Patents by Inventor Gregory Hornby

Gregory Hornby 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).

  • Robot device and learning method of robot device
    Patent number: 6534943
    Abstract: A walking-type robot device and its learning method are disclosed, wherein the robot device is caused to perform walking that accords with the parameters for controlling the walking, the walking is evaluated, and the parameters are updated so that the very evaluation is enhanced. Besides, a walking-type robot device is provided with a controlling means for controlling the robot so as to cause it to perform walking that accords with parameters which prescribe the driving phase of each leg of the time of walking, an evaluating means for evaluating the velocity of the walking, and a parameter updating means for updating the parameters so that the evaluation of the walking by the evaluating means is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Hornby, Seiichi Takamura, Masahiro Fujita, Takashi Yamamoto, Osamu Hanagata, Jun Yokono