Patents by Inventor Rie Katsuki
Rie Katsuki 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).
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Publication number: 20230122583Abstract: A route planning device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: calculate a tentative route passing through a plurality of tour points disposed in a virtual space that is acquired by removing an obstacle from a space including the obstacle; and derive a route with one or more via points added around an interference point between the obstacle included in the space and the tentative route with a calculation accuracy corresponding to a precision of via point calculation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Rie KATSUKI, Noriyuki HIRAYAMA, Toshimitsu KANEKO
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Patent number: 11548387Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a map defining a target in a coordinate space in which a direction along a traveling direction of a moving object is one of coordinate axes, and approximate a movement route of the moving object with a specified shape area along a coordinate axis in the coordinate space, the specified shape area being a basic unit of collision determination.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Yuma Sano, Rie Katsuki
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Patent number: 11541537Abstract: According to an embodiment, an article posture changing device includes: a first end effector configured to grasp a projected tag of an article by adsorption; an arm unit configured to support the first end effector and move the first end effector along at least a vertical direction; and a controller configured to control the arm unit and the first end effector to grasp the tag, lift the article upward, separate the article from a placement surface, change an angle of the article by weight thereof, move the article downward, place the article on the placement surface, and release the grasp of the tag.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Daisuke Yamamoto, Takafumi Sonoura, Junji Oaki, Hideki Ogawa, Junya Tanaka, Hiroshi Ohtsu, Kohei Nara, Keisuke Kamata, Rie Katsuki, Kazuhide Sawa
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Patent number: 11536833Abstract: An information processing device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtain target information that indicates at least one of a distance to a target object or a position of the target object. The processing circuitry generate, based on the target information, map information of a space including a plurality of areas, the map information indicating presence or absence of the target object in a first area included in the plurality of areas, and a detailed position of the target object in the first area.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Yuma Sano, Rie Katsuki
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Publication number: 20220057795Abstract: According to an embodiment, a drive control device includes a generation unit configured to generate autonomous driving control information to control a behavior of a mobile object using autonomous driving; a prediction unit configured to predict a behavior of the mobile object when switching from the autonomous driving to manual driving; a determination unit configured to determine a difference between the behavior of the mobile object controlled by the autonomous driving control information and the behavior of the mobile object when the switching to the manual driving is made; an output control unit configured to output information that prompts a driver of the mobile object to select the autonomous driving or the manual driving, when the difference is present; and a power control unit configured to control a power unit of the mobile object using the autonomous driving or the manual driving.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Rie KATSUKI, Toshimitsu KANEKO, Masahiro SEKINE
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Publication number: 20220041165Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors. The processors generate a plurality of nodes at positions corresponding to an operation indicated by an avoidance pattern to avoid a first object on a first trajectory based on one or more avoidance patterns indicating one or more operations of a mobile object for avoiding an object. The processors search for a trajectory candidate whose moving cost is smaller than that of another trajectory candidate among a plurality of trajectory candidates connecting a plurality of nodes for each avoidance pattern. The processors select a trajectory candidate whose moving cost is smaller than that of another trajectory candidate from among one or more trajectory candidates searched for each avoidance pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Rie KATSUKI, Toshimitsu KANEKO, Masahiro SEKINE
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Patent number: 10926760Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory and one or more hardware processors electrically coupled to the memory and configured to function as a change unit, and a display controller. The change unit is configured to change a reference path to a position at a lateral distance when the lateral distance obtained from lateral environmental information indicating a lateral environment of the reference path referred to as a scheduled running path of a moving body is larger than a distance from a lateral end to a center of a running region of the moving body. The display controller is configured to display display information including the reference path on a display unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Rie Katsuki, Tsuyoshi Tasaki
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Patent number: 10921143Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: arrange a node in a first region not interfering with an object on a scheduled traveling route; arrange a node in a second region around an interference region interfering with the object; and search for a route going through a plurality of nodes and having a moving cost from a first point to a second point on the scheduled traveling route equal to or smaller than a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Rie Katsuki, Tsuyoshi Tasaki
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Publication number: 20200086484Abstract: According to an embodiment, an article posture changing device includes: a first end effector configured to grasp a projected tag of an article by adsorption; an arm unit configured to support the first end effector and move the first end effector along at least a vertical direction; and a controller configured to control the arm unit and the first end effector to grasp the tag, lift the article upward, separate the article from a placement surface, change an angle of the article by weight thereof, move the article downward, place the article on the placement surface, and release the grasp of the tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Daisuke YAMAMOTO, Takafumi SONOURA, Junji OAKI, Hideki OGAWA, Junya TANAKA, Hiroshi OHTSU, Kohei NARA, Keisuke KAMATA, Rie KATSUKI, Kazuhide SAWA
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Publication number: 20200003898Abstract: An information processing device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtain target information that indicates at least one of a distance to a target object or a position of the target object. The processing circuitry generate, based on the target information, map information of a space including a plurality of areas, the map information indicating presence or absence of the target object in a first area included in the plurality of areas, and a detailed position of the target object in the first area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi TASAKI, Yuma SANO, Rie KATSUKI
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Patent number: 10451735Abstract: An information processing device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtain target information that indicates at least one of a distance to a target object or a position of the target object. The processing circuitry generate, based on the target information, map information of a space including a plurality of areas, the map information indicating presence or absence of the target object in a first area included in the plurality of areas, and a detailed position of the target object in the first area.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Yuma Sano, Rie Katsuki
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Publication number: 20190291724Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory and one or more hardware processors electrically coupled to the memory and configured to function as a change unit, and a display controller. The change unit is configured to change a reference path to a position at a lateral distance when the lateral distance obtained from lateral environmental information indicating a lateral environment of the reference path referred to as a scheduled running path of a moving body is larger than a distance from a lateral end to a center of a running region of the moving body. The display controller is configured to display display information including the reference path on a display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Rie KATSUKI, Tsuyoshi TASAKI
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Patent number: 10410172Abstract: According to an embodiment, an object detection apparatus includes an imaging unit, an extraction unit, an estimation unit, and a detection unit. The imaging unit acquires an image of a plurality of polyhedrons which are loaded, each of the polyhedrons having a marker on a surface, each of marker including a first straight line portion and a second straight line portion. The extraction unit that extracts a plurality of markers included in the image. The estimation unit estimates a region included in the surface by using the first straight line portion and the second straight line portion of the extracted markers. The detection unit detects a region having all corners provided with the markers as a surface of a desired polyhedron.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Takafumi Sonoura, Akihito Ogawa, Hideichi Nakamoto, Haruna Eto, Rie Katsuki, Junya Tanaka
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Patent number: 10354150Abstract: According to one embodiment, an apparatus for generating an occupancy grid map constituted with a two-dimensional grid around a first moving body includes processing circuitry configured to acquire data of a distance from the first moving body to an obstacle lying in surroundings of the first moving body; acquire first information indicating the movement status of the first moving body at current time and determine an operation mode of the first moving body; set a range of interest in a grid of a resolution higher than a resolution of the grid of the occupancy grid map, from the operation mode; and align the occupancy grid map to the range of interest and generate the occupancy grid map in such a manner that the obstacle exists in the grid of the occupancy grid map and the grid of the range of interest with respect to a position corresponding to the distance data.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masaki Yamazaki, Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Rie Katsuki, Tomoki Watanabe, Masahiro Sekine, Manabu Nishiyama
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Patent number: 10256789Abstract: A displacement conversion mechanism of an embodiment is a displacement conversion mechanism which is provided with a base, a displacement element which is in contact with the base and is displaced in a first direction, a first displacement portion which is in contact with the displacement element and can be displaced in the first direction, a second displacement portion which connects to an end of the first displacement portion at a first connection portion, and connects to the base at a second connection portion, and a third displacement portion which connects to the other end of the first displacement portion, connects to an end portion of the second displacement portion at a fourth connection portion, and can be displaced in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiroshi Takahashi, Junya Tanaka, Rie Katsuki, Hiroyuki Kayano, Noritsugu Shiokawa, Tamio Kawaguchi, Hiroaki Ikeuchi
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Publication number: 20190000272Abstract: Provide a cooking device capable of processing food with a simple configuration while inhibiting oxidation of food and also inhibiting pressure inside a cooking container from rising excessively. A cooking device processes food in an accommodation space by a processing tool rotated by a motor while an air in the accommodation space in which the processing tool to process the food is arranged is exhausted and includes a driving device (a closing member) and a check valve. The driving device opens/closes the accommodation space. The check valve allows an outflow of the air out of the accommodation space when the air in the accommodation space closed by the driving device is exhausted and also stops an opposite flow of the air after the air is exhausted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services CorporationInventors: Rie Katsuki, Yuko Kobayashi, Toshikatsu Akiba, Yasuo Shima, Hideki Ito
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Publication number: 20180360271Abstract: Provide a cooking device capable of processing food with a simple configuration while inhibiting oxidation of food and also inhibiting pressure inside a cooking container from rising excessively. A cooking device processes food in an accommodation space by a processing tool rotated by a motor while an air in the accommodation space in which the processing tool to process the food is arranged is exhausted and includes a driving device (a closing member) and a check valve. The driving device opens/closes the accommodation space. The check valve allows an outflow of the air out of the accommodation space when the air in the accommodation space closed by the driving device is exhausted and also stops an opposite flow of the air after the air is exhausted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services CorporationInventors: Rie KATSUKI, Yuko Kobayashi, Toshikatsu Akiba, Yasuo Shima, Hideki Ito
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Publication number: 20180364060Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: arrange a node in a first region not interfering with an object on a scheduled traveling route; arrange a node in a second region around an interference region interfering with the object; and search for a route going through a plurality of nodes and having a moving cost from a first point to a second point on the scheduled traveling route equal to or smaller than a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Rie KATSUKI, Tsuyoshi TASAKI
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Publication number: 20180251029Abstract: According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a map defining a target in a coordinate space in which a direction along a traveling direction of a moving object is one of coordinate axes, and approximate a movement rout of the moving objet with a specified shape area along a coordinate axis in the coordinate space, the specified shape area being a basic unit of collision determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2017Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tsuyoshi TASAKI, Yuma SANO, Rie KATSUKI
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Patent number: 10066951Abstract: An information processing device according to an embodiment has a recommended route generation function. The recommended route generation function generates a recommended route with a changed section involving a change in a traveling direction within a predetermined range on a scheduled traveling route, the changed section including a first line and a second line. The first line continues to a first position at an entrance of the changed section. The second line continues to a second position at an exit of the changed section. The second line is longer than the first line. A tangential line of the second line and an exit line of the changed section forms an angle within a predetermined angle range.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Rie Katsuki, Tsuyoshi Tasaki