Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Ohara

Yoshihisa Ohara 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).

  • Autonomous moving device and control method of autonomous moving device
    Patent number: 9682482
    Abstract: An autonomous moving device includes: a measuring unit configured to measure a position and a posture of a person who is present in a predetermined area; an attention state estimating unit configured to estimate a first attention state of the person on the basis of information indicating the position and the posture of the person measured by the measuring unit; a state analyzing unit configured to determine a corrective course of action for correcting the first attention state on the basis of the estimated first attention state and a predetermined second attention state; and an action planning unit configured to determine an action corresponding to the determined correction course.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Ohara
  • Motion estimation device, robot, and method to estimate reaction of a person
    Patent number: 9684824
    Abstract: A motion estimation device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a distance between a sensor and an object and a situation estimation unit configured to estimate a person's reaction based on a distance acquired by the acquisition unit at a first time that is set based on a time when a person is being urged to stop raising his/her hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kaoru Toba, Yoshihisa Ohara
  • AUTONOMOUS MOVING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS MOVING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160299505
    Abstract: An autonomous moving device includes: a measuring unit configured to measure a position and a posture of a person who is present in a predetermined area; an attention state estimating unit configured to estimate a first attention state of the person on the basis of information indicating the position and the posture of the person measured by the measuring unit; a state analyzing unit configured to determine a corrective course of action for correcting the first attention state on the basis of the estimated first attention state and a predetermined second attention state; and an action planning unit configured to determine an action corresponding to the determined correction course.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Ohara
  • MOTION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ROBOT, AND MOTION ESTIMATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20150262003
    Abstract: A motion estimation device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a distance between a sensor and an object and a situation estimation unit configured to estimate a person's reaction based on a distance acquired by the acquisition unit at a first time that is set based on a time when a person is being urged to stop raising his/her hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kaoru Toba, Yoshihisa Ohara