Patents by Inventor Masahiro Emoto

Masahiro Emoto 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).

  • Autonomously acting robot that stares at companion
    Patent number: 11498222
    Abstract: A robot includes an operation control unit that selects a motion of the robot, a drive mechanism that executes a motion selected by the operation control unit, an eye control unit that causes an eye image to be displayed on a monitor installed in the robot, and a recognizing unit that detects a user. The eye control unit causes a pupil region included in the eye image to change in accordance with a relative position of the user and the robot. A configuration may be such that the eye control unit causes the pupil region to change when detecting a sight line direction of the user, or when the user is in a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: GROOVE X, INC.
    Inventors: Yuuki Takada, Takuma Miyamoto, Kaname Hayashi, Shunsuke Otsubo, Hiroki Nakazato, Naoto Yoshioka, Masahiro Emoto
  • AUTONOMOUSLY ACTING ROBOT THAT STARES AT COMPANION
    Publication number: 20200206940
    Abstract: A robot includes an operation control unit that selects a motion of the robot, a drive mechanism that executes a motion selected by the operation control unit, an eye control unit that causes an eye image to he displayed on a monitor installed in the robot, and a recognizing unit that detects a user. The eye control unit causes a pupil region included in the eye image to change in accordance with a relative position of the user and the robot. A configuration may be such that the eye control unit causes the pupil region to change when detecting a sight line direction of the user, or when the user is in a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yuuki TAKADA, Takuma MIYAMOTO, Kaname HAYASHI, Shunsuke OTSUBO, Hiroki NAKAZATO, Naoto YOSHIOKA, Masahiro EMOTO
  • Mobile telephone with simultaneous power-on and transmission setting function
    Patent number: 7164935
    Abstract: A control unit 102 of a mobile telephone 10 sets a radio wave mode to ON or OFF, and stores the setting of the radio wave mode internally. ON shows that radio wave transmission is permitted, and OFF shows that radio wave transmission is prohibited. When the stored radio wave mode setting is OFF, radio wave transmission is suppressed even if input such as that for mail transmission is received. By setting the radio wave mode to OFF, functions that do not require radio wave transmission can be used, even in places where radio wave transmission is prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Naka, Masahiro Emoto
  • Mobile telephone
    Publication number: 20030087679
    Abstract: A control unit 102 of a mobile telephone 10 sets a radio wave mode to ON or OFF, and stores the setting of the radio wave mode internally. ON shows that radio wave transmission is permitted, and OFF shows that radio wave transmission is prohibited. When the stored radio wave mode setting is OFF, radio wave transmission is suppressed even if input such as that for mail transmission is received. By setting the radio wave mode to OFF, functions that do not require radio wave transmission can be used, even in places where radio wave transmission is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Yasushi Naka, Masahiro Emoto