Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son 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: 20260200711
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: an acquisition unit that acquires detection information obtained by detecting a positional relationship in a work area between a human and a work body working together with the human in the work area; and a control unit that causes, on the basis of the detection information acquired by the acquisition unit, a notification unit mounted on the work body to notify the human of alert information that urges the human to pay attention in a case in which the positional relationship is a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi Son
  • Publication number: 20260192206
    Abstract: In an action control system, an action of an avatar includes producing and playing music in consideration of an event of a previous day, and in a case in which the action determination unit determines to produce and play music in consideration of the event of the previous day as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit acquires a summary of event data of the previous day stored in the history data and produces music based on the summary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260195953
    Abstract: An avatar is caused to perform an action appropriate for an action of a user. In an action control system, in a case in which an action of the avatar includes dreaming and the action determination unit determines dreaming, as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit creates an original event obtained by combining multiple pieces of event data among pieces of data in history data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260195961
    Abstract: An avatar is caused to perform an action appropriate for an action of a user. In an action control system, in a case in which an action of the avatar includes dreaming and the action determination unit determines dreaming, as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit creates an original event obtained by combining multiple pieces of event data among pieces of data in history data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260196141
    Abstract: An avatar is caused to perform an action appropriate for an action of a user. In an action control system, in a case in which an action of the avatar includes dreaming and the action determination unit determines dreaming, as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit creates an original event obtained by combining multiple pieces of event data among pieces of data in history data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260197394
    Abstract: An avatar is caused to perform an action appropriate for an action of a user. In an action control system, in a case in which an action of the avatar includes dreaming and the action determination unit determines dreaming, as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit creates an original event obtained by combining multiple pieces of event data among pieces of data in history data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260195956
    Abstract: In an action control system, an action of an avatar includes creating a picture diary, and in a case where the action determination unit determines creating the picture diary as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit selects the picture or the moving image from the history data, generates an explanatory sentence of a clip of the picture or the moving image on the basis of the emotion value when the selected picture or the moving image is acquired, and outputs a combination of the clip of the picture or the moving image and the explanatory sentence as the picture diary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260196321
    Abstract: An avatar is caused to perform an action appropriate for an action of a user. In an action control system, in a case in which an action of the avatar includes dreaming and the action determination unit determines dreaming, as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit creates an original event obtained by combining multiple pieces of event data among pieces of data in history data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260194969
    Abstract: In an action control system, an action of an avatar includes producing and playing music in consideration of an event of a previous day, and in a case in which the action determination unit determines to produce and play music in consideration of the event of the previous day as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit acquires a summary of event data of the previous day stored in the history data and produces music based on the summary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260195671
    Abstract: In an action control system, an action of an avatar includes producing and playing music in consideration of an event of a previous day, and in a case in which the action determination unit determines to produce and play music in consideration of the event of the previous day as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit acquires a summary of event data of the previous day stored in the history data and produces music based on the summary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260192178
    Abstract: An avatar is caused to perform an action appropriate for an action of a user. In an action control system, in a case in which an action of the avatar includes dreaming and the action determination unit determines dreaming, as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit creates an original event obtained by combining multiple pieces of event data among pieces of data in history data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260183965
    Abstract: In an action control system, an action of an avatar includes creating a picture diary, and in a case where the action determination unit determines creating the picture diary as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit selects the picture or the moving image from the history data, generates an explanatory sentence of a clip of the picture or the moving image on the basis of the emotion value when the selected picture or the moving image is acquired, and outputs a combination of the clip of the picture or the moving image and the explanatory sentence as the picture diary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260187503
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes a debate unit and a judging unit. The debate unit performs a debate regarding a legal case by a plurality of lawyer accounts that make respectively different arguments, the lawyer accounts being set in a language model that is generated by learning data stored in a database regarding legal cases and that generates a response to an input prompt. The judging unit judges superiority or inferiority of the arguments based on a result of the debate by the debate unit, by a judging account set in the language model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260183933
    Abstract: A cart robot according to an embodiment includes a travel cart body; a first axle that is arranged on the travel cart body; multiple second axles that extend in a diameter direction of the first axle from a distal end portion of the first axle, and that can extend and retract in the diameter direction; a wheel that is arranged at a distal end portion of the respective second axles; a first driving unit that rotates the second axles in a circumference direction of the first axle; a second driving unit that rotates the wheel with respect to the second axle; a third driving unit that extends and retracts the second axle in the diameter direction; a first lock unit that can restrict rotation of the second axle in the circumference direction; a second lock unit that can restrict rotation of the wheel; and a control device that controls extension and retraction of the second axle, restriction by the first lock unit, and restriction by the second lock unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260187502
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes a debate unit and a judging unit. The debate unit performs a debate regarding a legal case by a plurality of lawyer accounts that make respectively different arguments, the lawyer accounts being set in a language model that is generated by learning data stored in a database regarding legal cases and that generates a response to an input prompt. The judging unit judges superiority or inferiority of the arguments based on a result of the debate by the debate unit, by a judging account set in the language model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260189394
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes a debate unit and a judging unit. The debate unit performs a debate regarding a legal case by a plurality of lawyer accounts that make respectively different arguments, the lawyer accounts being set in a language model that is generated by learning data stored in a database regarding legal cases and that generates a response to an input prompt. The judging unit judges superiority or inferiority of the arguments based on a result of the debate by the debate unit, by a judging account set in the language model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260179297
    Abstract: In an action control system, an action of an avatar includes creating a picture diary, and in a case where the action determination unit determines creating the picture diary as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit selects the picture or the moving image from the history data, generates an explanatory sentence of a clip of the picture or the moving image on the basis of the emotion value when the selected picture or the moving image is acquired, and outputs a combination of the clip of the picture or the moving image and the explanatory sentence as the picture diary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260179296
    Abstract: In an action control system, an action of an avatar includes creating a picture diary, and in a case where the action determination unit determines creating the picture diary as the action of the avatar, the action determination unit selects the picture or the moving image from the history data, generates an explanatory sentence of a clip of the picture or the moving image on the basis of the emotion value when the selected picture or the moving image is acquired, and outputs a combination of the clip of the picture or the moving image and the explanatory sentence as the picture diary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260178943
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus includes a debate unit and a judging unit. The debate unit performs a debate regarding a legal case by a plurality of lawyer accounts that make respectively different arguments, the lawyer accounts being set in a language model that is generated by learning data stored in a database regarding legal cases and that generates a response to an input prompt. The judging unit judges superiority or inferiority of the arguments based on a result of the debate by the debate unit, by a judging account set in the language model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2026
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260167174
    Abstract: An autonomous driving test method includes setting a plurality of obstacles on a test course, acquiring information regarding the obstacles, and performing a traveling test related to autonomous driving of an autonomous driving vehicle by using a plurality of pieces of the acquired information and AI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON