Patents by Inventor YASUHISA KAMIKAWA
YASUHISA KAMIKAWA 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: 20190192238Abstract: A robot arm apparatus is provided and includes: an arm unit made up of a plurality of links joined to each other by one or a plurality of a joint unit; and a driving control unit that drives the arm unit by controlling driving of the joint unit. If a malfunction is detected in at least one of the joint unit, the driving control unit controls the driving of the joint unit in a state in which a certain restriction is imposed on motion of the arm unit, and drives the arm unit to avoid the malfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshimitsu TSUBOI, Takara KASAI, Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Yohei KURODA, Wataru KOKUBO, Tetsuharu FUKUSHIMA, Yasuhiro MATSUDA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO
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Patent number: 10299868Abstract: A medical support arm apparatus including: an arm unit including a plurality of links joined to each other by one or a plurality of a joint unit; and a driving control unit that drives the arm unit by controlling driving of the joint unit. If a malfunction is detected in at least one of the joint unit, the driving control unit controls the driving of the joint unit in a state in which a certain restriction is imposed on motion of the arm unit, and drives the arm unit to avoid the malfunction.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Takara Kasai, Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Yohei Kuroda, Wataru Kokubo, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Atsushi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10272565Abstract: Provided is an actuator, including: a motor; and a reduction gear having a breakdown torque that is less than a starting torque of the motor. A limit value in accordance with the breakdown torque of the reduction gear is set with respect to a control value for driving the motor.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Wataru Kokubo, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Yohei Kuroda, Jun Arai
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Publication number: 20190099238Abstract: To provide a jig holding apparatus and medical observation apparatus, which enable linear motion of a jig without increasing the size of a holding mechanism configured to hold the jig. A jig holding apparatus (1) includes: a holding mechanism (100) including a holding section (173) configured to detachably hold a predetermined jig (10) from a periphery of the jig (10), and a linear motion driving section (130) provided around the jig (10) held by the holding section (173) and configured to cause the jig (10) to linearly move.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Jun ARAI, Yohei KURODA, Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Wataru KOKUBO
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Publication number: 20190036407Abstract: In order to realize a movable mechanism capable of being configured more compactly and also capable of ensuring higher safety. A motor is provided. Also, an electrically active part is provided with an insulating structure so that insulating properties between the electrically active part and one or more conductors near the electrically active part satisfy a certain safety standard regarding medical electrical equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Wataru KOKUBO, Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Toshimitsu TSUBOI, Yohei KURODA, Jun ARAI
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Publication number: 20190022857Abstract: [Object] To provide a technology capable of obtaining information for controlling the movements of a robot more appropriately. [Solution] Provided is a control apparatus including: a control section that infers an intention of an external force on a basis of the external force.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: William Alexandre CONUS, Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Wataru Kokubo
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Patent number: 10128714Abstract: Provided is a motor. An electrically active part is provided with an insulating structure so that insulating properties between the electrically active part and one or more conductors near the electrically active part satisfy a certain safety standard regarding medical electrical equipment.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Kokubo, Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Yohei Kuroda, Jun Arai
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Publication number: 20180241283Abstract: Provided is an actuator (300) including: a reduction gear (320) that reduces, by a certain reduction ratio, a rotational velocity of an input shaft joined to a rotary shaft of a motor (360), and transmits the reduced rotational velocity to an output shaft (350); a first absolute angle encoder (330) that detects a rotational angle of the input shaft; and a second absolute angle encoder (340) that detects a rotational angle of the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: WATARU KOKUBO, TAKARA KASAI, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, YOHEI KURODA, TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, TETSUHARU FUKUSHIMA, YASUHIRO MATSUDA, ATSUSHI MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180200006Abstract: To make it possible to configure a medical support arm apparatus which does not impair operability for the surgeon, and which is also compact. Provided is a medical support arm apparatus including: an arm section configured so that a medical tool is provided on a front end, and movable axes are arranged so that the arm section has at least six degrees of freedom. Among the movable axes, a movable axis provided on the front end side that prescribes an attitude of the medical tool is a passive axis that rotates by following an external force, and at least one axis provided on a base end side that prescribes a position of the medical tool is a drive axis driven by an actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Tetsuharu FUKUSHIMA, Wataru KOKUBO, Yasuhiro MATSUDA
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Patent number: 9966816Abstract: [Object] To detect a rotational angle accurately and also to drive more safely. [Solution] Provided is an actuator (300) including: a reduction gear (320) that reduces, by a certain reduction ratio, a rotational velocity of an input shaft joined to a rotary shaft of a motor (360), and transmits the reduced rotational velocity to an output shaft (350); a first absolute angle encoder (330) that detects a rotational angle of the input shaft; and a second absolute angle encoder (340) that detects a rotational angle of the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Kokubo, Takara Kasai, Yasuhisa Kamikawa, Yohei Kuroda, Toshimitsu Tsuboi, Tetsuharu Fukushima, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Atsushi Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20180042464Abstract: The present invention aims to make it capable of holding organs more safely. Provided is a medical support arm apparatus, including: an arm unit (510) whose driving is controlled by force control; and a retractor, provided on a front end of the arm unit (510), that holds an organ of a patient during surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Jun ARAI, Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Kiyokazu MIYAZAWA, Yohei KURODA, Yasuhiro MATSUDA, Tetsuharu FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20180036877Abstract: [Object] To enable greater compactness and also to be capable of preventing breakdown more reliably. [Solution] Provided is an actuator, including: a motor; and a reduction gear having a breakdown torque that is less than a starting torque of the motor. A limit value in accordance with the breakdown torque of the reduction gear is set with respect to a control value for driving the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, TETSUHARU FUKUSHIMA, WATARU KOKUBO, TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, YOHEI KURODA, JUN ARAI
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Publication number: 20180021094Abstract: There is provided a medical support arm device including a multi-joint arm having a distal end configured to host a medical device, said multi-joint arm configured to have a higher degree of freedom than a degree of freedom necessary for controlling a spatial position and pointing direction of the medical device. The multi-joint arm is configured to controllably displace at least one of a plurality of joints of the multi-joint arm while the spatial position and the pointing direction of the medical device are controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: SONY PRODUCTIONInventors: Yasuhiro MATSUDA, Tetsuharu FUKUSHIMA, Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO, Wataru KOKUBO
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Publication number: 20180014906Abstract: There is provided a medical support arm device including a brake provided in at least one joint of a plurality of joints that define a deployment configuration of a multi-joint arm, and configured to release a rotation shaft of the at least one joint when electricity is supplied to the multi-joint arm and lock the rotation shaft when electricity is not supplied to the multi-joint arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuharu FUKUSHIMA, Wataru KOKUBO, Toshimitsu TSUBOI, Yohei KURODA, Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA
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Publication number: 20170358967Abstract: [Object] To realize a movable mechanism capable of being configured more compactly and also capable of ensuring higher safety. [Solution] Provided is a motor. An electrically active part is provided with an insulating structure so that insulating properties between the electrically active part and one or more conductors near the electrically active part satisfy a certain safety standard regarding medical electrical equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: WATARU KOKUBO, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, YOHEI KURODA, JUN ARAI
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Publication number: 20170080574Abstract: A robot arm apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: one or a plurality of a joint unit that joins a plurality of links constituting a multi-link structure; an acquisition unit that acquires an on-screen enlargement factor of a subject imaged by an imaging unit attached to the multi-link structure; and a driving control unit that controls driving of the joint unit based on a state of the joint unit and the enlargement factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicants: SONY CORPORATION, SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Yohei KURODA, Takara KASAI, Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Wataru KOKUBO, Toshimitsu TSUBOI, Tetsuharu FUKUSHIMA, Yasuhiro MATSUDA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO, Kenji HIROSE
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Publication number: 20170066131Abstract: [Object] To calibrate an internal model more efficiently and more precisely. [Solution] Provided is a robot arm apparatus including: an arm unit made up of a plurality of links joined by one or a plurality of a joint unit, the arm unit being connectable to an imaging unit. An internal model including at least geometric information about the arm unit and focus position information about the imaging unit is updated using internal model information acquired in a state in which the imaging unit is pointed at a reference point in real space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, TAKARA KASAI, YOHEI KURODA, WATARU KOKUBO, TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, TETSUHARU FUKUSHIMA, YASUHIRO MATSUDA, ATSUSHI MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20170007342Abstract: [Object] To enable further improvement in user convenience. [Solution] Provided is a robot arm apparatus including: an arm unit made up of a plurality of links joined to each other by one or a plurality of a joint unit, the arm unit being connectable to an imaging unit; and a drive control unit that controls driving of the arm unit by causing each joint unit to be driven cooperatively. The drive control unit uses relative position information of a reference position with respect to the arm unit, the relative position information being based on a state of the arm unit and distance information about a distance between the imaging unit and the reference position, to control the driving of the arm unit in a manner that the reference position is positioned on an optical axis of the imaging unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: TAKARA KASAI, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, YOHEI KURODA, WATARU KOKUBO, TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, TETSUHARU FUKUSHIMA, YASUHIRO MATSUDA, ATSUSHI MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20170007336Abstract: A medical support arm apparatus including: an arm unit including a plurality of links joined to each other by one or a plurality of a joint unit; and a driving control unit that drives the arm unit by controlling driving of the joint unit. If a malfunction is detected in at least one of the joint unit, the driving control unit controls the driving of the joint unit in a state in which a certain restriction is imposed on motion of the arm unit, and drives the arm unit to avoid the malfunction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Toshimitsu TSUBOI, Takara KASAI, Yasuhisa KAMIKAWA, Yohei KURODA, Wataru KOKUBO, Tetsuharu FUKUSHIMA, Yasuhiro MATSUDA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20160365771Abstract: [Object] To detect a rotational angle accurately and also to drive more safely. [Solution] Provided is an actuator (300) including: a reduction gear (320) that reduces, by a certain reduction ratio, a rotational velocity of an input shaft joined to a rotary shaft of a motor (360), and transmits the reduced rotational velocity to an output shaft (350); a first absolute angle encoder (330) that detects a rotational angle of the input shaft; and a second absolute angle encoder (340) that detects a rotational angle of the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: WATARU KOKUBO, TAKARA KASAI, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, YOHEI KURODA, TOSHIMITSU TSUBOI, TETSUHARU FUKUSHIMA, YASUHIRO MATSUDA, ATSUSHI MIYAMOTO