object to generate a manipulated variable to be output to the servo driver. The dynamics model includes a first dynamics model representing a relationship between the manipulated variable and a position of a servomotor, and a second dynamics model representing a relationship between the position of the servomotor and the position of the controlled object. The second dynamics model is created using a waveform parameter extracted from a vibration waveform of the controlled object. The waveform parameter includes a vibration frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki NAMIE, Yukio INAME, Yoshimasa USUI
  • Patent number: 10732587
    Abstract: Compensation for an external disturbance can be applied without requiring a model of the external disturbance, and, particularly, the amount of control can be accurately predicted even when the amplitude of a waveform representing changes in a predicted error with respect to time is not constant with respect to time in a case in which the predicted error that is an error between an actually-measured value of the amount of control of a control target and a predicted value periodically changes. A controller compensates a predicted value of the current amount of control using a predicted error of a previous period by taking changes in the amplitude of a waveform representing a predicted error that is an error between an actually-measured value of the amount of control and a predicted value into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Namie, Yukio Iname
  • Patent number: 10606236
    Abstract: A control parameter is adjusted without the need to operate a driver of a control target. A control device (10) includes a model identification unit (12), a parameter determination unit (132), a data evaluation unit (131) and an operation data calculation unit (133). The model identification unit (12) identifies a physical model of an operation of the control target. The operation data calculation unit (133) calculates operation data by using the physical model and the control parameter. The data evaluation unit (131) calculates an evaluation value by using normative data of the operation of the control target and the operation data. The parameter determination unit (132) determines the control parameter by using the evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Murai, Yukio Iname
  • Publication number: 20190250572
    Abstract: Compensation for an external disturbance can be applied without requiring a model of the external disturbance, and, particularly, the amount of control can be accurately predicted even when the amplitude of a waveform representing changes in a predicted error with respect to time is not constant with respect to time in a case in which the predicted error that is an error between an actually-measured value of the amount of control of a control target and a predicted value periodically changes. A controller compensates a predicted value of the current amount of control using a predicted error of a previous period by taking changes in the amplitude of a waveform representing a predicted error that is an error between an actually-measured value of the amount of control and a predicted value into account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki NAMIE, Yukio INAME
  • Patent number: 10354683
    Abstract: A control device, a method of controlling the control device and recording medium are provided. Ranges of movement of a plurality of servo control systems are effectively used. A controller generates a corrected trajectory in which a high frequency component is removed from a first inverse kinematics trajectory so that no phase delay occurs as a command trajectory of a first servo control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Namie, Yukio Iname, Mikiko Manabe
  • Patent number: 10303132
    Abstract: A control parameter which causes a servo motor to perform an operation with higher accuracy depending on a purpose and a situation is determined. A control device (10) includes a data evaluation unit (131), a parameter determination unit (132), and an operation data acquisition unit (133). The operation data acquisition unit (133) acquires operation data including a speed or a torque of a servo motor (900). The data evaluation unit (131) calculates an evaluation value by using normative data corresponding to a target of the operation data and the operation data. The parameter determination unit (132) determines a control parameter applied to a servo driver (90) which controls operations of the servo motor (900) by using the evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Murai, Yukio Iname
  • Publication number: 20190027170
    Abstract: A control device, a method of controlling the control device and recording medium are provided. Ranges of movement of a plurality of servo control systems are effectively used. A controller generates a corrected trajectory in which a high frequency component is removed from a first inverse kinematics trajectory so that no phase delay occurs as a command trajectory of a first servo control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki NAMIE, Yukio INAME, Mikiko MANABE
  • Publication number: 20190022861
    Abstract: A control device, a method of controlling the control device and recording medium are provided. An adherence performance of all of a plurality of servo control systems is improved. A controller predicts a response of a first servo control system corresponding to a corrected trajectory and corrects a first command value or generates a second inverse kinematics trajectory using the predicted response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki NAMIE, Yukio INAME, Mikiko MANABE
  • Patent number: 10156837
    Abstract: A control system easily adjusts devices. In a control system, an input unit included in a PLC system obtains actual sampling data. An output unit outputs an output signal based on output instruction data including a designated output timing and a designated output signal value. A task execution unit included in a controller repeatedly executes a task in a predetermined period. A sampling unit obtains variable sampling data. A same time-series data generation unit included in a development support apparatus generates same time-series data. A same time-series data display unit displays the same time-series data on the same time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Iname, Koji Yaoita, Yoshitaka Takeuchi, Takamasa Ueda
  • Publication number: 20180224824
    Abstract: A control parameter is adjusted without the need to operate a driver of a control target. A control device (10) includes a model identification unit (12), a parameter determination unit (132), a data evaluation unit (131) and an operation data calculation unit (133). The model identification unit (12) identifies a physical model of an operation of the control target. The operation data calculation unit (133) calculates operation data by using the physical model and the control parameter. The data evaluation unit (131) calculates an evaluation value by using normative data of the operation of the control target and the operation data. The parameter determination unit (132) determines the control parameter by using the evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro MURAI, Yukio INAME
  • Publication number: 20180224810
    Abstract: A control parameter which causes a servo motor to perform an operation with higher accuracy depending on a purpose and a situation is determined. A control device (10) includes a data evaluation unit (131), a parameter determination unit (132), and an operation data acquisition unit (133). The operation data acquisition unit (133) acquires operation data including a speed or a torque of a servo motor (900). The data evaluation unit (131) calculates an evaluation value by using normative data corresponding to a target of the operation data and the operation data. The parameter determination unit (132) determines a control parameter applied to a servo driver (90) which controls operations of the servo motor (900) by using the evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro MURAI, Yukio INAME
  • Patent number: 10025281
    Abstract: A control device capable of appropriately switching operating modes when multitasking is being performed is provided. A CPU unit is provided with a task executing unit for executing a plurality of tasks in parallel, and for executing each task in cycles based on each task; and a mode switching unit for switching operating modes. The task executing unit is configured in such a manner that when in operation mode, a user program is executed for each task, and when in program mode, a user program is not executed for each task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Hamasaki, Shigeyuki Eguchi, Akiro Kobayashi, Yukio Iname, Koji Yaoita
  • Publication number: 20170068236
    Abstract: A control system easily adjusts devices. In a control system, an input unit included in a PLC system obtains actual sampling data. An output unit outputs an output signal based on output instruction data including a designated output timing and a designated output signal value. A task execution unit included in a controller repeatedly executes a task in a predetermined period. A sampling unit obtains variable sampling data. A same time-series data generation unit included in a development support apparatus generates same time-series data. A same time-series data display unit displays the same time-series data on the same time axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio INAME, Koji YAOITA, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI, Takamasa UEDA
  • Publication number: 20140088735
    Abstract: A control device capable of appropriately switching operating modes when multitasking is being performed is provided. A CPU unit is provided with a task executing unit for executing a plurality of tasks in parallel, and for executing each task in cycles based on each task; and a mode switching unit for switching operating modes. The task executing unit is configured in such a manner that when in operation mode, a user program is executed for each task, and when in program mode, a user program is not executed for each task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Hamasaki, Shigeyuki Eguchi, Akiro Kobayashi, Yukio Iname, Koji Yaoita
  • Patent number: 8504176
    Abstract: A system includes a first execution control instruction to start execution of a first control program every first execution cycle of the same period as a control cycle period and a second execution control instruction to start execution of a second control program every second execution cycle whose period is an integral multiple of at least twice the control cycle period. The second execution control instruction includes an instruction to start, in a control cycle in which a second execution cycle starts, execution of the second control program after the end of execution of the first control program, and if the second control program is not completed before the end of the control cycle, to start execution of an unexecuted part of the second control program after the end of execution of the first control program in the next control cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Akiro Kobayashi, Yukio Iname, Tetsushi Jakunen, Yoshihide Nishiyama