Patents by Inventor Hisao Wada

Hisao Wada 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: 20230398701
    Abstract: A robot hand includes a first finger, a second finger, and a first moving mechanism that brings the first and second fingers close to each other in a predetermined moving direction so that the first and second fingers grip a workpiece. The first moving mechanism includes a first movable pulley, a first wire that has two ends, one of which is connected to the first finger and the other is connected to the second finger, and is wrapped around the first movable pulley, and a first air cylinder that moves the first movable pulley. The first air cylinder moves the first movable pulley so that a tension of the first wire acts on the first and second fingers and to bring the first and second fingers close to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tamami ORYU, Hisao WADA, Yohei MURASE, Hiroaki FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230398700
    Abstract: A hand includes a base, two first fingers extending from the base and bendable, and an opening/closing actuator disposed in the base and moves the two first fingers in a predetermined opening/closing direction so that the two first fingers grip a workpiece. Further, there is a bending actuator disposed in the base and causes the two first fingers to bend. Each of the first fingers includes a second part extending from the base and a first part coupled to the second part to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the opening/closing direction. The first part is bendable with respect to the second part. The first part includes a damper that causes the first part to elasticity extend and contract in an extension direction of the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei MURASE, Takeshi MATSUURA, Tamami ORYU, Hisao WADA, Hiroaki FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230390944
    Abstract: A hand 100 includes a first gripper 2 and a second gripper 5. The second gripper 5 grips a workpiece located on a predetermined axis E. The first gripper 2 includes two first fingers 21 that are opened and closed in a predetermined opening/closing direction. Each of the first fingers 21 includes a first part 22 including a distal end and a second part 23 including a proximal end, and is bent or curved such that the first part 222 moves between an interference position M1 at which an imaginary region X defined by projecting the first part 22 in the opening/closing direction A interferes with the axis E and a non-interference position M2 at which the imaginary region X does not interfere with the axis E.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei MURASE, Takeshi MATSUURA, Tamami ORYU, Hisao WADA, Hiroaki FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230381975
    Abstract: A second hand H2 that couples a first workpiece to a second workpiece, where the first and second workpieces are to be coupled to each other by insertion coupling, includes: a second gripper 5 that grips the first workpiece; a straight-moving actuator 6 that moves the second gripper 5 straight in the direction of a predetermined axis E; and a rotation actuator 7 that rotates the second gripper 5 about the axis E. The second gripper 5 includes three second fingers 51 that grip the first workpiece, and a linkage 52 that opens and closes the three second fingers 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei MURASE, Takeshi MATSUURA, Tamami ORYU, Hisao WADA, Hiroaki FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11125654
    Abstract: An abnormality cause identifying system for a device including a rotating member includes: acceleration sensors, a pickup sensor, and a temperature sensor, which observe a state of a rotating member and acquire a measurement data piece; a measurement data piece converting portion configured to convert the measurement data piece into two or more new-format conversion data pieces that are different from each other; and an abnormality cause identifying portion configured to identify an abnormality cause of the device by analyzing the conversion data pieces created by the measurement data piece converting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Sato, Hisao Wada
  • Publication number: 20210088418
    Abstract: An abnormality cause identifying system for a device including a rotating member includes: acceleration sensors, a pickup sensor, and a temperature sensor, which observe a state of a rotating member and acquire a measurement data piece; a measurement data piece converting portion configured to convert the measurement data piece into two or more new-format conversion data pieces that are different from each other; and an abnormality cause identifying portion configured to identify an abnormality cause of the device by analyzing the conversion data pieces created by the measurement data piece converting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji SATO, Hisao WADA
  • Patent number: 10486070
    Abstract: A play time recording device, a play time recording method, a program, and an information storage medium are provided which enable a user to record a play time in a game according to settings without performing an explicit operation. A data obtaining section (56) obtains setting data in which an event serving as timing of starting or ending measurement of a play time in a game to be played is set. A detecting section (64) detects an occurrence of the event set in the setting data during play of the game. A time recording section (66) records time data indicating a time between timing of the occurrence of the event and predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shizuto Fukuda, Hisao Wada, Shinji Aizawa
  • Patent number: 10456681
    Abstract: A game system (information processing system (1)) includes: a communication section configured to be communicably connected to a network; an execution section configured to execute a game application; a display section configured to display an execution screen of a game based on the game application; an information acquisition section configured to acquire, from the network, information corresponding to the state of progress on the game; and a display control block configured to cause the display section to display a related picture including at least either text information or a play picture each related to the state of progress on the game, on the basis of the acquired information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shizuto Fukuda, Hisao Wada, Shinji Aizawa
  • Patent number: 10335679
    Abstract: Provided are a video processing device, a video processing method, and a program that allow for identification of a portion showing playing details at the time of occurrence of an event from a video showing game playing details on the basis of an event log. A tag data acquisition section (56) acquires logs of events that took place in a game. A material video acquisition section (58) acquires a video showing playing details of the game. An identification section (60) identifies a portion, in the video, showing the game playing details at the times of occurrence of the events represented by the logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shizuto Fukuda, Shinji Aizawa, Hisao Wada
  • Patent number: 10293250
    Abstract: A game device (information processing device (4)) includes a communication unit communicable with a portable terminal (2), an executing unit that executes a game application, a rendering unit that renders a game screen of a game based on the game application, and a switching unit that switches an operating state. The game device is configured to be usable in an independent use form in which the executing unit executes the game application and the rendering unit renders the game screen to cause the game to progress and a task processing form in which the executing unit processes a partial task of a game application executed in the portable terminal (2) and transmits a processing result of the partial task to the portable terminal (2). The switching unit carries out switching to any of the independent use form and the task processing form to cause the game device to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shizuto Fukuda, Shinji Aizawa, Hisao Wada
  • Patent number: 10220316
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, an information storage medium, an information processing system, and a management device for allowing a user to request capture of a desired play image. A request section transmits capture condition data representing a condition for capturing a play image that indicates details of a game in progress. A confirmation process execution section performs a confirmation process for capture of the play image appropriate to the condition represented by the capture condition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shizuto Fukuda, Shinji Aizawa, Hisao Wada
  • Patent number: 10137367
    Abstract: There are provided a capture notification system, a capture notification method, a program, an information storage medium, and an information processing device for allowing a user executing a program to become aware of another user capturing an image indicating content of execution of the program. A capture request receiving section receives a capture request of an image indicating content of execution of a program from a capture requesting user requesting capture of the image. A notifying section notifies a capture object user that the image is to be captured in response to the receipt of the capture request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shizuto Fukuda, Shinji Aizawa, Hisao Wada
  • Patent number: 10137370
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an operation acquisition unit (361) configured to acquire an input value in accordance with an inputting operation from an operation apparatus, an operation correction unit (369) configured to correct a rotation angle corresponding to the acquired input value on the basis of a correction value retained in advance, and a processing unit (application execution unit (36B)) configured to rotate a point of view of rendering in a virtual space in accordance with the corrected rotation angle. Consequently, the rotation angle of the point of view can be corrected to a rotation angle favorable to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shinji Aizawa, Shizuto Fukuda, Hisao Wada
  • Patent number: 9964211
    Abstract: An end part of a piston on a front edge side is formed so as to have a crowning of a 1.2-order to 2.5-order curve where a length is 10% or more and 80% or less of a length of a cylindrical part and a height is 10% or more and 160% or less of a clearance. An end part of a cylinder block on a front edge side is formed so as to have a crowning of a 1.2-order to 2.5-order curve where a length is 8% or more and 60% or less of the length of a cylindrical part and a height is 12% or more and 125% or less of the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu Yoshimura, Ryo Nomura, Hisao Wada, Ryuji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20170182415
    Abstract: Provided are a video processing device, a video processing method, and a program that allow for identification of a portion showing playing details at the time of occurrence of an event from a video showing game playing details on the basis of an event log. A tag data acquisition section (56) acquires logs of events that took place in a game. A material video acquisition section (58) acquires a video showing playing details of the game. An identification section (60) identifies a portion, in the video, showing the game playing details at the times of occurrence of the events represented by the logs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shizuto FUKUDA, Shinji AIZAWA, Hisao WADA
  • Publication number: 20170065884
    Abstract: A game device (information processing device (4)) includes a communication unit communicable with a portable terminal (2), an executing unit that executes a game application, a rendering unit that renders a game screen of a game based on the game application, and a switching unit that switches an operating state. The game device is configured to be usable in an independent use form in which the executing unit executes the game application and the rendering unit renders the game screen to cause the game to progress and a task processing form in which the executing unit processes a partial task of a game application executed in the portable terminal (2) and transmits a processing result of the partial task to the portable terminal (2). The switching unit carries out switching to any of the independent use form and the task processing form to cause the game device to operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Shizuto FUKUDA, Shinji AIZAWA, Hisao WADA
  • Publication number: 20170056768
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an operation acquisition unit (361) configured to acquire an input value in accordance with an inputting operation from an operation apparatus, an operation correction unit (369) configured to correct a rotation angle corresponding to the acquired input value on the basis of a correction value retained in advance, and a processing unit (application execution unit (36B)) configured to rotate a point of view of rendering in a virtual space in accordance with the corrected rotation angle. Consequently, the rotation angle of the point of view can be corrected to a rotation angle favorable to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji AIZAWA, Shizuto FUKUDA, Hisao WADA
  • Publication number: 20170050112
    Abstract: A game system (information processing system (1)) includes: a communication section configured to be communicably connected to a network; an execution section configured to execute a game application; a display section configured to display an execution screen of a game based on the game application; an information acquisition section configured to acquire, from the network, information corresponding to the state of progress on the game; and a display control block configured to cause the display section to display a related picture including at least either text information or a play picture each related to the state of progress on the game, on the basis of the acquired information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Shizuto FUKUDA, Hisao WADA, Shinji AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170007929
    Abstract: A play time recording device, a play time recording method, a program, and an information storage medium are provided which enable a user to record a play time in a game according to settings without performing an explicit operation. A data obtaining section (56) obtains setting data in which an event serving as timing of starting or ending measurement of a play time in a game to be played is set. A detecting section (64) detects an occurrence of the event set in the setting data during play of the game. A time recording section (66) records time data indicating a time between timing of the occurrence of the event and predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Shizuto FUKUDA, Hisao WADA, Shinji AIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20160354691
    Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, a program, an information storage medium, an information processing system, and a management device for allowing a user to request capture of a desired play image. A request section transmits capture condition data representing a condition for capturing a play image that indicates details of a game in progress. A confirmation process execution section performs a confirmation process for capture of the play image appropriate to the condition represented by the capture condition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Shizuto Fukuda, Shinji Aizawa, Hisao Wada