Patents by Inventor Masahiro Shimase

Masahiro Shimase 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: 11899456
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to realize a rich motion expression of an autonomous mobile object by easier attitude control. The information processing device includes: a motion control unit that controls a motion of an autonomous mobile object, wherein the autonomous mobile object includes a wheel that can be stored inside a main body and that can be protruded to an outside of the main body, and the motion control unit keeps a standing state by making the wheel protruded to the outside of the main body and performs driving control of the wheel and attitude control of the autonomous mobile object in movement of the autonomous mobile object, and makes the autonomous mobile object remain still in a seated state during a stop thereof by storing the wheel inside the main body is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC
    Inventors: Noriaki Takagi, Masahiro Shimase, Tomoyuki Sonoda, Daisuke Watanabe, Kohei Takada
  • Publication number: 20220326707
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to realize a rich motion expression of an autonomous mobile object by easier attitude control. The information processing device includes: a motion control unit that controls a motion of an autonomous mobile object, wherein the autonomous mobile object includes a wheel that can be stored inside a main body and that can be protruded to an outside of the main body, and the motion control unit keeps a standing state by making the wheel protruded to the outside of the main body and performs driving control of the wheel and attitude control of the autonomous mobile object in movement of the autonomous mobile object, and makes the autonomous mobile object remain still in a seated state during a stop thereof by storing the wheel inside the main body is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Noriaki TAKAGI, Masahiro SHIMASE, Tomoyuki SONODA, Daisuke WATANABE, Kohei TAKADA
  • Patent number: 11409289
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to realize a rich motion expression of an autonomous mobile object by easier attitude control. The information processing device includes: a motion control unit that controls a motion of an autonomous mobile object, wherein the autonomous mobile object includes a wheel that can be stored inside a main body and that can be protruded to an outside of the main body, and the motion control unit keeps a standing state by making the wheel protruded to the outside of the main body and performs driving control of the wheel and attitude control of the autonomous mobile object in movement of the autonomous mobile object, and makes the autonomous mobile object remain still in a seated state during a stop thereof by storing the wheel inside the main body is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS. INC
    Inventors: Noriaki Takagi, Masahiro Shimase, Tomoyuki Sonoda, Daisuke Watanabe, Kohei Takada
  • Publication number: 20200409365
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to realize a rich motion expression of an autonomous mobile object by easier attitude control. The information processing device includes: a motion control unit that controls a motion of an autonomous mobile object, wherein the autonomous mobile object includes a wheel that can be stored inside a main body and that can be protruded to an outside of the main body, and the motion control unit keeps a standing state by making the wheel protruded to the outside of the main body and performs driving control of the wheel and attitude control of the autonomous mobile object in movement of the autonomous mobile object, and makes the autonomous mobile object remain still in a seated state during a stop thereof by storing the wheel inside the main body is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Noriaki TAKAGI, Masahiro SHIMASE, Tomoyuki SONODA, Daisuke WATANABE, Kohei TAKADA
  • Patent number: 10837799
    Abstract: There is provided a driving apparatus including: a rotation unit configured to be rotated about a center shaft by driving of a motor; a rotation angle acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a rotation angle of the rotation unit, as information proportional to the rotation angle; and a control unit configured to control the driving of the motor on the basis of the information of the rotation angle acquired by the rotation angle acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Yu Shigeta, Masahiro Shimase, Kazuaki Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20190331506
    Abstract: There is provided a driving apparatus including: a rotation unit configured to be rotated about a center shaft by driving of a motor; a rotation angle acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a rotation angle of the rotation unit, as information proportional to the rotation angle; and a control unit configured to control the driving of the motor on the basis of the information of the rotation angle acquired by the rotation angle acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Yu SHIGETA, Masahiro SHIMASE, Kazuaki HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 8238033
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a liquid lens device includes: preparing a body having a liquid chamber, a conductive first liquid stored in the liquid chamber, an insulating second liquid stored in the liquid chamber, an electrode kept in contact with the first liquid, and a liquid discharge passage for making the communication between the inside and the outside of the liquid chamber; applying pressure to the first and second transparent substrates to thereby compress the sealing member and discharge the first liquid through the liquid discharge passage to the outside of the liquid chamber; and closing the liquid discharge passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Takai, Tetsuyuki Yoshida, Masahiro Shimase, Hiroaki Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 8159754
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical device including: a light-transmitting first main body which constitutes a part on a light incidence side; a light-transmitting second main body which constitutes a part on a light outgoing side; a third main body which is stacked between the first main body and the second main body in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and which defines a liquid chamber between the first main body and the second main body; a lens surface which is formed by an interface between a plurality of liquids differing in refractive index and sealed in the inside of the liquid chamber, and which is electrically deformable; and a jig which clamps the mutually stacked first main body, second main body, and third main body in the second direction by the third engaging part and the fourth engaging part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Takai, Tetsuyuki Yoshida, Hiroaki Ishiguro, Masahiro Shimase
  • Publication number: 20100302646
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a liquid lens device includes: preparing a body having a liquid chamber, a conductive first liquid stored in the liquid chamber, an insulating second liquid stored in the liquid chamber, an electrode kept in contact with the first liquid, and a liquid discharge passage for making the communication between the inside and the outside of the liquid chamber; applying pressure to the first and second transparent substrates to thereby compress the sealing member and discharge the first liquid through the liquid discharge passage to the outside of the liquid chamber; and closing the liquid discharge passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: YUICHI TAKAI, TETSUYUKI YOSHIDA, MASAHIRO SHIMASE, HIROAKI ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20100271709
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical device including: a light-transmitting first main body which constitutes a part on a light incidence side; a light-transmitting second main body which constitutes a part on a light outgoing side; a third main body which is stacked between the first main body and the second main body in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and which defines a liquid chamber between the first main body and the second main body; a lens surface which is formed by an interface between a plurality of liquids differing in refractive index and sealed in the inside of the liquid chamber, and which is electrically deformable; and a jig which clamps the mutually stacked first main body, second main body, and third main body in the second direction by the third engaging part and the fourth engaging part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi TAKAI, Tetsuyuki YOSHIDA, Hiroaki ISHIGURO, Masahiro SHIMASE