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: 20260257373
    Abstract: A control system of a robot including a gripping portion that is detachably mounted on an arm portion of the robot and attached for a main purpose of gripping a target, and one or more robot tools that are detachable at the arm portion in accordance with a type of work different from the gripping of the gripping portion and execute work corresponding to the type of work, includes: a determination portion that determines a type of work for the target; and a control portion that controls an operation in which, in a case where the type of work determined by the determination portion meets the main purpose, the gripping portion is mounted on the arm portion, and in a case where the determination result of the determination portion indicates a type of work other than that of the main purpose, the robot tool is mounted on the arm portion, and controls an operation corresponding to the type of work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi Son
  • Publication number: 20260252783
    Abstract: An information providing apparatus according to an embodiment comprises: a generation unit configured to generate a model that generates an answer to a prompt input by a user, the model being generated by learning a data source provided from a provider that satisfies conditions relating to reliability; a providing unit configured to provide the answer generated by the model to the user; and a billing unit configured to charge the user a usage fee according to a value of the answer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2026
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260249479
    Abstract: An action control system includes: a user state recognition unit that recognizes a user state including a behavior of a user; an emotion determination unit that determines an emotion value indicating an emotion of the user on the basis of the user state; and an action determination unit that determines an action corresponding to the behavior of the user as an action to be executed in a case where the emotion value is a positive value, and determines an action determined on the basis of a reaction rule in accordance with a behavior classification of the user as an action to be executed in a case where the emotion value is not a positive value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi Son
  • Publication number: 20260249966
    Abstract: An autonomous navigation ship includes a hull, a fore-and-aft sail, an information collection device, a control device, a positioning device, an autonomous navigation device, and a wing sail. The fore-and-aft sail is stretched on a mast erected on the hull. The information collection device collects weather information and ocean information around the hull. The control device controls the direction of the fore-and-aft sail such that the propulsive force of the hull is maximized, based on the weather information and the ocean information The positioning device measures a position of the hull. The autonomous navigation device controls a rudder to navigate the hull from a current position to a destination point, based on the position of the hull. The wing sail is provided on both sides of the hull, and floats the hull by applying lift force to the hull during navigation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260241301
    Abstract: This action control system includes: an emotion determination unit that determines the emotion of a user or the emotion of an electronic device; and an action determination unit that determines an action of the electronic device using the emotion of the user or the emotion of the electronic device and an action determination model. The emotion determination unit determines the emotion of the user or the emotion of the electronic device according to a predetermined mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi Son
  • Publication number: 20260244260
    Abstract: The action control system includes an action recognition unit that recognizes an action of a user, a difficulty level estimation unit that estimates a difficulty level of a question in a case in which the action of the user is recognized as the question, and an action determination unit that determines an action of enjoying being questioned by the user and an action of answering the question, as an action to be executed, in a case in which a score corresponding to the difficulty level is equal to or more than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi Son
  • Publication number: 20260242087
    Abstract: An article packaging apparatus includes an identification unit and a packaging unit. The identification unit identifies whether or not an article is a specific article unsuitable for being grabbed by a robot arm. When the article is the specific article, the packaging unit packages the article such that the specific article can be grabbed by the robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260233113
    Abstract: A behavior control system includes: an emotion determination unit that determines an emotion of a user or an emotion of a robot; and a behavior determination unit that generates a behavior content of the robot for a behavior of the user and the emotion of the user or the emotion of the robot based on a sentence generation model having a dialogue function that causes the user and the robot to have a dialogue with each other, and determines a behavior of the robot corresponding to the behavior content. The behavior determination unit generates, as the behavior content, an utterance content for a consultation from the user based on information regarding a specific person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Masayoshi Son, Kenichi Yoshida, Satoshi Yano, Michio Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20260225822
    Abstract: A delivery system automatically delivers a delivery object to each of plural dwellings in a building through a conveyance lane provided in the building. The delivery system includes a control unit that moves a delivery object that is being delivered through the conveyance lane from the conveyance lane to a delivery object yard provided in a dwelling that is a destination of the delivery object in a case in which the delivery object that is being delivered through the conveyance lane passes through the delivery object yard, and a lock mechanism that locks the delivery object such that the delivery object is not detached from the conveyance lane, and unlocks the delivery object according to authentication processing. The building includes the delivery system and a conveyance lane. A distribution system includes the delivery system described above and a server that manages transportation of a delivery object using a self-driving vehicle from a logistics base outside the building to the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi Son
  • Publication number: 20260225252
    Abstract: In the first invention, since a grip portion 20 is covered with a soft material 102, the soft material 102 is brought into close contact with a package 100 at the time of suction by plural suction pads 24, whereby it is possible to reliably hold the package 100 by being used as an auxiliary holding force at the time of suctioning the package 100 in an air suction structure of the suction pad 24, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi Son
  • Publication number: 20260225807
    Abstract: A carrier for a vehicle includes plural accommodating portions that are layered and accommodate a parcel; a conveying passage provided around the plural accommodating portions in a spiral manner to couple together the accommodating portions which are adjacent to each other, thereby conveying the parcel to one of the accommodating portions in a lower layer; a moving device that moves the parcel accommodated in any one of the accommodating portions to the conveying passage; a hand-over portion that hands over the parcel to a predetermined location, the hand-over portion being provided in one of the accommodating portions in a bottom layer; and an information processing device that controls the moving device such that the parcel is moved to the conveying passage and conveyed from one of the accommodating portions in a higher layer to the one of the accommodating portions in the bottom layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi Son
  • Publication number: 20260219666
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a first processor that outputs point information obtained by recognizing a captured object as a point from an image of the object captured by a first camera provided in a vehicle; a second processor that outputs identification information for identifying the captured object from an image of the object captured by a second camera which is provided in the vehicle and faces a direction corresponding to a direction of the first camera; and a third processor that associates the point information output from the first processor with the identification information output from the second processor, in which the third processor further performs driving control of the vehicle based on a result obtained by simulating a movement of the object on a digital map on which the point information and the identification information which are associated with each other are plotted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260219667
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a first processor that outputs point information obtained by recognizing a captured object as a point from an image of the object captured by a first camera provided in a vehicle; a second processor that outputs identification information for identifying the captured object from an image of the object captured by a second camera which is provided in the vehicle and faces a direction corresponding to a direction of the first camera; and a third processor that associates the point information output from the first processor with the identification information output from the second processor, in which the third processor further performs driving control of the vehicle based on a result obtained by simulating a movement of the object on a digital map on which the point information and the identification information which are associated with each other are plotted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260217242
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires plurality of sensor information including information regarding an obstacle, and a control unit that controls a speed of a vehicle to avoid the obstacle in a case in which the information acquisition unit acquires the information regarding the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260217245
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device including: a first processor that outputs point information obtained by recognizing a captured object as a point from an image of the object captured by a first camera provided in a vehicle; a second processor that outputs identification information for identifying the captured object from an image of the object captured by a second camera which is provided in the vehicle and faces a direction corresponding to a direction of the first camera; and a third processor that associates the point information output from the first processor with the identification information output from the second processor, in which the third processor further performs driving control of the vehicle based on a result obtained by simulating a movement of the object on a digital map on which the point information and the identification information which are associated with each other are plotted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2026
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: SoftBank Group Corp.
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • Publication number: 20260220596
    Abstract: A management device includes a setting unit and a management unit. The setting unit sets addresses for products of a plurality of clients. The management unit manages the products in a plurality of warehouses by the addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventor: Masayoshi SON
  • 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: 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: 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