Patents by Inventor Yuichiro TOU

Yuichiro TOU 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).

  • INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20210197393
    Abstract: To activate communication between an autonomous operation body and a user. Providing an information processing device that includes: an application control unit that controls operation of an application relating to communication between an autonomous operation body and a user; and a reflection unit that causes the autonomous operation body to reflect an operation performed by the user in the application. In the information processing device, the application control unit controls operation of an avatar imitating the autonomous operation body, and the reflection unit causes the autonomous operation body to reflect a reward obtained by the avatar on the basis of the operation performed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: TOMOO MIZUKAMI, KEI YOSHINAKA, NAOKI YUASA, IZUMI KAWANISHI, HIROTO WATANABE, JUNICHIROU SAKATA, TOHRU KURATA, YUICHIRO TOU
  • ANIMAL-SHAPED AUTONOMOUS MOBILE OBJECT, METHOD OF CAUSING ANIMAL-SHAPED AUTONOMOUS MOBILE OBJECT TO PERFORM MOTION, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200333800
    Abstract: A type of a calculation process being executed internally is indicated by a motion to a user. An animal-shaped autonomous mobile object including a housing having a shape of an animal, a calculation section, and a motion controller that causes the housing to perform a motion corresponding to a type of a calculation process that the calculation section is executing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi KATAYAMA, Tomoo MIZUKAMI, Takuma MORITA, Eiichiro MORINAGA, Yuhei YABE, Yuichiro TOU