Patents by Inventor Eric A. Cousineau

Eric A. Cousineau 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFORMABLE OBJECT MANIPULATION USING AIR
    Publication number: 20230256608
    Abstract: Systems and methods for manipulating deformable objects using air are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for manipulating a deformable object, the system includes a first robot arm having a first gripper, a second robot arm having a second gripper, a blower robot arm having an air pump, and one or more processors programmed to control the first robot arm and the second robot arm to grasp the deformable object using the first gripper and the second gripper, respectively, and to control the blower robot arm to perform a plurality of blowing actions onto the deformable object until an objective is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Columbia University, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Zhenjia Xu, Cheng Chi, Benjamin Burchfiel, Eric Cousineau, Siyuan Feng, Shuran Song
  • Systems, devices, and methods for generating a pose estimate of an object
    Patent number: 11308314
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a pose estimation device obtains an image of an object, and generates a pose estimate of the object. The pose estimate includes a respective heatmap for each of a plurality of pose components of a pose of the object, and the respective heatmap for each of the pose components includes a respective uncertainty indication of an uncertainty of the pose component at each of one or more pixels of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunimatsu Hashimoto, Duy-Nguyen Ta Huynh, Eric A. Cousineau, Russell L. Tedrake
  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A POSE ESTIMATE OF AN OBJECT
    Publication number: 20200302160
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a pose estimation device obtains an image of an object, and generates a pose estimate of the object. The pose estimate includes a respective heatmap for each of a plurality of pose components of a pose of the object, and the respective heatmap for each of the pose components includes a respective uncertainty indication of an uncertainty of the pose component at each of one or more pixels of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunimatsu Hashimoto, Duy-Nguyen Ta Huynh, Eric A. Cousineau, Russell L. Tedrake