Patents by Inventor Yuuki Morita

Yuuki Morita 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: 10322482
    Abstract: To provide a numerical controller for a machine tool capable of reducing heat generation and realizing stable heavy cutting, and also capable of realizing efficient light cutting. A numerical controller comprises: first speed change means which changes the feed speed of a feed axis drive motor at the start of cutting to an initial speed lower than a command speed, based on magnetic flux content at the start of cutting; and second speed change means which changes the feed speed from the initial speed to the command speed continuously or intermittently based on time elapsed from the start of cutting and a time constant for change in the magnetic flux content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuki Morita
  • Publication number: 20190137976
    Abstract: A motor control device is equipped with a command receiving unit adapted to receive a movement command and a first control period of the movement command from a numerical controller, a command generating unit which, on the basis of the first control period and a second control period which is determined in advance, is adapted to generate a movement command of the second control period from the movement command of the first control period, and a motor control unit adapted to control a motor, in accordance with the movement command generated by the command generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Tsutsumi, Yuuki Morita
  • Publication number: 20190137967
    Abstract: A motor control device is equipped with a command receiving unit adapted to receive movement commands and first control periods of the movement commands from each of a plurality of numerical controllers, a command generating unit which, on the basis of the plurality of first control periods and a plurality of second control periods in accordance with each of the plurality of first control periods, is adapted to generate movement commands of the plurality of second control periods from the movement commands of the plurality of first control periods, and a motor control unit adapted to control a motor in accordance with the plurality of movement commands generated by the command generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohisa Tsutsumi, Yuuki Morita
  • Publication number: 20190123670
    Abstract: A motor control device controls an induction motor driving a spindle of a machine tool, and includes: a spindle control unit that controls a rotational position or rotational speed of the spindle, and a secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor in accordance with an operation command based on an operation program of the machine tool; an advance detection unit that pre-reads the operation program, and detects a change in the operation command requiring to increase the secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor in advance; and an advance change unit that causes the secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor to increase prior to a change in the operation command in the spindle control unit, in a case of a change in the operation command being detected by the advance detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shoutarou HASHIMOTO, Yuuki MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190123671
    Abstract: A motor control device including: an operation control part that generates a torque command based on an operation command, and controls a rotational position and/or rotational speed of the spindle; a current control part that generates an excitation current command to control secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor, and a torque current command to control torque of the induction motor based on the torque command; a change detection part that detects a change in operation command requiring increasing the secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor; a magnetic flux amplification part that performs magnetic flux amplification to temporarily increase the excitation current command or a magnetic flux command in the current control part, in a case of a change in the operation command being detected; and a gain change part that changes gain of the operation control part when performing magnetic flux amplification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shoutarou HASHIMOTO, Yuuki MORITA
  • Patent number: 10260966
    Abstract: To provide a motor control device that specifies a type of temperature sensor by a simple technique, even in a case of the type of temperature sensor installed to a motor being unclear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Morita, Tadashi Okita
  • Patent number: 10248102
    Abstract: A numerical controller for controlling a machine tool including a spindle motor formed of an induction motor includes: a storage unit that stores a maximum acceleration at which the spindle motor can operate when a magnetic flux amount of the spindle motor reaches its maximum; a magnetic flux amount acquisition unit that acquires a present magnetic flux amount of the spindle motor; and an acceleration change unit that changes an acceleration of a position command based on a maximum acceleration of the spindle motor stored in the storage unit according to a magnetic flux amount at the start of movement of the spindle motor acquired by the magnetic flux amount acquisition unit when the spindle motor is operated by position control using a position command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouki Oikawa, Yuuki Morita, Tadashi Okita
  • Publication number: 20190097567
    Abstract: To determine a driving parameter for driving a motor having an unknown circuit constant in a simple way and to shorten time required for the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouki OIKAWA, Yuuki MORITA, Tadashi OKITA
  • Patent number: 10232480
    Abstract: A controller of a machine tool capable of suppressing heat generation and realizing a stable cutting operation during deep cutting is provided. A numerical controller for controlling a machine tool including a spindle motor formed of an induction motor and a feed axis driving motor includes: a magnetic flux amount acquisition means that acquires a present magnetic flux amount of the spindle motor; and a speed change means that changes a speed of the feed axis driving motor on the basis of the magnetic flux amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Morita, Tadashi Okita
  • Patent number: 10224852
    Abstract: The control device of an induction motor includes a current command maximum value setting portion that sets an excitation current command maximum value and a torque current command maximum value. The current command maximum value setting portion changes, when the induction motor is accelerated/decelerated, the excitation current command maximum value based on which one of first and second excitation current command maximum values is lower, and changes the torque current command maximum value based on the excitation current command maximum value and an allowable maximum current value of a drive portion. The first excitation current command maximum value is based on the allowable maximum current value, and the second excitation current command maximum value is based on a power supply voltage of the drive portion, a current frequency of the drive current and an excitation inductance of the induction motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuki Morita
  • Publication number: 20190064756
    Abstract: A machine learning device includes: a state information acquisition unit configured to cause the control device to execute a tapping program to acquire from the control device, state information including a torque command value with respect to the spindle motor, a drive state including deceleration, a ratio of a movement distance in acceleration and a movement distance in deceleration; an action information output unit configured to output action information including adjustment information of the ratio of the movement distance in acceleration and the movement distance in deceleration, to the control device; a reward output unit configured to output a reward value in reinforcement learning based on a torque command value in deceleration, and a target torque command value in deceleration; and a value function update unit configured to update an action value function based on the reward value, the state information, and the action information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke TAJIMA, Yuuki MORITA
  • Patent number: 10209697
    Abstract: A controller for controlling a synchronized operation of spindle and feed axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Morita, Daisuke Tajima, Tadashi Okita
  • Publication number: 20190036467
    Abstract: A motor controller includes: a rotation speed estimating unit that estimates a rotation speed of an motor on the basis of current information and primary frequency information of the motor; a proximity switch that outputs an ON signal when a portion of a rotating body of the motor is in proximity and outputs an OFF signal when a portion of the rotating body of the motor is not in proximity; a rotation speed computing unit that computes a rotation speed of the motor on the basis of the ON signal and the OFF signal output from the proximity switch; and an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality in the rotation speed estimation value or an abnormality in the proximity switch when a difference between the estimated rotation speed estimation value and the computed rotation speed computation value is equal to or larger than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Shoutarou HASHIMOTO, Yuuki MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190036470
    Abstract: A motor controller includes: a rotation speed estimating unit that estimates a rotation speed of a motor on the basis of current information and primary frequency information of the motor; a proximity switch that outputs an ON signal when a portion of a rotating body of the motor is in proximity and outputs an OFF signal when a portion of the rotating body of the motor is not in proximity; a rotation speed computing unit that computes a rotation speed of the motor on the basis of the ON signal and the OFF signal; and a state determining unit that determines whether a present state is a speed attainment state and whether a present state is a speed zero state on the basis of a rotation speed estimation value estimated by the rotation speed estimating unit and a rotation speed computation value computed by the rotation speed computing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Shoutarou HASHIMOTO, Yuuki MORITA
  • Publication number: 20190036471
    Abstract: A motor controller includes: a primary frequency control unit that generates a primary frequency command value based on current information of an induction motor and limits the primary frequency command value based on a maximum primary frequency; a rotation speed estimating unit that estimates a slip frequency based on the current information of the induction motor and estimates a rotation speed based on the estimated slip frequency estimation value and the primary frequency command value; a proximity switch that outputs an ON signal or OFF signal when a portion of a rotating body of the induction motor is in proximity or not in proximity; a rotation speed computing unit that computes a rotation speed based on the ON signal and the OFF signal; and a maximum primary frequency computing unit that computes the maximum primary frequency based on the rotation speed computation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Shoutarou HASHIMOTO, Yuuki MORITA
  • Publication number: 20180375458
    Abstract: An anomaly diagnosing device diagnoses an anomaly in a single motor driven by multiple motor drive units. The multiple motor drive units supply AC currents to multiple multi-phase windings of the motor to drive the motor. The anomaly diagnosing device includes: a power consumption calculator for calculating power consumption in each of the multi-phase windings; a power difference calculator for calculating a difference in power consumption between the multi-phase windings; and a determination unit for determining that an anomaly is occurring when the absolute value of the difference has exceeded a threshold for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Morita, Kenji Takahashi, Tadashi Okita
  • Publication number: 20180321319
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosing device diagnoses a driving abnormality of a single motor driven by a plurality of motor driving devices. The plurality of motor driving devices calculate a plurality of voltage command values based on a speed command, and voltages are applied to a plurality of windings possessed by the motor based on the plurality of calculated voltage command values, thereby driving the motor. The abnormality diagnosing device is equipped with a command value difference calculating unit for calculating a difference between the plurality of voltage command values calculated by the plurality of motor driving devices, and a determination unit for determining the presence of an abnormality, when an absolute value of the difference calculated exceeds a first threshold value continuously for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Morita, Kenji Takahashi, Tadashi Okita
  • Publication number: 20180321322
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosing device diagnoses a driving abnormality of a single motor driven by a plurality of motor driving devices. The motor driving devices drive the motor by supplying three-phase alternating currents to a plurality of three-phase windings possessed by the motor. The abnormality diagnosing device is equipped with a rotational speed acquisition unit for acquiring a rotational speed value of the motor, a current acquisition unit for acquiring phase current values of respective phases flowing through the three-phase windings, and a determination unit for determining the presence of an abnormality, if an absolute value of the rotational speed value exceeds a predetermined value, and an absolute value of the phase current value of any one phase of the three-phase windings is less than a threshold value continuously for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Morita, Tadashi Okita, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10095222
    Abstract: A controller for controlling a synchronized operation of spindle and feed axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Morita, Daisuke Tajima
  • Patent number: 10090789
    Abstract: To provide a motor control device capable of causing a motor to rotate in any rotation direction, even when leaving the connection state of the motor of a machine tool as standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Okita, Yuuki Morita, Daisuke Tajima