Patents by Inventor Kensuke KITAMURA

Kensuke KITAMURA 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).

  • Publication number: 20220097230
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a robot control device including a detection section that detects an external force applied to a movable part of a robot, on the basis of a parameter obtained from a joint driving the movable part, and a driving control section that controls an interaction of the robot, according to the detected external force. With this configuration, in a case where a user touches the robot, the robot can perform an interaction according to the touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: YUSUKE KAWABE, KENSUKE KITAMURA, KATSUHISA ITO
  • Patent number: 11262838
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device that provides feedback to a user. The information processing device includes: a recognition unit that recognizes a physical relation between a real object and a first virtual object positioned on an identical surface and a control unit that controls the behavior of the real object based on the physical relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eisuke Fujinawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Kensuke Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11157080
    Abstract: There is provided a detection device, including: a non-contact sensor unit that detects a shape of a finger; and a mounting unit that mounts the non-contact sensor unit on a hand at a more distal position than a carpal area. Generation of occlusions may be prevented and operations that utilize a shape of user's fingers may be detected more reliably, while a mounted component and an operating procedure may also be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakamura, Noriyuki Suzuki, Kensuke Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11038449
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle generator includes a shared terminal to be connected to a communication IF or a lamp IF via a switch; and a nonvolatile PROM which controls the switch based on shared terminal setting data and carries out switching between the IFs to be connected to the shared terminal. The PROM stores therein shared terminal setting data “communication IF effective” as its initial setting. The shared terminal setting data stored in the PROM can, when necessary, be rewritten into “lamp IF effective” via the shared terminal, the communication IF, and a memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakajima, Kensuke Kitamura, Katsuyuki Sumimoto
  • Publication number: 20210064122
    Abstract: [Problem] To enable more appropriate physical feedback to a user. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including: a recognition unit configured to recognize the physical relation between a real object and a first virtual object positioned on an identical surface; and a control unit configured to control the behavior of the real object based on the physical relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: EISUKE FUJINAWA, TETSUO IKEDA, KENSUKE KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200304046
    Abstract: A control device for a vehicle generator includes a shared terminal to be connected to a communication IF or a lamp IF via a switch; and a nonvolatile PROM which controls the switch based on shared terminal setting data and carries out switching between the IFs to be connected to the shared terminal. The PROM stores therein shared terminal setting data “communication IF effective” as its initial setting. The shared terminal setting data stored in the PROM can, when necessary, be rewritten into “lamp IF effective” via the shared terminal, the communication IF, and a memory controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro NAKAJIMA, Kensuke KITAMURA, Katsuyuki SUMIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200209966
    Abstract: There is provided a detection device, including: a non-contact sensor unit that detects a shape of a finger; and a mounting unit that mounts the non-contact sensor unit on a hand at a more distal position than a carpal area. Generation of occlusions may be prevented and operations that utilize a shape of user's fingers may be detected more reliably, while a mounted component and an operating procedure may also be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Noriyuki SUZUKI, Kensuke KITAMURA
  • Patent number: 10635171
    Abstract: There is provided a detection device, including: a non-contact sensor unit that detects a shape of a finger; and a mounting unit that mounts the non-contact sensor unit on a hand at a more distal position than a carpal area. Generation of occlusions may be prevented and operations that utilize a shape of user's fingers may be detected more reliably, while a mounted component and an operating procedure may also be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nakamura, Noriyuki Suzuki, Kensuke Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20170235364
    Abstract: There is provided a detection device, including: a non-contact sensor unit that detects a shape of a finger; and a mounting unit that mounts the non-contact sensor unit on a hand at a more distal position than a carpal area. Generation of occlusions may be prevented and operations that utilize a shape of user's fingers may be detected more reliably, while a mounted component and an operating procedure may also be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi NAKAMURA, Noriyuki SUZUKI, Kensuke KITAMURA