ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,507, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KOMATSU LTD. (Tokyo).
"Control device, industrial machine, and control method" was invented by Kenichi Bandoh (Tokyo) and Mohammad Munzir (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relative displacement specification unit specifies a relative displacement between a jig and a tool. A position determination unit determines whether the jig and the tool are respectively positioned at a jig calibration point and a tool calibration point. A displacement correction unit corrects the measurement values of the displacements of the jig and the tool. A contact determination unit determines whether the tool has...