Patents by Inventor Sumihisa Iwashita

Sumihisa Iwashita 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: 7218994
    Abstract: A robot for freely moving about in an environment where there is an obstacle. The robot includes a communication section transmitting by wireless an image taken by a camera to a base station, and via the base station to a communication terminal making a radio communication with the base station, and receiving by wireless movement target position information specified on the image by an operation of the communication terminal via the base station, and a motion control section that moves the robot up to a movement target position specified by the movement target position information acquired in the communication section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shinji Kanda, Yuichi Murase, Sumihisa Iwashita, Katsutoshi Shimizu, Naoyuki Sawasaki, Keiju Okabayashi
  • Patent number: 7120519
    Abstract: A remotely controlled robot comprises a unit storing the layout plan of a building, a unit receiving a position remotely designated in the layout plan from a remote location and a unit controlling the travel of the robot to the designated position. A self-position identification method is implemented by a robot with a camera whose shooting direction can be changed. The robot takes in advance a panoramic picture of a room where the robot may travel, generates a reference picture by extracting a plurality of block pictures from the panoramic picture and identifies a room where the robot is located, by applying correlation and DP matching, using both a picture taken in the room where the robot is located and the reference picture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Keiju Okabayashi, Miwa Okabayashi, Yuichi Murase, Katsutoshi Shimizu, Sumihisa Iwashita, Naoyuki Sawasaki
  • Publication number: 20060113881
    Abstract: An automotive entertainment assembly is provided including a vehicle roof and a headliner. The headliner provides a substantially uniform internal surface. A mounting frame assembly is positioned between the headliner and the vehicle roof. A circuit board is mounted to the mounting frame assembly. A multi-media display assembly is rotatably mounted to the mounting frame assembly and includes an upper panel edge, a lower panel edge, a pair of panel side edges. The display assembly is rotatable between a stored position and a deployed position. The multi-media display assembly includes a rear display panel surface substantially flush with the uniform internal surface when in the stored position A flexible cable provides communication between the circuit board and the multi-media display assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeff Donovan, Miwa Okabayshi, Yuichi Murase, Katsutoshi Shimizu, Sumihisa Iwashita, Naoyuki Sawasaki
  • Publication number: 20050165508
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a robot having the structure suitable for freely moving about in the environment where there is an obstacle within the house, for example. The robot includes a communication section transmitting by wireless an image taken by the camera to a base station, and via the base station to a communication terminal making the radio communication with the base station, and receiving by wireless the movement target position information specified on the image by an operation of the communication terminal via the base station, and a motion control section that moves the robot up to a movement target position specified by the movement target position information acquired in the communication section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinji Kanda, Yuichi Murase, Sumihisa Iwashita, Katsutoshi Shimizu, Naoyuki Sawasaki, Keiju Okabayashi
  • Publication number: 20050071047
    Abstract: A remotely controlled robot comprises a unit storing the layout plan of a building, a unit receiving a position remotely designated in the layout plan from a remote location and a unit controlling the travel of the robot to the designated position. A self-position identification method is implemented by a robot with a camera whose shooting direction can be changed. The robot takes in advance a panoramic picture of a room where the robot may travel, generates a reference picture by extracting a plurality of block pictures from the panoramic picture and identifies a room where the robot is located, by applying correlation and DP matching, using both a picture taken in the room where the robot is located and the reference picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Keiju Okabayashi, Miwa Okabayashi, Yuichi Murase, Katsutoshi Shimizu, Sumihisa Iwashita, Naoyuki Sawasaki