Patents by Inventor Takuma Morinaga

Takuma Morinaga 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).

  • Patent number: 11938625
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus and an information processing method to increase movement patterns of an autonomous mobile body more easily, the information processing apparatus including an operation control unit configured to control an operation of a driving unit. The operation control unit generates, on the basis of a teaching movement, control sequence data for causing a driving unit of an autonomous mobile body to execute an autonomous movement corresponding to the teaching movement, and causes the driving unit to execute the autonomous movement according to the control sequence data, on the basis of an action plan determined by situation estimation. The information processing method includes controlling, by a processor, an operation of a driving unit, and the controlling further includes generating control sequence data, and causing the driving unit to execute an autonomous movement according to the control sequence data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoo Mizukami, Mika Nagae, Takuma Morita, Naoya Muramatsu, Eiichiro Morinaga, Katsuhisa Ito
  • Publication number: 20100316785
    Abstract: A method for treating roasted coffee beans, to improve an extraction rate of coffee component from the roasted coffee beans and to increase a richness component content of the roasted coffee beans while suppressing acidity generation in the roasted coffee beans, includes: a sugar-enriching treatment step in which roasted coffee beans are brought into contact with sugar to increase a sugar content of the roasted coffee beans; and a water vapor treatment step in which the roasted coffee beans having undergone the sugar-enriching treatment are brought into contact with water vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Takuma Morinaga, Koichi Nakahara