Patents by Inventor Shintaro Kinoshita

Shintaro Kinoshita 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).

  • Automatic power supply system, automatic power supply device, and autonomous moving system
    Patent number: 10023060
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic power supply device which enables to perform an automatic power supply with a simple configuration, with respect to a moving body. The automatic power supply device that includes a terminal for a power supply, and supplies power to a rechargeable battery which is placed in the moving body through a power receiver which is disposed in the moving body, the automatic power supply device includes a mechanism that drives a power supplier including the power supply terminal, and a mechanism that automatically charges the moving body. The automatic power supply device includes a cavity in a portion of a housing shape of the automatic power supply device, in a measurement area of an environment recognition sensor which is included in the moving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Murai, Shintaro Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Tatsuo Sakai
  • AUTOMATIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AUTOMATIC POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND AUTONOMOUS MOVING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180029487
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic power supply device which enables to perform an automatic power supply with a simple configuration, with respect to a moving body. The automatic power supply device that includes a terminal for a power supply, and supplies power to a rechargeable battery which is placed in the moving body through a power receiver which is disposed in the moving body, the automatic power supply device includes a mechanism that drives a power supplier including the power supply terminal, and a mechanism that automatically charges the moving body. The automatic power supply device includes a cavity in a portion of a housing shape of the automatic power supply device, in a measurement area of an environment recognition sensor which is included in the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: RYOSUKE MURAI, SHINTARO KINOSHITA, HIROYUKI UEMATSU, TATSUO SAKAI
  • REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140297066
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus includes a moving apparatus that has a control unit that stores map information and a target position and controls a tracking move to the target position along a moving path, and a remote control unit that transmits the target position input by a manipulating unit to the moving apparatus, and the control unit detects an input value of the manipulating unit as an amount of change, and autonomously moves the moving apparatus in a tracking manner while changing the target position in accordance with the amount of change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Tatsuo Sakai, Ryosuke Murai, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Shintaro Kinoshita
  • Autonomous mobile robot
    Patent number: D644256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiko Kitano, Shoichi Kobayashi, Mizuho Sakakibara, Rie Takahashi, Hajime Kawano, Tatsuo Sakai, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Shintaro Kinoshita, Ryosuke Murai
  • Autonomous mobile robot
    Patent number: D644257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiko Kitano, Shoichi Kobayashi, Mizuho Sakakibara, Rie Takahashi, Hajime Kawano, Tatsuo Sakai, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Shintaro Kinoshita, Ryosuke Murai
  • Autonomous mobile robot
    Patent number: D663333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiko Kitano, Shoichi Kobayashi, Mizuho Sakakibara, Hajime Kawano, Tatsuo Sakai, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Shintaro Kinoshita, Ryosuke Murai
  • Autonomous mobile robot
    Patent number: D663334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiko Kitano, Shoichi Kobayashi, Mizuho Sakakibara, Hajime Kawano, Tatsuo Sakai, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Shintaro Kinoshita, Ryosuke Murai