Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Kawakami
Tomohiro Kawakami 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: 20220331967Abstract: A management server according to an embodiment includes a communication part, an acquisition part, an intention estimation part, and a motion control part. The communication part communicates with one or more robot devices and one or more operation terminals that remotely operate at least one of the one or more robot devices via a network. The acquisition part acquires an operation content inputted by the operation terminal. The intention estimation part estimates an intention of an operator of the operation terminal based on the operation content acquired by the acquisition part. The motion control part controls a motion of the robot device based on an intention result estimated by the intention estimation part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuta KIMURA, Tomohiro KAWAKAMI, Takahide YOSHIIKE, Kenichiro SUGIYAMA, Masaaki MUROMACHI, Yoichi TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20220331973Abstract: The disclosure provides a critical care system, a critical care system control method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program. A critical care system includes: a photographing device which is capable of remotely controlling at least one of a position and a direction; a critical care tool storage part which stores a critical care tool; a critical care robot which includes at least one end effector that allows for remote control; a terminal with which at least one operator remotely operates the critical care robot; and a server which is capable of acquiring medical condition information and environmental information acquired by the critical care robot, transmitting the acquired medical condition information and environmental information to the terminal, receiving operation information for the critical care robot from the terminal, and controlling the critical care robot based on the received operation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi TANIGUCHI, Masaaki MUROMACHI, Takahide YOSHIIKE, Kenichiro SUGIYAMA, Yuta KIMURA, Tomohiro KAWAKAMI
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Patent number: 11433306Abstract: An information processing program realizes, on a computer: a first-game control function that runs a first game while allowing a group of characters to participate therein; a subset creating function that creates, on the basis of a game result of the first game, a subset consisting of some characters included in the group of characters from a universal set consisting of all the characters included in the group of characters; and a second-game control function that runs a second game while performing control for the characters included in the subset created by the subset creating function so as to display, on a display medium, at least some character objects in the form of character objects of a predetermined kind.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: CYGAMES, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Narita, Tomohiro Kawakami
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Patent number: 11355755Abstract: A carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an average interplanar spacing d002 of the (002) plane within a range of 0.36 to 0.42 nm calculated by using the Bragg equation according to a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method, a specific surface area within a range of 8 to 30 m2/g obtained by a nitrogen adsorption BET three-point method, a nitrogen element content of 0.5 mass % or less, an oxygen element content of 0.3 mass % or less, and an average particle diameter of 1 to 2.8 ?m according to a laser scattering method.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Kawakami, Takafumi Izawa, Taketoshi Okuno, Jun-Sang Cho, Hideharu Iwasaki
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Patent number: 11181175Abstract: A link mechanism includes a first link connected with a first joint, a first motor driving the first link to rotate, a second link connected with a second joint, a second motor driving the second link to rotate, and a power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism is configured as capable of switching between a connected state with connection with which power of the first motor and the second motor can be transmitted between the first joint and the second joint and a disconnected state in which the connection is removed. In the case where the power transmission mechanism is in the connected state, the first joint and the second joint rotate so that an angular velocity of the first joint and an angular velocity of the second joint are proportional to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taichi Yamamoto, Tomohiro Kawakami, Eisoku Kuroiwa
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Publication number: 20210138344Abstract: An information processing program realizes, on a computer: a first-game control function that runs a first game while allowing a group of characters to participate therein; a subset creating function that creates, on the basis of a game result of the first game, a subset consisting of some characters included in the group of characters from a universal set consisting of all the characters included in the group of characters; and a second-game control function that runs a second game while performing control for the characters included in the subset created by the subset creating function so as to display, on a display medium, at least some character objects in the form of character objects of a predetermined kind.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: CYGAMES, INC.Inventors: Masahiro Narita, Tomohiro Kawakami
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Patent number: 10981617Abstract: Provided is an inverted pendulum type vehicle. A controller (20) includes a reference desired motion determiner (211), which sequentially determines a reference desired motion of a traveling motion unit (3) so as to stabilize the attitude of an object mounting unit (5), high-frequency idling state amount calculators (214), (42a) and (42b), which calculate the high-frequency idling state amount of the traveling motion unit (3), and a desired motion corrector (42g), which corrects the reference desired motion by a correction amount determined on the basis of the high-frequency idling state amount to reduce a high-frequency component of idling. The controller (20) controls an actuator unit (8) according to the desired motion obtained by correcting the reference desired motion.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Murakami, Kazumasa Ozaki, Tomohiro Kawakami, Kazushi Akimoto
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Publication number: 20200362951Abstract: A link mechanism includes a first link connected with a first joint, a first motor driving the first link to rotate, a second link connected with a second joint, a second motor driving the second link to rotate, and a power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism is configured as capable of switching between a connected state with connection with which power of the first motor and the second motor can be transmitted between the first joint and the second joint and a disconnected state in which the connection is removed. In the case where the power transmission mechanism is in the connected state, the first joint and the second joint rotate so that an angular velocity of the first joint and an angular velocity of the second joint are proportional to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.Inventors: Taichi YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro KAWAKAMI, Eisoku KUROIWA
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Patent number: 10734650Abstract: Provided is a carbonaceous material used in a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that shows favorable charge/discharge capacities and low resistance and having favorable resistance to oxidative degradation. The carbonaceous material has an average interplanar spacing d002 of the (002) plane of 0.36 to 0.42 nm calculated by using the Bragg equation according to a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method, a specific surface area of 20 to 65 m2/g obtained by a nitrogen adsorption BET three-point method, a nitrogen element content of 0.3 mass % or less, an oxygen element content of 2.5 mass % or less, and an average particle diameter of 1 to 4 ?m according to a laser scattering method.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Kawakami, Sayaka Ide, Takafumi Izawa, Taketoshi Okuno, Jun-Sang Cho, Hideharu Iwasaki
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Patent number: 10632812Abstract: The rocking control device for a two front wheels rocking vehicle includes a controller that executes a first rocking control which assists a rocking of the two front wheels rocking vehicle and a second rocking control which assists the two front wheels rocking vehicle so that the two front wheels rocking vehicle self-stands at a rocking balanced position where a rocking moment of the vehicle body is canceled out in a lateral direction, wherein controller is configured to switch the first rocking control and the second rocking control to OFF state, and is configured to operate the first rocking control and the second rocking control in combination.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunari Iguchi, Yotaro Mori, Yuichi Uebayashi, Shunichi Miyagishi, Tomohiro Kawakami, Hiroyuki Kaneta
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Patent number: 10596872Abstract: A rocking control device for a two front wheels rocking vehicle includes a high rigidity self-standing controller that executes a high rigidity self-standing control that locks the rocking of the two front wheels rocking vehicle and that assists a self-standing of the two front wheels rocking vehicle, a switch that switches the high rigidity self-standing control to ON or OFF state, and an offset cancellation controller that executes an offset cancellation control that maintains the self-standing state of the two front wheels rocking vehicle until a predetermined traveling state when the high rigidity self-standing control is switched off.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazunari Iguchi, Yuichi Uebayashi, Tomohiro Kawakami, Shunichi Miyagishi
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Patent number: 10207762Abstract: A control device (60) of a mobile body (1) calculates a center-of-gravity displacement degree index value representing an estimate of the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator in the lateral direction of a vehicle body (2) from a predetermined reference position with respect to the vehicle body (2), and determines a control input for an actuator (15), which can cause a moment in the roll direction to act on the vehicle body (2), so as to increase the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator indicated by the center-of-gravity displacement degree index value in a state of presence of such displacement. The control device (60) controls the actuator (15) in accordance with the control input.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Kazushi Akimoto, Yuichi Uebayashi, Shinya Shirokura, Tomohiro Kawakami, Makoto Araki
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Publication number: 20180323433Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous material (carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery) used for a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery (e.g., a lithium ion secondary battery) exhibiting favorable charge/discharge capacities and low resistance and having favorable resistance to oxidative degradation. The present invention relates to a carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an average interplanar spacing d002 of the (002) plane within a range of 0.36 to 0.42 nm calculated by using the Bragg equation according to a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method, a specific surface area within a range of 20 to 65 m2/g obtained by a nitrogen adsorption BET three-point method, a nitrogen element content of 0.3 mass % or less, an oxygen element content of 2.5 mass % or less, and an average particle diameter of 1 to 4 ?m according to a laser scattering method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicants: KURARAY CO., LTD., KUREHA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro KAWAKAMI, Sayaka IDE, Takafumi IZAWA, Taketoshi OKUNO, Jun-Sang CHO, Hideharu IWASAKI
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Patent number: 10112675Abstract: A control device (60) of a mobile body (1) calculates a center-of-gravity displacement degree index value representing an estimate of the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator in the lateral direction from a prescribed reference position with respect to a vehicle body (2), and determines a control input for an actuator (15) which can cause a moment in the roll direction to act on the vehicle body (2) so as to reduce the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator indicated by the center-of-gravity displacement degree index value. The control device (60) controls the actuator (15) in accordance with the control input.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Kazushi Akimoto, Yuichi Uebayashi, Shinya Shirokura, Tomohiro Kawakami, Makoto Araki
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Publication number: 20180309126Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbonaceous material (carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery) used for a negative electrode of a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery (e.g., a lithium ion secondary battery) exhibiting favorable charge/discharge capacities and low resistance and having favorable resistance to oxidative degradation. The present invention relates to a carbonaceous material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an average interplanar spacing d002 of the (002) plane within a range of 0.36 to 0.42 nm calculated by using the Bragg equation according to a wide-angle X-ray diffraction method, a specific surface area within a range of 8 to 30 m2/g obtained by a nitrogen adsorption BET three-point method, a nitrogen element content of 0.5 mass % or less, an oxygen element content of 0.3 mass % or less, and an average particle diameter of 1 to 4 ?m according to a laser scattering method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicants: KURARAY CO., LTD., KUREHA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro KAWAKAMI, Takafumi IZAWA, Taketoshi OKUNO, Jun-Sang CHO, Hideharu IWASAKI
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Publication number: 20180304954Abstract: Provided is an inverted pendulum type vehicle. A controller (20) includes a reference desired motion determiner (211), which sequentially determines a reference desired motion of a traveling motion unit (3) so as to stabilize the attitude of an object mounting unit (5), high-frequency idling state amount calculators (214), (42a) and (42b), which calculate the high-frequency idling state amount of the traveling motion unit (3), and a desired motion corrector (42g), which corrects the reference desired motion by a correction amount determined on the basis of the high-frequency idling state amount to reduce a high-frequency component of idling. The controller (20) controls an actuator unit (8) according to the desired motion obtained by correcting the reference desired motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: Hideo Murakami, Kazumasa Ozaki, Tomohiro Kawakami, Kazushi Akimoto
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Publication number: 20180086169Abstract: A rocking control device for a two front wheels rocking vehicle includes a high rigidity self-standing controller that executes a high rigidity self-standing control that locks the rocking of the two front wheels rocking vehicle and that assists a self-standing of the two front wheels rocking vehicle, a switch that switches the high rigidity self-standing control to ON or OFF state, and an offset cancellation controller that executes an offset cancellation control that maintains the self-standing state of the two front wheels rocking vehicle until a predetermined traveling state when the high rigidity self-standing control is switched off.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Kazunari Iguchi, Yuichi Uebayashi, Tomohiro Kawakami, Shunichi Miyagishi
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Publication number: 20180086168Abstract: The rocking control device for a two front wheels rocking vehicle includes a controller that executes a first rocking control which assists a rocking of the two front wheels rocking vehicle and a second rocking control which assists the two front wheels rocking vehicle so that the two front wheels rocking vehicle self-stands at a rocking balanced position where a rocking moment of the vehicle body is canceled out in a lateral direction, wherein controller is configured to switch the first rocking control and the second rocking control to OFF state, and is configured to operate the first rocking control and the second rocking control in combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Kazunari Iguchi, Yotaro Mori, Yuichi Uebayashi, Shunichi Miyagishi, Tomohiro Kawakami, Hiroyuki Kaneta
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Publication number: 20160375948Abstract: A control device (60) of a mobile body (1) calculates a center-of-gravity displacement degree index value representing an estimate of the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator in the lateral direction of a vehicle body (2) from a predetermined reference position with respect to the vehicle body (2), and determines a control input for an actuator (15), which can cause a moment in the roll direction to act on the vehicle body (2), so as to increase the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator indicated by the center-of-gravity displacement degree index value in a state of presence of such displacement. The control device (60) controls the actuator (15) in accordance with the control input.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Kazushi Akimoto, Yuichi Uebayashi, Shinya Shirokura, Tomohiro Kawakami, Makoto Araki
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Publication number: 20160280307Abstract: A control device (60) of a mobile body (1) calculates a center-of-gravity displacement degree index value representing an estimate of the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator in the lateral direction from a prescribed reference position with respect to a vehicle body (2), and determines a control input for an actuator (15) which can cause a moment in the roll direction to act on the vehicle body (2) so as to reduce the degree of displacement of the center of gravity of the operator indicated by the center-of-gravity displacement degree index value. The control device (60) controls the actuator (15) in accordance with the control input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Toru Takenaka, Kazushi Akimoto, Yuichi Uebayashi, Shinya Shirokura, Tomohiro Kawakami, Makoto Araki