Patents by Inventor YUKI ITOTANI

YUKI ITOTANI 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: 11850741
    Abstract: A control device and a control method of a master-slave system and the master-slave system are provided. A control device, which controls an operation of a master-slave system, includes a control unit that applies, to a control system of the master-slave system, a restraint force corresponding to an operation in a desired translational or rotational direction by the master. The control unit applies, to the control system, the restraint force according to a difference between a current position or posture of the master and a reference value of a position or posture to be restrained. The control system controls the master-slave system, for example, by a bilateral control method or a unilateral control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Masuda, Yuki Itotani
  • Publication number: 20230293249
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device (300) including a control unit (324) that controls a medical arm (102) to autonomously operate using a first learning model generated by machine learning a plurality of state information concerning an operation of the medical arm labeled as an operation that should be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: KAZUTO YOKOYAMA, YOHEI KURODA, TETSUHARU FUKUSHIMA, YUKI ITOTANI, KATSUFUMI SUGIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230126611
    Abstract: To support easy arrangement of a robot, an information processing apparatus includes: a projection image generating section which generates a projection image that projects information specifying a range of motion of a target part of a medical arm onto the range of motion on the basis of first information regarding the range of motion and second information regarding a position and a posture of a projection device that projects an image in an operating room; and an output instruction section that outputs a projection instruction for the projection image to the projection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: YUKI ITOTANI, TETSUHARU FUKUSHIMA, YOHEI KURODA, KAZUTO YOKOYAMA, KATSUFUMI SUGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11582438
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a control unit that calculates a first positional relationship between an eye of an observer observing an object displayed on a display unit and a first point in a master-side three-dimensional coordinate system, and controls an imaging unit that images the object so that a second positional relationship between the imaging unit and a second point corresponding to the first point in a slave-side three-dimensional coordinate system corresponds to the first positional relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Itotani, Kazuki Yokoyama, Koji Aoyama, Atsushi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220161414
    Abstract: There is provided a control device including a control unit configured to control an operation offset that indicates a difference between a control reference point for a slave unit and a control reference point for a master unit on the basis of operation magnification indicating a ratio of a movement amount of the master unit to a movement amount of the slave unit, in which the control unit controls the operation offset for two pairs of master unit and slave unit according to a change in the operation magnification in a case where a designated position of a first pair of master unit and a slave unit of the two pairs of master units and the slave units is kept constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: YUKI ITOTANI, HIROMASA MASUDA, NORIAKI TAKASUGI
  • Publication number: 20220060678
    Abstract: Provided is a control device including a control unit that calculates a first positional relationship between an eye of an observer observing an object displayed on a display unit and a first point in a master-side three-dimensional coordinate system, and controls an imaging unit that images the object so that a second positional relationship between the imaging unit and a second point corresponding to the first point in a slave-side three-dimensional coordinate system corresponds to the first positional relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki ITOTANI, Kazuki YOKOYAMA, Koji AOYAMA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220016773
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes determination unit that determines whether a related element is included in environmental information on the basis of a position and a shape of the related element, and an environmental information control unit that controls a mode of acquisition or use of the environmental information on the basis of determination performed by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: RYOICHI TSUZAKI, MASAYA KINOSHITA, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, YUKI ITOTANI
  • Publication number: 20210402598
    Abstract: A robot device (10) acquires object information related to an object to be gripped by the robot device including a grip unit (32) that grips an object. The robot device (10) then determines, based on operation contents executed by the robot device with the object gripped and the object information, a constraint condition when the operation contents are executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo TERASAWA, Yuki ITOTANI, Kiyokazu MIYAZAWA, Tetsuya NARITA, Yasuhiro MATSUDA, Toshimitsu KAI
  • Publication number: 20210245647
    Abstract: A robot (1) includes: a main body (10) including a hollow portion (110) that is a hollow space penetrating the main body (10) in an up-down direction, the main body (10) being configured to lift and support a support object (30) inserted in the hollow portion (110) by moving in the up-down direction; and a movable member (200) configured to move the main body (10) at least in the up-down direction by operating a leg (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI KITO, YUKI ITOTANI, KOJI NAKANISHI, TAKARA KASAI, KAZUO HONGO, YASUHISA KAMIKAWA, ATSUSHI SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210008709
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] There are provided a control apparatus, a control method, and a master-slave system. [Solution] A control apparatus includes: a detector that detects whether or not a master apparatus used for an operation of a slave apparatus is located at a movable range limit; and a controller that controls, on the basis of a detection result, a slave parameter related to control of the slave apparatus and an image parameter related to an image displayed on the basis of imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki ITOTANI, Hiromasa MASUDA, Atsushi MIYAMOTO, Kazuhito WAKANA
  • Publication number: 20200352665
    Abstract: [Overview] [Problem to be Solved] To provide an information processing device that makes it possible to make a user feel less strange. [Solution] An information processing device including: a first acquisition unit that acquires a vibration signal measured by a vibration sensor included in a slave apparatus; a second acquisition unit that acquires a measurement result regarding distance between a target of sensing of the vibration sensor and a contact part of the slave apparatus; and a controller that outputs an output signal to a master apparatus. The contact part comes into contact with the target. The output signal is obtained by applying a weight to the vibration signal. The weight corresponds to the measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: YUKI ITOTANI, RYUTA HORIE, TAKASHI KITO, KAZUO HONGO
  • Publication number: 20200214779
    Abstract: A control device and a control method of a master-slave system and the master-slave system are provided. A control device, which controls an operation of a master-slave system, includes a control unit that applies, to a control system of the master-slave system, a restraint force corresponding to an operation in a desired translational or rotational direction by the master. The control unit applies, to the control system, the restraint force according to a difference between a current position or posture of the master and a reference value of a position or posture to be restrained. The control system controls the master-slave system, for example, by a bilateral control method or a unilateral control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: HIROMASA MASUDA, YUKI ITOTANI
  • Publication number: 20200100856
    Abstract: Provided is an information input apparatus capable of inputting rotation angles of three degrees of freedom. The information input apparatus includes: an outer shell section having a structure of a hollow sphere; a connection section attracting and rotatably supporting the outer shell section; and a rotation detection section configured to detect a rotation angle of the outer shell section. The rotation detection section includes at least one or a combination of two or more of an acceleration sensor, an angle sensor, and a magnetic sensor. The rotation detection section is arranged in a vicinity of a center of the sphere and configured to detect rotation angles of three degrees of freedom of the outer shell section. The outer shell section includes an opening section into which a finger of a user is inserted, and the rotation detection section is configured to detect the rotation angle when the outer shell section is manually operated by the inserted finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: KAZUO HONGO, YUKI ITOTANI