Patents by Inventor Tetsuro Goto

Tetsuro Goto 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: 12345591
    Abstract: A sensor according to the present technology includes a sensor unit and a separation layer. The sensor unit includes a first pressure sensor on a front side and a second pressure sensor on a rear side that are opposite to each other and detects, on the basis of pressure detection positions in an in-plane direction by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor, a force in the in-plane direction. The separation layer has a gap portion and is interposed between the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sakakura, Ken Kobayashi, Tetsuro Goto, Kei Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20250170723
    Abstract: A robot apparatus according to one embodiment of the present technology includes a hand portion, a sensor portion, and a holding member. The hand portion includes a plurality of finger portions disposed to face each other in a direction of a first axis. The sensor portion includes a first pressure sensor and a deformation layer. The first pressure sensor is disposed on at least one of the plurality of finger portions and is capable of detecting a pressure distribution. The deformation layer is disposed on the first pressure sensor and is made of a viscoelastic material. The holding member is supported by the deformation layer and includes a claw portion that protrudes from a tip of the at least one of the finger portions in a direction of a second axis intersecting with the first axis and is capable of holding a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: KEN KOBAYASHI, AKIRA EBISUI, HAYATO HASEGAWA, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, TETSURO GOTO, KEI TSUKAMOTO, TEPPEI TOYOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20250128425
    Abstract: A robot apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a hand part, a plurality of sensor parts, and a control apparatus. The hand part with a plurality of finger parts is capable of holding a workpiece. The plurality of sensor parts is respectively provided to the plurality of finger parts. The plurality of sensor parts respectively has first detection regions capable of detecting pressure components parallel to a first axis direction which is a holding direction for the workpiece and second detection regions capable of detecting pressure components parallel to a second axis direction intersecting with the first axis direction. The control apparatus is configured to generate a control command for controlling the hand part on the basis of outputs from the plurality of sensor parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: TETSURO GOTO, KEN KOBAYASHI, HAYATO HASEGAWA, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, MANAMI MIYAWAKI, KEI TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240300093
    Abstract: A sensor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first pressure distribution sensor disposed in contact with a first support, and a second pressure distribution sensor disposed in contact with a second support. A center position of a pressure distribution to be detected due to gripping of an object-to-be-gripped based on when the object-to-be-gripped in a placed state is gripped by the first support and the second support is set to a first center position. In addition, a center position of a pressure distribution to be detected due to gripping of the object-to-be-gripped based on when the object-to-be-gripped is gripped and lifted by the first support and the second support is set to a second center position. In this case, respective shift amounts of the first pressure distribution sensor and second pressure distribution sensor are different from each other. Each of the shift amounts is a difference between the first center position and the second center position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: KEN KOBAYASHI, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, KEI TSUKAMOTO, TETSURO GOTO
  • Patent number: 12078564
    Abstract: A three-axis sensor includes: a first detection layer having a first surface, and a second surface on side opposite to the first surface, and including a first sensing section of a capacitive type; a second detection layer having a first surface opposed to the second surface of the first detection laver, and including a second sensing section of the capacitive type; a first electrically conductive layer provided to be opposed to the first surface of the first detection layer; a second electrically conductive layer provided between the first detection layer and the second detection layer; a separation layer provided between the first detection layer and the second electrically conductive layer to separate the first detection layer and the second electrically conductive layer from each other; a first deformation layer that is provided between the first electrically conductive layer and the first detection layer, and is elastically deformed in accordance with pressure acting in a thickness direction of a sensor;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Tsukamoto, Ken Kobayashi, Tetsuro Goto, Yoshiaki Sakakura
  • Publication number: 20240269829
    Abstract: A robot apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a hand portion, an elastically deformable sensor portion, and a control device. The hand portion includes at least two finger portions each having a holding surface capable of holding a workpiece. The sensor portion is disposed on the holding surface of at least one finger portion of the two finger portions and includes a plurality of detection elements that detects a pressure acting on the holding surface. The control device includes a signal generation section capable of generating a hold command to cause the hand portion to hold the workpiece with a predetermined holding force and capable of correcting the holding force on the basis of an output of the sensor portion and a duration of an operation of holding the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro GOTO, Takehiro MISONOU, Ken KOBAYASHI, Hayato HASEGAWA, Yoshiaki SAKAKURA, Manami MIYAWAKI, Kei TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240231383
    Abstract: An information processing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first information processing device to be provided to a movable body and a second information processing device to be provided to a portion that differs from the movable body. The first information processing device includes a sensor portion, a generation portion, a control portion, and an integration portion. The sensor portion senses a first external environment. The generation portion uses sensor data acquired from the sensor portion to generate a first map. The control portion controls motion of a manipulator on the basis of the first map. The integration portion uses position information of inside the first external environment, with which portion the manipulator is in contact, integrates the first map and a second map acquired from the second information processing device with each other, and generates an integration map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: ALEXANDRE WILLIAM CONUS, TETSUYA NARITA, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, TETSURO GOTO
  • Publication number: 20240227201
    Abstract: A robot capable of performing precise work is provided. The robot includes an actuator unit and an end effector provided at a tip of the actuator unit. The end effector includes a first sensor capable of detecting a pressure distribution in a contact region coming into contact with a workpiece, and a second sensor capable of detecting position information of the contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: KEI TSUKAMOTO, SATOKO NAGAKARI, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, KEN KOBAYASHI, TETSURO GOTO
  • Publication number: 20240227176
    Abstract: To perform control for stably gripping a workpiece. Provided is a robot system including: a robot; and a control device that controls a robot, the robot including an actuator unit and an end effector provided at a distal end of the actuator unit, the end effector including a three-axis sensor configured to be capable of detecting a gripping force of the end effector and a shear force acting on a gripping surface of the end effector, and the control device controlling the gripping force of the end effector on the basis of a friction coefficient prescribed in advance and the shear force detected by the three-axis sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: KEN KOBAYASHI, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, KEI TSUKAMOTO, TETSURO GOTO, MANAMI MIYAWAKI, HAYATO HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240134390
    Abstract: An information processing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first information processing device to be provided to a movable body and a second information processing device to be provided to a portion that differs from the movable body. The first information processing device includes a sensor portion, a generation portion, a control portion, and an integration portion. The sensor portion senses a first external environment. The generation portion uses sensor data acquired from the sensor portion to generate a first map. The control portion controls motion of a manipulator on the basis of the first map. The integration portion uses position information of inside the first external environment, with which portion the manipulator is in contact, integrates the first map and a second map acquired from the second information processing device with each other, and generates an integration map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: ALEXANDRE WILLIAM CONUS, TETSUYA NARITA, TOMOKO KATSUHARA, NOBUKAZU HIRAI, TETSURO GOTO
  • Publication number: 20240131724
    Abstract: A robot capable of performing precise work is provided. The robot includes an actuator unit and an end effector provided at a tip of the actuator unit. The end effector includes a first sensor capable of detecting a pressure distribution in a contact region coming into contact with a workpiece, and a second sensor capable of detecting position information of the contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: KEI TSUKAMOTO, SATOKO NAGAKARI, YOSHIAKI SAKAKURA, KEN KOBAYASHI, TETSURO GOTO
  • Patent number: 11966550
    Abstract: A sensor module includes a sensor that includes a first sensor layer of a capacitance type including a plurality of first detection units arranged two-dimensionally and a second sensor layer of a capacitance type including a plurality of second detection units arranged two-dimensionally, the first sensor layer being provided on the second sensor layer, and a control unit that scans the plurality of first detection units and the plurality of second detection units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Ken Kobayashi, Kei Tsukamoto, Tomoko Katsuhara
  • Patent number: 11867580
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui, Taizo Nishimura, Ken Kobayashi, Tetsuro Goto, Yoshiaki Sakakura, Kei Tsukamoto, Hayato Hasegawa, Manami Miyawaki
  • Publication number: 20230408355
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus and a robotic apparatus that can detect a distribution of a shearing force. A sensor apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a sensor section, a separation layer, and a first viscoelastic body layer. The sensor section includes a first pressure sensor on a front side of the sensor section that faces and a second pressure sensor on a rear side of the sensor section, the sensor section detecting a force applied in an in-plane direction. The separation layer is between the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor, and is made of a viscoelastic material that is deformed by a load applied to the first pressure sensor. The first viscoelastic body layer is on a front surface of the first pressure sensor, and is made of a viscoelastic material that is deformable on the first pressure sensor in the in-plane direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken KOBAYASHI, Kei TSUKAMOTO, Yoshiaki SAKAKURA, Tetsuro GOTO, Akira EBISUI
  • Publication number: 20230364803
    Abstract: To provide a control apparatus, a control system, a control method, and a robot by which a movement of the robot can be made a movement suitable for a surrounding environment. A control apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit controls an operation of a robot on the basis of a map of an operation region that reflects weighting of placement stability information of an object that forms the operation region of the robot, the map being generated using surrounding environment information of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya NARITA, Tomoko KATSUHARA, William Alexandre CONUS, Nobukazu HIRAI, Tetsuro GOTO
  • Publication number: 20230043375
    Abstract: A sensor module includes a sensor that includes a first sensor layer of a capacitance type including a plurality of first detection units arranged two-dimensionally and a second sensor layer of a capacitance type including a plurality of second detection units arranged two-dimensionally, the first sensor layer being provided on the second sensor layer, and a control unit that scans the plurality of first detection units and the plurality of second detection units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tetsuro GOTO, Ken KOBAYASHI, Kei TSUKAMOTO, Tomoko KATSUHARA
  • Publication number: 20230009475
    Abstract: A sensor according to the present technology includes a sensor unit and a separation layer. The sensor unit includes a first pressure sensor on a front side and a second pressure sensor on a rear side that are opposite to each other and detects, on the basis of pressure detection positions in an in-plane direction by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor, a force in the in-plane direction. The separation layer has a gap portion and is interposed between the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshiaki SAKAKURA, Ken KOBAYASHI, Tetsuro GOTO, Kei TSUKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220412825
    Abstract: A three-axis sensor includes: a first detection layer having a first surface, and a second surface on side opposite to the first surface, and including a first sensing section of a capacitive type; a second detection layer having a first surface opposed to the second surface of the first detection laver, and including a second sensing section of the capacitive type; a first electrically conductive layer provided to be opposed to the first surface of the first detection layer; a second electrically conductive layer provided between the first detection layer and the second detection layer; a separation layer provided between the first detection layer and the second electrically conductive layer to separate the first detection layer and the second electrically conductive layer from each other; a first deformation layer that is provided between the first electrically conductive layer and the first detection layer, and is elastically deformed in accordance with pressure acting in a thickness direction of a sensor;
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kei TSUKAMOTO, Ken KOBAYASHI, Tetsuro GOTO, Yoshiaki SAKAKURA
  • Publication number: 20220390303
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a pressure-sensitive sensor having a sensing face; and a support supporting the pressure-sensitive sensor such that inner faces the exterior body is opposed to the sensing face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko KATSUHARA, Akira EBISUI, Taizo NISHIMURA, Ken KOBAYASHI, Tetsuro GOTO, Yoshiaki SAKAKURA, Kei TSUKAMOTO, Hayato HASEGAWA, Manami MIYAWAKI
  • Patent number: 11520446
    Abstract: Provided is a sensor including a sensor electrode unit including: a sensing unit of a capacitance type that detects pressing; and a temperature detection sensing unit of a capacitance type provided in an area corresponding to the sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Goto, Tomoko Katsuhara, Akira Ebisui