Patents by Inventor Fumihide Tanaka

Fumihide Tanaka 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).

  • Interaction device implementing a bayesian's estimation
    Patent number: 8484146
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interaction device adapted for setting own controller for maximizing expectation of information defined between a hypothesis about an interaction object and own input/output. Thus, the social robot can judge by using only simple input/output sensor whether or not the human being is present or absent at the outside world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, University of California, San Diego Regents of University of California
    Inventors: Javier R. Movellan, Fumihide Tanaka
  • Robot apparatus and method of controlling the behavior thereof
    Patent number: 8315454
    Abstract: The present invention provides a robot apparatus that can perform appropriate actions in accordance with the ambient conditions, and a method of controlling the behavior of the robot apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fumihide Tanaka, Hiroaki Ogawa, Hirotaka Suzuki, Osamu Hanagata, Tsutomu Sawada, Masato Ito
  • Robot apparatus and method of controlling the motion thereof
    Patent number: 7689322
    Abstract: The present invention provides a robot apparatus is capable of moving autonomously, flexibly responding to a motion of conforming to an external moving subject that may typically be the user of the robot apparatus and conforming to the motion of the moving subject, and also capable of modifying the conforming relationship with the moving subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Fumihide Tanaka
  • Interaction device
    Publication number: 20070198444
    Abstract: The present invention provides an interaction device adapted for setting own controller for maximizing expectation of information defined between a hypothesis about an interaction object and own input/output. Thus, the social robot can judge by using only simple input/output sensor whether or not the human being is present or absent at the outside world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Javier Movellan, Fumihide Tanaka
  • Robot apparatus and method of controlling the behavior thereof
    Publication number: 20060056678
    Abstract: The present invention provides a robot apparatus that can perform appropriate actions in accordance with the ambient conditions, and a method of controlling the behavior of the robot apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Fumihide Tanaka, Hiroaki Ogawa, Hirotaka Suzuki, Osamu Hanagata, Tsutomu Sawada, Masato Ito
  • Robot apparatus and method of controlling the motion thereof
    Publication number: 20060020368
    Abstract: The present invention provides a robot apparatus is capable of moving autonomously, flexibly responding to a motion of conforming to an external moving subject that may typically be the user of the robot apparatus and conforming to the motion of the moving subject, and also capable of modifying the conforming relationship with the moving subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventor: Fumihide Tanaka