Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Tsuzaki
Ryoichi Tsuzaki 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: 20240061436Abstract: Traveling surface shape data of only a selection region selected on the basis of target foot placement information of a moving apparatus and a search range region is generated and a foot placement position and the like of the moving apparatus are determined, so that the processing load is reduced and high-speed processing is enabled. A data processing unit that analyzes detection information of a visual sensor and determines a movement route of the moving apparatus is provided, and the data processing unit generates traveling surface shape data such as three-dimensional point cloud data that enables analysis of a shape of a traveling surface of the moving apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: RYOICHI TSUZAKI, NORIAKI TAKASUGI, TOSHIMITSU KAI
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Publication number: 20230125422Abstract: Control for controlling a robot that allows selection from among multiple gaits is provided. The control apparatus includes a cost map creation unit that creates a cost map for each of gaits of the robot that allows selection from among multiple gaits, and a path creation unit that creates a path including gait switching for the robot by using the cost maps created by the cost map creation unit. The path creation unit searches for the shortest path by using the cost map of the gait that is high in traversing performance among the multiple gaits, performs search for a gait switching point on the path found out, and researches, in a case where there is a gait switching point, for a path on the cost map of the gait selected by an objective function, by using the gait switching point as a sub goal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventor: RYOICHI TSUZAKI
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Publication number: 20220016773Abstract: A control apparatus includes determination unit that determines whether a related element is included in environmental information on the basis of a position and a shape of the related element, and an environmental information control unit that controls a mode of acquisition or use of the environmental information on the basis of determination performed by the determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: RYOICHI TSUZAKI, MASAYA KINOSHITA, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, YUKI ITOTANI
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Publication number: 20210339401Abstract: Not to give a noise to a subject to which it is not desired to give the noise. According to the present disclosure, a mobile unit control device including a noise estimation unit (434) that estimates, based on a position of a sound source and a sound volume generated by the sound source, a noise in a target region in which the noise is suppressed, and a control unit (436) that controls, based on the estimated noise, an operation of a mobile unit to reduce the noise in the target region is provided. With this configuration, it is possible not to give a noise to a subject to which it is not desired to give the noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo HONGO, Ryoichi TSUZAKI, William Alexandre CONUS
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Patent number: 10272568Abstract: There is provided a robot apparatus which is characterized by comprising: a robot comprising a plurality of motors for driving respective joints and a sensor for obtaining force acting on a hand tip; and a controlling unit for obtaining a torque instruction value for each of the plurality of motors such that a force deviation between the force acting on the hand tip and a force target value becomes small, controlling driving of each of the plurality of motors based on the torque instruction value, and performing a stopping process of decreasing the force target value when a stop order for stopping the robot is received.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Ryoichi Tsuzaki
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Publication number: 20180207798Abstract: A robot control apparatus includes an instruction portion, and a control portion. The instruction portion is configured to transmit a switching condition to the control portion configured to perform feedback control in accordance with the robot program. In a state where a status of the robot matches the switching condition, the control portion transmits information indicating that the status of the robot has matched the switching condition to the instruction portion, the instruction portion transmits an operation command corresponding to the information to the control portion, and the control portion switches the operation of the robot in accordance with the operation command.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventor: Ryoichi Tsuzaki
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Publication number: 20170080562Abstract: There is provided a robot apparatus which is characterized by comprising: a robot comprising a plurality of motors for driving respective joints and a sensor for obtaining force acting on a hand tip; and a controlling unit for obtaining a torque instruction value for each of the plurality of motors such that a force deviation between the force acting on the hand tip and a force target value becomes small, controlling driving of each of the plurality of motors based on the torque instruction value, and performing a stopping process of decreasing the force target value when a stop order for stopping the robot is received.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventor: Ryoichi Tsuzaki
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Publication number: 20160370934Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus enables the operation such that the relation between the image displayed on the display unit and the operation of the user is close to the actual operation and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit which displays an image at a display unit, a closeness value acquisition unit which acquires a closeness value regarding contact or closeness between an operation entity and a surface of the display unit, an area detection unit which performs a ternary process to the closeness value and detects a first area and a second area being different from the first area in accordance with the ternary-processed closeness value, and a centroid position calculation unit which calculates respective centroid positions of the first area and the second area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya NARITA, Ryoichi TSUZAKI
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Patent number: 9442601Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus enables the operation such that the relation between the image displayed on the display unit and the operation of the user is close to the actual operation and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit which displays an image at a display unit, a closeness value acquisition unit which acquires a closeness value regarding contact or closeness between an operation entity and a surface of the display unit, an area detection unit which performs a ternary process to the closeness value and detects a first area and a second area being different from the first area in accordance with the ternary-processed closeness value, and a centroid position calculation unit which calculates respective centroid positions of the first area and the second area.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomoya Narita, Ryoichi Tsuzaki
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Patent number: 9405406Abstract: An image pickup device capable of stably detecting an object irrespective of use conditions while reducing manufacturing costs is provided. When illumination light from a backlight is emitted to a proximity object from an I/O display panel, an electric charge is accumulated in image pickup pixels in accordance with total light amount, including reflected light originating from the backlight and external environment light. Moreover, when the illumination light is not emitted, a discharging electric charge is released from the image pickup pixels in accordance with the amount of environment light. Thereby, an environment light component is subtracted from an image pickup signal obtained from each of the image pickup pixels, so object information about the proximity object is obtained without influence of the environment light. Moreover, in a light reception drive circuit, fewer frame memories for producing a picked-up image from the image pickup signal are necessary.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Michiru Senda, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi, Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Toshikazu Maekawa
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Patent number: 9389743Abstract: An information input device with a simple structure is provided, which allows information on an external proximity object to be conveniently inputted. The information input device includes: an input panel having a detection function of detecting an external proximity object; a position detection section acquiring position information and area information of the external proximity object based on a detection signal of the external proximity object obtained by the input panel; and an image generation section generating drawing data, which is to be used in a drawing process according to a behavior of the external proximity object, based on the position information and the area information so that the drawing process is performed in a manner according to an area value of the external proximity object represented by the area information.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Tsutomu Tanaka
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Patent number: 9218684Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a conversion and synthesis unit that converts an array of pixels constituting each of planar images for multiple view points and synthesize the planar images in which the array of the pixels is converted to generate a three-dimensional display image, the unit including a correspondence control unit that associates view point image sub pixels with three-dimensional display sub pixels, a sub pixel value decision unit that decides a value of the sub pixel before the conversion for each color of the sub pixels on the basis of the view point image sub pixel extracted from the planar image for each view point, and a sub pixel generation unit that obtains a value of the sub pixel after the conversion on the basis of the decided value of the sub pixel before the conversion to generate the associated three-dimensional display sub pixels.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Tsuyoshi Ohyama
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Patent number: 9176625Abstract: An information input device includes an input panel and one or more circuits. The one or more circuits are configured to determine first, second and third representations of possible proximity of an object to an input panel from first, second and third input frames, respectively. The second input frame is generated after the first input frame, and the third input frame is generated after the second input frame. The one or more circuits are configured to determine whether proximity of the object to the input panel is detected for the second input frame, based on the third representation, if the first and second representations are not similar.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Kazunori Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20150301689Abstract: An image pickup device capable of stably detecting an object irrespective of use conditions while reducing manufacturing costs is provided. When illumination light from a backlight is emitted to a proximity object from an I/O display panel, an electric charge is accumulated in image pickup pixels in accordance with total light amount, including reflected light originating from the backlight and external environment light. Moreover, when the illumination light is not emitted, a discharging electric charge is released from the image pickup pixels in accordance with the amount of environment light. Thereby, an environment light component is subtracted from an image pickup signal obtained from each of the image pickup pixels, so object information about the proximity object is obtained without influence of the environment light. Moreover, in a light reception drive circuit, fewer frame memories for producing a picked-up image from the image pickup signal are necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Michiru Senda, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi, Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Toshikazu Maekawa
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Patent number: 9154765Abstract: A method, computer readable medium and apparatus that can produce a depth image based on a first image of a scene from a first viewpoint and a second image of the scene from a second viewpoint. The first and second viewpoints are displaced along a first dimension. A third image and a fourth image are produced based on the depth image. The third and fourth images correspond to third and fourth viewpoints, respectively. The third and fourth viewpoints are displaced along a second dimension different from the first dimension.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Daisuke Takama, Ryoichi Tsuzaki
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Patent number: 9087477Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display apparatus and an electronic apparatus wherein appropriate stereoscopic display can be carried out irrespective of the viewpoint position. The display apparatus includes a display section configured to have a plurality of pixels and display a plurality of viewpoint images allocated to different ones of the pixels; a detection section configured to detect an observation angle of an observer; and a display controlling section configured to change displaying positions of the viewpoint images at the pixels in response to the observation angle.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohyama, Yingbao Yang, Ryoichi Tsuzaki
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Patent number: 9063613Abstract: An image pickup device capable of stably detecting an object irrespective of use conditions while reducing manufacturing costs is provided. When illumination light from a backlight 15 is emitted to a proximity object from an I/O display panel 20, an electric charge for charging is accumulated in each of image pickup pixels 33 in accordance with total light amount as a summation of reflected light Lon originating from the illumination light and environment light (outside light) L0. Moreover, when the above-described illumination light is not emitted, an electric charge for discharging is released from each of the image pickup pixels 33 in accordance with light amount of the environment light L0. Thereby, a component by the environment light L0 is subtracted in an image pickup signal obtained from each of the image pickup pixels 33, so object information about the proximity object is obtainable without influence of the environment light L0.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Yoshiharu Nakajima, Michiru Senda, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi, Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Toshikazu Maekawa
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Patent number: 9019293Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display device, including: a display block displaying thereon an image by using pixels disposed in a two dimensional matrix; and a gradation converting block executing gradation converting processing by using an error diffusion method, wherein the gradation converting block partitions an area in which the pixels are disposed into virtual partitions, and carries out the error diffusion when the gradation converting processing is executed with respect to the pixels within the virtual partition exclusively within the virtual partition, thereby carrying out gradation conversion for the image which is displayed on the display block.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Naoyuki Takasaki
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Patent number: 8836670Abstract: An image processing apparatus which is allowed to achieve a higher speed of a labeling process than ever before is provided. Sequential scanning is performed on pixels in a picked-up image represented by binarized data Din. Moreover, during the sequential scanning, while label information representing an identification number for each connected region in the picked-up image is, as occasion arises, allocated to a target pixel based on values of pixel data of the target pixel and neighboring pixels thereof, additional information (position information and area information) for each connected region corresponding to each label information is updated as occasion arises. Thereby the label information, the position information and the area information about the whole picked-up image are obtained by one sequential scanning process.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Japan Display, Inc.Inventors: Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Soichiro Kurokawa, Tsutomu Harada, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi
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Patent number: 8797275Abstract: An HPF eliminates an image of an object which is not to be detected from a captured image, thereby obtaining an HPF image. A binarizing unit performs a binarizing process on the HPF image, thereby generating a binary image. A peak detector extracts, using the binary image as a mask, an image of a region corresponding to an opening of the mask from the captured image. From the image, a peak value and the position of a peak pixel are detected. A determining unit determines whether an object to be detected is in contact with the display surface or not on the basis of the relation between the difference and the threshold. Using the detection result and the determination result in the determining unit, a position deriving unit derives the position on the display surface, of the object to be detected which is in contact with the display surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.Inventors: Ryoichi Tsuzaki, Tsutomu Harada, Kazunori Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Tateuchi