Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.

Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.

Abstract: There is provided a control device to protect an actuator through a simple configuration in a case where a power transmission mechanism receives external force, the control device including a comparison section and a driving force control section. The comparison section compares a first rotation position and a second rotation position with each other. The first rotation position is a rotation position of an input shaft of a power transmission mechanism, and the second rotation position is a rotation position of an output shaft of the power transmission mechanism. The driving force control section controls driving force of an actuator that drives the input shaft on the basis of a difference between the first rotation position and the second rotation position. This configuration allows the actuator to be protected through a simple configuration in a case where the power transmission mechanism receives external force.

Abstract: Communication with a user is more naturally and effectively realized. An information processing apparatus includes an autonomous mobile body (10) that travels while maintaining an inverted state, and an operation control unit (230) that controls an operation of the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body includes a main body (10), two wheels (620) mounted on the main body, and a drive mechanism (565) that drives the two wheels. The operation control unit controls the drive mechanism to maintain the inverted state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels. When the autonomous mobile body is placed on a surface that is flat, a part of a columnar surface (621) of each of the wheels comes into contact with the surface.

Abstract: There is provided a robot device including: a head portion coupled to a trunk; four leg portions on a front left, a front right, a rear left, and a rear right coupled to the trunk; a first indirect portion that tilts the head portion left and right; and a second joint portion that rotates, with respect to the trunk, one of the leg portions on the rear left and the rear right to a front side, and the other to a rear side. It is possible to faithfully reproduce the movement of the four-legged animal by providing the first joint portion and the second joint portion.

Abstract: An optical pickup control circuit includes an adding portion that adds a tracking driving signal which is for moving an objective lens, provided to face a discoid optical information recording medium, in a tracking direction of the corresponding optical information recording medium, to a tilt driving signal which is for moving the corresponding objective lens in a tilt direction of the corresponding optical information recording medium, and supplies the signal to a tilt actuator.

Abstract: An optical pickup control circuit includes an adding portion that adds a tracking driving signal which is for moving an objective lens, provided to face a discoid optical information recording medium, in a tracking direction of the corresponding optical information recording medium, to a tilt driving signal which is for moving the corresponding objective lens in a tilt direction of the corresponding optical information recording medium, and supplies the signal to a tilt actuator.

Abstract: An objective lens drive includes a lens holder holding first and second objective lenses and moved at least in a focusing direction substantially parallel to optical axes of the objective lenses and in a tracking direction orthogonal to the focusing direction; a support supporting the lens holder movably at least in the focusing and tracking directions; a first adjusting unit provided between the first objective lens and the lens holder and adjusting a tilt of the first objective lens in a direction about an axis in a first direction being any direction in a plane orthogonal to the focusing direction; and a second adjusting unit provided between the second objective lens and the lens holder and adjusting a tilt of the second objective lens in a direction about an axis in a second direction being in a plane orthogonal to the focusing direction and substantially orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: An optical pickup includes a lens holder holding an objective lens for converging a light beam on a signal recording layer of an optical disk; elastic support members supporting the lens holder such that the lens holder can freely move in three driving directions, i.e., a tracking direction, a focusing direction, and a tilting direction; a pair of coil units attached to two sides of the lens holder, the two sides being spaced in a tangential direction orthogonal to the focusing direction and tracking direction; and a pair of magnets arranged to face the corresponding coil units. Each coil unit includes a tracking coil, a focusing coil, and a tilting coil for driving the lens holder in the three driving directions. The focusing coil and the tilting coil are formed by winding a focusing conductor of the focusing coil and a tilting conductor of the tilting coil together in parallel.

Abstract: In this invention, an objective lens driving device, an optical pickup, and an optical disk device are disclosed which have a feature that plural dynamic vibration absorbers provided at the retaining section, by which the elastic supporting members supporting the movable section retaining the objective lens are connected to the movable section, can reduce a resonance peak, which may worsen the servo characteristic, and suppress unwanted vibration effectively, since the character frequency of the dynamic vibration absorbers functions as a damper against the vibration of the movable section. This invention also discloses a method of suppressing the vibration of the movable section.

Abstract: An objective lens drive includes a lens holder holding first and second objective lenses and moved at least in a focusing direction substantially parallel to optical axes of the objective lenses and in a tracking direction orthogonal to the focusing direction; a support supporting the lens holder movably at least in the focusing and tracking directions; a first adjusting unit provided between the first objective lens and the lens holder and adjusting a tilt of the first objective lens in a direction about an axis in a first direction being any direction in a plane orthogonal to the focusing direction; and a second adjusting unit provided between the second objective lens and the lens holder and adjusting a tilt of the second objective lens in a direction about an axis in a second direction being in a plane orthogonal to the focusing direction and substantially orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: An optical pickup includes a lens holder holding an objective lens for converging a light beam on a signal recording layer of an optical disk; elastic support members supporting the lens holder such that the lens holder can freely move in three driving directions, i.e., a tracking direction, a focusing direction, and a tilting direction; a pair of coil units attached to two sides of the lens holder, the two sides being spaced in a tangential direction orthogonal to the focusing direction and tracking direction; and a pair of magnets arranged to face the corresponding coil units. Each coil unit includes a tracking coil, a focusing coil, and a tilting coil for driving the lens holder in the three driving directions. The focusing coil and the tilting coil are formed by winding a focusing conductor of the focusing coil and a tilting conductor of the tilting coil together in parallel.

Abstract: In this invention, an objective lens driving device, an optical pickup, and an optical disk device are disclosed that have such feature that plural dynamic vibration absorbers provided at the retaining section, by which the elastic supporting members to support the movable section retaining the objective lens are connected to the movable section, can reduce resonance peak which may worsen the servo characteristic and suppress unwanted vibration effectively, since the character frequency of the dynamic vibration absorbers functions as a damper against the vibration of the movable section. This invention also discloses a method of suppressing vibration of the movable section.

Abstract: The pickup device is used in a drive device of an optical disc and is opposed to the optical disc to irradiate a light beam from a light source onto an information recording surface of the optical disc. The pickup device has the actuator including the objective lens for condensing a light beam on the information recording surface of the optical disc, and irradiation of a light beam on the optical disc is controlled by moving the objective lens. Further, the pickup device has the optical system for directing a light beam, which is emitted from the light source, to a position below the objective lens. The optical system is placed at the same height level as the actuator. Therefore, as compared with the case where the optical system is provided below the actuator, the whole pickup can be smaller in thickness, and it is possible to provide a pickup device suitable for a thin drive device.

Abstract: An objective lens driving device is to be improved in sensitivity and reduced in size and thickness. To this end, an objective lens driving device includes a stationary block arranged on a stationary plate provided on a movable base, a movable block holding an objective lens and moved along the focusing direction, the tracking direction and the tilt direction, support springs for supporting the movable block with respect to the stationary block, a first magnetic circuit for causing movement of the movable block along the focusing direction and along the tracking direction, and a second magnetic circuit for causing movement of the movable block along the tilt direction. The second magnetic circuit includes a pair of tilt magnets, each having two poles so that N poles and S poles lie along the tangential direction, and a pair of tilt coils facing the tilt magnets and each having an axis of winding wire direction along the tangential direction.

Abstract: The actuator is used in a pickup device for a drive device of an optical disc. The actuator is positioned opposing to the optical disc to irradiates a light beam from a light source to an information recording surface of the optical disc. The objective lens is fixed at on the lens holder forming the actuator at a position closer to one end thereof. One coil substrate is fixed on one side face of the lens holder in a range from the one end of the lens holder to a center portion of the lens holder, and the other coil substrate is fixed on the other side face of the lens holder in a range from the other end of the lens holder to the center portion of the lens holder. Therefore, near the end of the lens holder on the objective lens side, the coil substrate is not attached to one side of the lens holder, providing a space below the objective lens. By arranging an optical system to guide the light beam to the objective lens via the space, the optical system can be arranged at the same height level as the actuator.

Abstract: The actuator is used in a pickup device for a drive device of an optical disc. The actuator is positioned opposing to the optical disc to irradiates a light beam from a light source to an information recording surface of the optical disc. The objective lens is fixed at on the lens holder forming the actuator at a position closer to one end thereof. One coil substrate is fixed on one side face of the lens holder in a range from the one end of the lens holder to a center portion of the lens holder, and the other coil substrate is fixed on the other side face of the lens holder in a range from the other end of the lens holder to the center portion of the lens holder. Therefore, near the end of the lens holder on the objective lens side, the coil substrate is not attached to one side of the lens holder, providing a space below the objective lens. By arranging an optical system to guide the light beam to the objective lens via the space, the optical system can be arranged at the same height level as the actuator.

Abstract: The pickup device is used in a drive device of an optical disc and is opposed to the optical disc to irradiate a light beam from a light source onto an information recording surface of the optical disc. The pickup device has the actuator including the objective lens for condensing a light beam on the information recording surface of the optical disc, and irradiation of a light beam on the optical disc is controlled by moving the objective lens. Further, the pickup device has the optical system for directing a light beam, which is emitted from the light source, to a position below the objective lens. The optical system is placed at the same height level as the actuator. Therefore, as compared with the case where the optical system is provided below the actuator, the whole pickup can be smaller in thickness, and it is possible to provide a pickup device suitable for a thin drive device.