Patents by Inventor Akinori Kamoda

Akinori Kamoda 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: 11980436
    Abstract: A medical system is described in which, the system includes a control device having processing circuitry configured to: receive positional information relating to the position of at least a part of a surgical robot; determine a boundary around the surgical robot based on the positional information; and control the generation of a haptic sensation at the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Wright, Akinori Kamoda
  • Publication number: 20230298482
    Abstract: A surgical training system comprising circuitry configured to: obtain surgical information recorded during each of a plurality of surgical performances occurring at a plurality of identified times by each of a plurality of surgeons in a surgeon network; determine a level of influence of each surgeon using the surgical information and the identified times; and output an identifier of a surgeon with a level of influence which meets a predetermined condition as a candidate for receiving training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Nicholas WALKER, Akinori KAMODA
  • Publication number: 20230145790
    Abstract: A device, comprising circuitry configured to: receive surgical data indicating a parameter of a surgical instrument used during a surgical procedure and a stress related parameter of a member of a surgical team performing the surgical procedure; and associating the surgical data with the stress related parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas WALKER, Christopher WRIGHT, Akinori KAMODA
  • Publication number: 20230017738
    Abstract: A system for controlling a medical image capture device during surgery, the system including: circuitry configured to receive a first image of the surgical scene, captured by the medical image capture device from a first viewpoint, and additional information of the scene; determine, for the medical image capture device, in accordance with the additional information and previous viewpoint information of surgical scenes, one or more candidate viewpoints from which to obtain an image of the surgical scene; provide, in accordance with the first image of the surgical scene, for each of the one or more candidate viewpoints, a simulated image of the surgical scene from the candidate viewpoint; control the medical image capture device to obtain an image of the surgical scene from the candidate viewpoint corresponding to a selection of one of the one or more simulated images of the surgical scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Christopher WRIGHT, Akinori KAMODA, Yohei KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220409326
    Abstract: A system for controlling a medical image capture device during surgery is provided, the system including circuitry configured to acquire first image data from the medical image capture device, the first image data being of an appearance of a surgical scene at a first instance of time; determine, based on a predicted appearance of the surgical scene based on the first image data at a second instance of time after the first instance of time, one or more desired image capture properties of the medical image capture device; and control the medical image capture device at a third instance of time, the third instance of time being between the first instance of time and the second instance of time, in accordance with the one or more desired image capture properties of the medical image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Bernadette ELLIOTT-BOWMAN, Akinori KAMODA, Yohei KURODA
  • Publication number: 20220031414
    Abstract: A medical system is described in which, the system includes a control device having processing circuitry configured to: receive positional information relating to the position of at least a part of a surgical robot; determine a boundary around the surgical robot based on the positional information; and control the generation of a haptic sensation at the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Akinori KAMODA
  • Patent number: 11072068
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes a grasping section that grasps an object, a recognition section that recognizes a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object, and a grasp planning section that plans a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part. The robot apparatus further includes a grasp control section that controls grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Kawanami, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tsutomu Sawada, Masakuni Nagano, Akinori Kamoda
  • Publication number: 20210225502
    Abstract: An operating room control system is described that includes circuitry configured to: determine a plurality of regions located within at least part of the operating room, at least one of the regions having a predefined surgical device attribute defining a characteristic of a surgical device located within that region; and control a display to display to a user the at least one region overlaid on the at least part of the operating room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Akinori KAMODA
  • Patent number: 10922330
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a recommender list obtaining unit obtaining a recommender list in which a recommender of content is associated with an evaluation score of the recommender for on a per-genre basis, a recommended content selecting unit selecting recommended content based on the recommender list, and a sending unit sending the recommended content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Nakamura, Eiji Kamino, Takeshi Iizuka, Akinori Kamoda
  • Publication number: 20200143534
    Abstract: A medical imaging system including circuitry configured to: apply a surface acoustic wave on the tissue to interact with the vessel; capture an image of the tissue when the surface acoustic wave interacts with the vessel; and identify a property of the vessel from the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher WRIGHT, Matthew LAWRENSON, Nicholas WALKER, Akinori KAMODA
  • Publication number: 20190009409
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes: a grasping section configured to grasp an object; a recognition section configured to recognize a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object; a grasp planning section configured to plan a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part; and a grasp control section configured to control grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: YASUNORI KAWANAMI, TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, TSUTOMU SAWADA, MASAKUNI NAGANO, AKINORI KAMODA
  • Patent number: 10093020
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes: a grasping section configured to grasp an object; a recognition section configured to recognize a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object; a grasp planning section configured to plan a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part; and a grasp control section configured to control grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Kawanami, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tsutomu Sawada, Masakuni Nagano, Akinori Kamoda
  • Patent number: 9407952
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a detector configured to detect use of an application on a communication terminal, and a controller configured to control recording processing related to content that is being output from a content output device associated with the communication terminal in accordance with a detection result obtained by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigefumi Tamura, Megumi Kikuchi, Kenji Nishiyama, Akira Tange, Akira Ishizuka, Shogo Kawata, Akinori Kamoda
  • Publication number: 20160082590
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes: a grasping section configured to grasp an object; a recognition section configured to recognize a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object; a grasp planning section configured to plan a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part; and a grasp control section configured to control grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yasunori Kawanami, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tsutomu Sawada, Masakuni Nagano, Akinori Kamoda
  • Patent number: 9205559
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes: a grasping section configured to grasp an object; a recognition section configured to recognize a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object; a grasp planning section configured to plan a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part; and a grasp control section configured to control grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Kawanami, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tsutomu Sawada, Masakuni Nagano, Akinori Kamoda
  • Publication number: 20150040166
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a detector configured to detect use of an application on a communication terminal, and a controller configured to control recording processing related to content that is being output from a content output device associated with the communication terminal in accordance with a detection result obtained by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigefumi Tamura, Megumi Kikuchi, Kenji Nishiyama, Akira Tange, Akira Ishizuka, Shogo Kawata, Akinori Kamoda
  • Publication number: 20130332469
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including a recommender list obtaining unit obtaining a recommender list in which a recommender of content is associated with an evaluation score of the recommender for on a per-genre basis, a recommended content selecting unit selecting recommended content based on the recommender list, and a sending unit sending the recommended content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro NAKAMURA, Eiji KAMINO, Takeshi IIZUKA, Akinori KAMODA
  • Publication number: 20130245822
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes: a grasping section configured to grasp an object; a recognition section configured to recognize a graspable part and a handing-over area part of the object; a grasp planning section configured to plan a path of the grasping section for handing over the object to a recipient by the handing-over area part; and a grasp control section configured to control grasp operation of the object by the grasping section in accordance with the planned path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Kawanami, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tsutomu Sawada, Masakuni Nagano, Akinori Kamoda