Patents by Inventor Jan ROD

Jan ROD 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: 11911905
    Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a selection part that selects a scenario to be used which an operator who operates a robot uses while operating the robot from among a plurality of scenario candidates in which an elapsed time since the robot has started an action and action contents of the robot are associated with each other, and a robot control part that controls the robot on the basis of the scenario to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Telexistence Inc.
    Inventors: Charith Lasantha Fernando, Jan Rod, Takashi Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20210201233
    Abstract: A reservation apparatus has an operator information acquisition part that acquires task information indicating content of task to be executed using any robots in association with an operator ID for identifying an operator U operating the robot, a selection part that selects a robot to be used by the operator U from among the plurality of robots on the basis of the contents of a task indicated by the task information, and a reservation processing part that causes a storage part to store, in association with the operator ID, a robot ID for identifying the robot to be used selected by the selection part and a reservation period during which the robot to be used become available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Charith Lasantha Fernando, Jan Rod, Takashi Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20210187738
    Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes a selection part that selects a scenario to be used which an operator who operates a robot uses while operating the robot from among a plurality of scenario candidates in which an elapsed time since the robot has started an action and action contents of the robot are associated with each other, and a robot control part that controls the robot on the basis of the scenario to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Charith Lasantha Fernando, Jan Rod, Takashi Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20210069894
    Abstract: A slave robot moves in conjunction with a change of a posture of an operator in a remote control system. A capture device acquires a signal indicating a posture of an operator's body. A control apparatus includes a receiving controller that receives a signal indicating a posture of the slave robot from the slave robot and receives the signal indicating the posture of the operator's body from the capture device, a posture comparing part that acquires a posture error indicating a difference between the posture of the slave robot and the posture of the operator, and a motion connecting part that transmits, to the slave robot, an operation signal for operating the slave robot generated on the basis of the change in the posture of the operator on a condition that the posture error is within a predetermined threshold range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jan Rod, Jose Enrique Chen, Genki Sano
  • Patent number: 9978264
    Abstract: A method is provided for device interaction and identification by detecting similar or synchronous movements of two or more electronic devices using two or more Movement Data from two or more involved electronic devices to interact with each other and detect when the movement or motion of involved devices corresponds with certain multi-device gestures or activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: 16Lab Inc
    Inventors: Rafael Ferrin, Tõnu Samuel, Jan Rod
  • Publication number: 20180033293
    Abstract: A method is provided for device interaction and identification by detecting similar or synchronous movements of two or more electronic devices using two or more Movement Data from two or more involved electronic devices to interact with each other and detect when the movement or motion of involved devices corresponds with certain multi-device gestures or activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: 16Lab Inc
    Inventors: Rafael Ferrin, Tõnu Samuel, Jan Rod
  • Publication number: 20170199586
    Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to provide a method to solve the common drift problems and 3D orientation errors related to the use of orientation data of a mobile or wearable device and target system and for using mobile or wearable device as a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) using Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and potentially other sensors (for example cameras and markers, radar systems) as input data to convert user's motion into an interaction, a pointer on the screen or a gesture. The contribution of this invention is a solution for well-known problems related to the use of IMUs and motion sensors as input devices for user interaction in general, as well as specific embodiments and application scenarios of these methods where wearable and/or mobile devices are used to control specific interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: 16Lab Inc.
    Inventors: Tõnu SAMUEL, Jan ROD, Rafael FERRIN
  • Publication number: 20170199578
    Abstract: The aim of the present invention is to provide low-power gesture control method for mobile and wearable devices for interacting target devices. Furthermore, this invention presents a take on solving the modality switching problems known from prior art, where one modality can be used to activate another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: 16Lab Inc.
    Inventors: Jan ROD, Rafael FERRIN, Tõnu SAMUEL