Patents by Inventor Sachie Hashimoto
Sachie Hashimoto 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: 20130167720Abstract: Provided is a gas purification method in which the amount of adsorbent is reduced, an adsorption column can be considerably miniaturized, the amount of regeneration gas can be reduced and the running cost can be reduced in cases where carbon dioxide or water which is an impurity contained in a gas to be purified is adsorptively removed; and in which a gas to be purified which contains carbon dioxide having a partial pressure of 35 Pa or lower as impurities is brought into contact with an adsorbent whose heat-regeneration temperature is set to from 160° C. to 240° C. composed of a faujasite type zeolite whose cation is sodium to adsorptively remove the carbon dioxide. Also provided is a gas purification method in which a gas to be purified is brought into contact with an adsorbent which is subjected to an initial activation at 300° C. or higher and composed of a faujasite type zeolite whose cation is lithium to adsorptively remove the residual carbon dioxide and a heat-regeneration is performed at 240° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATIONInventors: Takayoshi Adachi, Sachie Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8019474Abstract: In a control system of a legged mobile robot having a body and legs connected to the body and driven by a leg actuator, there is provided an operation controller which identifies a human being like visitor to be conducted in a company building and the like, and controls operation of the leg actuator to conduct the identified visitor to a destination such as a reception room in the company building space along a route determined based on a map stored in a map database, while keeping pace with the visitor, thereby enabling to establish better communication with the visitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taro Yokoyama, Sachie Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8010231Abstract: A communication robot including: a situation change detection unit for detecting writing of information into a situation database; a rule detection unit for detecting, from a rule database, a rule corresponding to the situation indicated by the data stored in the situation database when the writing of information into the situation database is detected by the situation change detection unit; an action inducing parameter setting unit for setting the degree of interest of the detected rule to at least one of movable parts and an audio output unit independently in the situation database; a parameter changing unit for independently changing the degree of interest set for the at least one of the movable parts and the audio output unit; and a command unit for requesting the at least one of the movable parts and the audio output unit to execute the execution command indicated by the detected rule.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoaki Sumida, Takahiro Ariizumi, Sachie Hashimoto, Yuichi Yoshida
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Patent number: 7983794Abstract: A robot recording a message on a wireless tag which includes: a voice recognition unit recognizing a voice input by a voice input unit which inputs a voice of a person; a message extraction unit extracting the message from the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit based on a fixed phrase provided for obtaining a message; a recording unit recording the message extracted by the message extraction unit on the wireless tag provided on an object.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Kawabe, Satoki Matsumoto, Sachie Hashimoto, Taro Yokoyama, Yoko Saito
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Patent number: 7894941Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an autonomous moving robot capable of visibly showing the human an initial check result for a sound input means in the initial stage after the robot device is turned on and activated, and whether or not the input sound was normally recognized. The robot has ears 9a, 9b respectively comprising microphones 10a, 10b for external sound input, and LED displays 11a, 11b with a plurality of luminescent portions around the respective microphones. The luminescent portions of the LED displays 11a, 11b indicate the judgment of the initial check on whether or not the ears 9a, 9b (the microphones 10a, 10b and the LED displays 11a, 11b) are normally functioning when the robot is turned on and activated, by means of the lighting states of the displays.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2005Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naohide Ogawa, Takuro Koyanagi, Asuka Shinna, Sachie Hashimoto, Yukiko Ehara
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Patent number: 7720685Abstract: To automate the work of recognizing a guest, check the appointment, notify a host of the arrival of the guest and conduct the guest to a designated place, a robot having a function to autonomously travel is equipped with camera/microphone for recognizing a guest at least according to image information. The system comprises management database adapted to communicate with the robot and equipped with an information database for identifying the recognized guest, and identifies the guest according to the information obtained from the camera/microphone and management database. The robot recognizes the guest from the image thereof, and the recognized guest is identified and verified by comparing the image of the visitor with the information contained in the database so that the robot can automatically conduct the guest to the designated meeting room according to the information of the appointment stored in the database.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2003Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiaki Sakagami, Shinichi Matsunaga, Nobuo Higaki, Kazunori Kanai, Naoaki Sumida, Takahiro Oohashi, Sachie Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20090149991Abstract: A communication robot including: a situation change detection unit for detecting writing of information into a situation database; a rule detection unit for detecting, from a rule database, a rule corresponding to the situation indicated by the data stored in the situation database when the writing of information into the situation database is detected by the situation change detection unit; an action inducing parameter setting unit for setting the degree of interest of the detected rule to at least one of movable parts and an audio output unit independently in the situation database; a parameter changing unit for independently changing the degree of interest set for the at least one of the movable parts and the audio output unit; and a command unit for requesting the at least one of the movable parts and the audio output unit to execute the execution command indicated by the detected rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoaki Sumida, Takahiro Ariizumi, Sachie Hashimoto, Yuichi Yoshida
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Patent number: 7330774Abstract: An operation control unit of a reception system includes a visitor ID information DB for storing therein visitor comparison information and visitor ID information including a phone number of a receiver of a visitor; an identifying unit for identifying the visitor when visitor information obtained by a camera or the like of the robot is identical to the visitor comparison information; a phone calling module for calling the phone number of a mobile terminal of the receiver via a phone network, when the visitor is identified; an informing content determining unit for determining an informing content to the receiver based on the visitor ID information, when the visitor is identified; and a speech generating part for converting the received information into a voice. The informing content is sent to the mobile terminal of the receiver via the phone network.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sachie Hashimoto, Kimio Takahashi
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Patent number: 7269480Abstract: A mobile robot which has a communication with a detection target by a motion of the mobile robot or by an utterance from the mobile robot, the mobile robot includes: a personal identification unit detecting an existence of the tag based on a signal transferred from the tag and obtaining the identification information stored on the tag; a position information acquisition unit obtaining distance information indicating a distance from the mobile robot to the detection target; a locomotion speed detection unit detecting a locomotion speed of the mobile robot; a personal information acquisition unit acquiring personal information based on the identification information; a communication motion determination unit determining contents of a communication motion based on the personal information; and an operation determination unit adjusting a start timing of each content of the communication motion based on distance information and on the locomotion speed of the mobile robot.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sachie Hashimoto, Satoki Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20070150108Abstract: In a control system of a legged mobile robot having a body and legs connected to the body and driven by a leg actuator, there is provided an operation controller which identifies a human being like visitor to be conducted in a company building and the like, and controls operation of the leg actuator to conduct the identified visitor to a destination such as a reception room in the company building space along a route determined based on a map stored in a map database, while keeping pace with the visitor, thereby enabling to establish better communication with the visitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Taro Yokoyama, Sachie Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20070150106Abstract: A mobile robot which has a communication with a detection target by a motion of the mobile robot or by an utterance from the mobile robot, the mobile robot includes: a personal identification unit detecting an existence of the tag based on a signal transferred from the tag and obtaining the identification information stored on the tag; a position information acquisition unit obtaining distance information indicating a distance from the mobile robot to the detection target; a locomotion speed detection unit detecting a locomotion speed of the mobile robot; a personal information acquisition unit acquiring personal information based on the identification information; a communication motion determination unit determining contents of a communication motion based on the personal information; and an operation determination unit adjusting a start timing of each content of the communication motion based on distance information and on the locomotion speed of the mobile robot.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Sachie Hashimoto, Satoki Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20070135962Abstract: A robot recording a message on a wireless tag which includes: a voice recognition unit recognizing a voice input by a voice input unit which inputs a voice of a person; a message extraction unit extracting the message from the vice recognized by the voice recognition unit based on a fixed phrase provided for obtaining a message; a recording unit recording the message extracted by the message extraction unit on the wireless tag provided on an object.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Koji Kawabe, Satoki Matsumoto, Sachie Hashimoto, Taro Yokoyama, Yoko Saito
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Publication number: 20070135119Abstract: An operation control unit of a reception system includes a visitor ID information DB for storing therein visitor comparison information and visitor ID information including a phone number of a receiver of a visitor; an identifying unit for identifying the visitor when visitor information obtained by a camera or the like of the robot is identical to the visitor comparison information; a phone calling module for calling the phone number of a mobile terminal of the receiver via a phone network, when the visitor is identified; an informing content determining unit for determining an informing content to the receiver based on the visitor ID information, when the visitor is identified; and a speech generating part for converting the received information into a voice. The informing content is sent to the mobile terminal of the receiver via the phone network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Sachie Hashimoto, Kimio Takahashi
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Publication number: 20060129275Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an autonomous moving robot capable of visibly showing the human an initial check result for a sound input means in the initial stage after the robot device is turned on and activated, and whether or not the input sound was normally recognized. The robot has ears 9a, 9b respectively comprising microphones 10a, 10b for external sound input, and LED displays 11a, 11b with a plurality of luminescent portions around the respective microphones. The luminescent portions of the LED displays 11a, 11b indicate the judgment of the initial check on whether or not the ears 9a, 9b (the microphones 10a, 10b and the LED displays 11a, 11b) are normally functioning when the robot is turned on and activated, by means of the lighting states of the displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2005Publication date: June 15, 2006Inventors: Naohide Ogawa, Takuro Koyanagi, Asuka Shiina, Sachie Hashimoto, Yukiko Ehara
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Publication number: 20040111273Abstract: To automate the work of recognizing a guest, check the appointment, notify a host of the arrival of the guest and conduct the guest to a designated place, a robot having a function to autonomously travel is equipped with camera/microphone for recognizing a guest at least according to image information. The system comprises management database adapted to communicate with the robot and equipped with an information database for identifying the recognized guest, and identifies the guest according to the information obtained from the camera/microphone and management database. The robot recognizes the guest from the image thereof, and the recognized guest is identified and verified by comparing the image of the visitor with the information contained in the database so that the robot can automatically conduct the guest to the designated meeting room according to the information of the appointment stored in the database.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Yoshiaki Sakagami, Shinichi Matsunaga, Nobuo Higaki, Kazunori Kanai, Naoaki Sumida, Takahiro Oohashi, Sachie Hashimoto