Patents by Inventor Peter Duerr
Peter Duerr 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).
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Publication number: 20250021093Abstract: A control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kayoko TANAKA, Kohtaro SABE, Miki SHIBUYA, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Kousuke SUZUKI, Haruto TAKEDA, Peter DUERR, Masaomi NABETA, Takekazu KAKINUMA, Hironari MIZUMURA
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Patent number: 12195328Abstract: Arrangement for controlling micromechanical actuators, including a digital-to-analog converter and a plurality of micromechanical actuators; wherein the micromechanical actuators are coupled to a connecting structure; wherein the digital-to-analog converter is configured to provide a voltage to be applied to the connecting structure by an adjustable capacitive voltage division that is dependent on a digital input value of the digital-to-analog converter, wherein the digital-to-analog converter is configured to directly include a capacitance of the connecting structure in the capacitive voltage division.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Peter Duerr, Thomas Presberger
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Publication number: 20240427328Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 12140952Abstract: A control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire information related to an overview of a structure, and a flight information generating unit configured to generate flight information of a flying body being caused to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The control device generates information used to cause the flying body to image the structure, and thereby makes it possible to make more efficient the inspection performed by the flying body capable of performing imaging.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kayoko Tanaka, Kohtaro Sabe, Miki Shibuya, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Kousuke Suzuki, Haruto Takeda, Peter Duerr, Masaomi Nabeta, Takekazu Kakinuma, Hironari Mizumura
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Patent number: 12054384Abstract: A MEMS includes a substrate with a substrate extension that rises above a substrate plane. The MEMS includes a movable structural element, a first spring element that mechanically connects the movable structural element to the substrate extension, and a second spring element that mechanically connects the movable structural element to the substrate extension. The first spring element and the second spring element form a parallelogram guide of the movable structural element in relation to the substrate extension.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.Inventors: Peter Duerr, Andreas Neudert
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Patent number: 12038748Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Yasunori Kawanami, Kenta Kawamoto, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Peter Duerr, Yuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20240201689Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2024Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240184290Abstract: A vehicle control system includes at least one imaging device attached to a vehicle and that captures multiple images, and a control circuit that generates a composite image from the multiple images and displays the composite image on a display unit. The vehicle is operated according to a user operation on a portion of the display unit on which the composite image is being displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kohtaro SABE, Peter DUERR
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Patent number: 11989022Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Yasunori Kawanami, Kenta Kawamoto, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Peter Duerr, Yuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11953904Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Yasunori Kawanami, Kenta Kawamoto, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Peter Duerr, Yuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11927960Abstract: A vehicle control system includes at least one imaging device attached to a vehicle and that captures multiple images, and a control circuit that generates a composite image from the multiple images and displays the composite image on a display unit. The vehicle is operated according to a user operation on a portion of the display unit on which the composite image is being displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Peter Duerr
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Publication number: 20230298202Abstract: [Object] To provide a novel and improved information processing device that can make more efficient an inspection performed by a flying body capable of performing imaging. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device including an imaging position information acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging position information at a time when a structure is imaged which is acquired by an imaging device configured to fly over a periphery of the structure to image the structure on the basis of certain flight information, and a damage data generating unit configured to use a captured image of the structure imaged by the imaging device and the imaging position information and to generate data related to damage of the structure including position information of damage of the structure included in the captured image.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kayoko TANAKA, Kohtaro SABE, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Kousuke SUZUKI, Peter DUERR, Miki SHIBUYA, Hironari MIZUMURA
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Publication number: 20230288207Abstract: Provided is a device including an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a position estimation system selected from among a plurality of position estimation systems for estimating a position of a flight vehicle, and a position estimation unit that estimates the position of the flight vehicle from first information generated by using an inertial sensor of the flight vehicle and second information generated through the position estimation system based on a parameter for the position estimation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: KOHTARO SABE, HARUTO TAKEDA, PETER DUERR, SATORU SHIMIZU, TSUTOMU SAWADA, KOUSUKE SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11668569Abstract: Provided is a device including an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a position estimation system selected from among a plurality of position estimation systems for estimating a position of a flight vehicle, and a position estimation unit that estimates the position of the flight vehicle from first information generated by using an inertial sensor of the flight vehicle and second information generated through the position estimation system based on a parameter for the position estimation system.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Haruto Takeda, Peter Duerr, Satoru Shimizu, Tsutomu Sawada, Kousuke Suzuki
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Patent number: 11657534Abstract: To provide a novel and improved information processing device that can make more efficient an inspection performed by a flying body capable of performing imaging. Provided is an information processing device including an imaging position information acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging position information at a time when a structure is imaged which is acquired by an imaging device configured to fly over a periphery of die structure to image the structure on the basis of certain flight information, and a damage data generating unit configured to use a captured image of the structure imaged by the imaging device and the imaging position information and to generate data related to damage of the structure including position information of damage of the structure included in the captured image.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kayoko Tanaka, Kohtaro Sabe, Tsutomu Sawada, Satoru Shimizu, Kousuke Suzuki, Peter Duerr, Miki Shibuya, Hironari Mizumura
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Publication number: 20230106526Abstract: A vehicle control system includes at least one imaging device attached to a vehicle and that captures multiple images, and a control circuit that generates a composite image from the multiple images and displays the composite image on a display unit. The vehicle is operated according to a user operation on a portion of the display unit on which the composite image is being displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kohtaro SABE, Peter DUERR
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Patent number: 11520334Abstract: A vehicle control system includes at least one imaging device attached to a vehicle and that captures multiple images, and a control circuit that generates a composite image from the multiple images and displays the composite image on a display unit. The vehicle is operated according to a user operation on a portion of the display unit on which the composite image is being displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Kohtaro Sabe, Peter Duerr
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Publication number: 20220350331Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20220350332Abstract: There is provided a control device including an image display unit configured to acquire, from a flying body, an image captured by an imaging device provided in the flying body and to display the image, and a flight instruction generation unit configured to generate a flight instruction for the flying body based on content of an operation performed with respect to the image captured by the imaging device and displayed by the image display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Sony Group CorporationInventors: Kohtaro SABE, Yasunori KAWANAMI, Kenta KAWAMOTO, Tsutomu SAWADA, Satoru SHIMIZU, Peter DUERR, Yuki YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11459229Abstract: An MMS includes a substrate, an element movable with respect to the substrate and a frame structure. A first pair of springs is arranged between the substrate and the frame structure along a first spring direction. A second pair of springs is arranged between the movable element and the frame structure along a second spring direction. The frame structure is configured to generate tensile stress in the second pair of springs at tensile stress acting in the first pair of springs.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.Inventors: Peter Duerr, Detlef Kunze, Andreas Gehner, Martin Friedrichs