Patents by Inventor Nobuo Nishi

Nobuo Nishi 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: 12001226
    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 (570) 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 in a first state, and make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Nishi, Kazutaka Takaki, Tatsuo Sekimoto, Junichiro Misawa
  • Publication number: 20220334597
    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 (570) 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 in a first state, and make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: NOBUO NISHI, KAZUTAKA TAKAKI, TATSUO SEKIMOTO, JUNICHIRO MISAWA
  • Publication number: 20070064115
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The imaging apparatus includes an image capturing section, a motion detecting section, a reliability determining section, a shaking compensating section, and a filtering section. The image capturing section captures a plurality of images which chronologically differ. The motion detecting section detects motion of the plurality of images and generates motion information. The reliability determining section determines reliability of the motion information. The shaking compensating section compensates shaking which takes place among the plurality of images corresponding to the motion information. The filtering section filters an image which has been compensated for shaking by using a recursive filter. A characteristic of the filtering section is varied corresponding to the reliability of the motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nomura, Jinyo Kumaki, Junji Shimada, Nobuo Nishi, Long Meng