公开(公告)号：US20220016773A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17295081

申请日：2019-10-30

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： RYOICHI TSUZAKI ,  MASAYA KINOSHITA ,  YASUHISA KAMIKAWA ,  YUKI ITOTANI

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J19/02

Abstract: A control apparatus includes determination unit that determines whether a related element is included in environmental information on the basis of a position and a shape of the related element, and an environmental information control unit that controls a mode of acquisition or use of the environmental information on the basis of determination performed by the determination unit.

公开(公告)号：US20240371200A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18690272

申请日：2022-03-17

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： MASAYA KINOSHITA ,  AKIRA MATSUI ,  HIROAKI EBI ,  AKIHIKO UTSUGI

IPC: G06V40/16 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: Effective use of a user emotion for each scene of moving image content is enabled. On the basis of a user emotion and video quality for each scene of moving image content A, correlation data obtained by associating the user emotion with the video quality is generated. The user emotion for each scene of moving image content B is predicted on the basis of the video quality for each scene of the moving image content B and the correlation data obtained by associating the user emotion with the video quality related to the moving image content A. For example, the predicted user emotion for each scene of the moving image content B is displayed and used.

公开(公告)号：US20240058943A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18260652

申请日：2021-12-24

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： NORIAKI TAKASUGI ,  MASAYA KINOSHITA

IPC: B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B25J19/023 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  G05D1/0223

Abstract: Traveling according to a predefined target speed with each leg of a leg wheel robot grounded in a movement range corresponding to each leg can be performed even on a travel surface such as stairs. Travel surface information of the leg wheel robot that travels while alternately switching a grounding period in which traveling is performed with the wheels at the leg tips grounded to the travel surface and a free leg period in which the wheels at the leg tips are separated from the travel surface is acquired, a movement range corresponding to each leg in which the legs of the leg wheel robot can travel while being grounded to the travel surface is calculated, and track information of the legs for causing the leg wheel robot to travel with each leg grounded to the movement range corresponding to each leg according to a predefined target speed is generated.

公开(公告)号：US20250015741A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-09

申请号：US18712257

申请日：2022-10-06

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： MASAYA KINOSHITA

IPC: H02P23/14 ,  F16H19/08 ,  H02P23/12

Abstract: Position control is performed with high accuracy with a smaller number of sensors. An actuator device includes: a motor whose rotation is controlled by a drive circuit; a gearbox that decelerates or accelerates torque of the motor; an angle sensor that detects a rotation angle of an output shaft of the gearbox; and a feedback circuit that generates feedback for control of the motor on the basis of internal information of the motor used in the drive circuit and the rotation angle of the output shaft detected by the angle sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20220192769A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17593268

申请日：2020-02-06

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： WILLIAM ALEXANDRE CONUS ,  MASAYA KINOSHITA ,  YASUHISA KAMIKAWA ,  TAKUYA KOMAMI

IPC: A61B34/37 ,  A61B17/068 ,  A61B17/295 ,  B25J15/04 ,  B25J3/00

Abstract: There is provided a surgical instrument having a plurality of methods of use and reducing the number of times that treatment portions are detachably replaced. The surgical instrument includes a treatment unit having a first treatment portion on an end portion thereof and a second treatment portion on another end portion thereof, and a holder that supports the treatment unit so as to allow the states of use of the first treatment portion and the second treatment portion to be switched. The holder supports the holder so as to be rotatable around a switching shaft for switching the states of use of the first treatment portion and the second treatment portion, and supports the treatment unit such that, while one of the first treatment portion and the second treatment portion is in a usable state, the other is in a standby state.

公开(公告)号：US20220106001A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-07

申请号：US17428038

申请日：2019-12-24

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： NORIAKI TAKASUGI ,  WATARU KOKUBO ,  MASAYA KINOSHITA ,  YASUNORI KAWANAMI

IPC: B62D57/028 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B62D57/032 ,  B60K31/00

Abstract: There is achieved a traveling robot configured to travel by switching between leg driving and wheel driving while suppressing a decrease in velocity in switching between the leg driving and the wheel driving. The traveling robot includes a drive unit, a clutch configured to switch a transmission destination of a driving force from the drive unit, a leg and a wheel that are configured to be driven by the driving force from the drive unit, and a control unit. The control unit executes, in drive switching between leg driving and wheel driving, travel velocity control before the drive switching such that a travel velocity after the drive switching is substantially equal to a travel velocity before the drive switching. The control unit sets, in the drive switching between the leg driving and the wheel driving, a sliding movement state in which the wheel is caused to slide in a non-driven state. The control unit executes, in the drive switching, acceleration processing before the drive switching such that a travel velocity after the drive switching is substantially equal to a travel velocity before the drive switching.

公开(公告)号：US20240126303A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

申请号：US18546281

申请日：2022-02-10

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： MASAYA KINOSHITA ,  KENICHIRO NAGASAKA ,  NORIAKI TAKASUGI

IPC: G05D1/654 ,  G05D1/49

CPC classification number: G05D1/654 ,  G05D1/49 ,  G05D2109/12

Abstract: An information processing device (100) includes a calculation unit (113) that calculates an amount of change in a landing point of a landing point position to which a current swing leg of a robotic apparatus (1) including one or more legs to land next from a planned landing point position, and an amount of change in the center of pressure of a position of the center of pressure to be generated by a current ground contact leg of the robotic apparatus (1) from a position of a target center of pressure, and a drive control unit (114) that controls an attitude and movement of the robotic apparatus (1), based on at least one of the amount of change in the landing point or the amount of change in the center of pressure, calculated by the calculation unit (113).