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20140060224 | HEAD STRUCTURE OF ROBOT, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE HEAD - A head structure of a robot according to the invention includes a first motor and a second motor so supported side by side within a head of the robot that output shafts are positioned coaxially with each other; a left elastic frame that is so driven by the first motor and one end of which is so fitted as to be rotatable around the output shaft and the other end of which extending in a perpendicular direction from the output shaft is supported by a trunk of the robot; and a right elastic frame that is so driven by the second motor and one end of which is so fitted as to be rotatable around the output shaft and the other end of which extending side by side with the left elastic frame from the output shaft is supported by the trunk. | 03-06-2014 |
20140114559 | Inverted Pendulum Type Moving Body Having Velocity Planning Device - The present invention provides an inverted pendulum-type moving body having a pair of wheels suspended from the moving body, using a floor as a traveling plane, and is provided on the same plane vertical to its travelling direction, a driving mechanism for rotating these wheels, posture measurement means for measuring an inclination angular velocity of its upper body that a straight line connecting a center-of-gravity position of a body of the moving body and an axle of the one pair of wheels makes with a vertical direction, and a mechanism control part for maintaining an inverted state of the moving body by controlling the driving mechanism, by having a velocity planning device for performing a movement plan so that the upper body angular velocity and the upper body angle may be in a relationship of quadratic function when a velocity change is needed. | 04-24-2014 |
20140148989 | Autonomous Moving Device and Control Method Thereof - An autonomous moving device includes a travel unit with a wheel driven by a motor and an upper body including an environment-recognition sensor that detects an obstacle in a traveling direction. The upper body includes means that recognize device and obstacle positions, means that evaluates avoidance capability, and means that obtains priority of collision avoidance of an estimated passage area of the obstacle. The upper body further includes a control unit that moves the travel unit to an area where an estimated passage area of an obstacle whose priority of collision avoidance is high that does not overlap an area where the travel unit is located and which is an area where collision can be avoided even if an area where an estimated passage area of an obstacle whose priority of collision avoidance is low overlaps the area where the travel unit is located. | 05-29-2014 |
20140376780 | Method for Estimating Direction of Person Standing Still - The invention is directed to detecting a boundary position between a foot and a lower leg of a person in an image acquired by an imaging unit, the boundary position being a substantial boundary part, in a lower limb, between the foot, which is a part from a malleolus to a tip part, and the lower leg; detecting a feature quantity that makes it possible to classify a ground and a part other than the ground in the image; setting, in a peripheral region around the boundary position, a plurality of local regions having positional information and/or direction information relative to the boundary position, and determining whether each of the local regions is the ground or the part other than the ground by using the feature quantity unique to the ground; determining a foot region from the local region determined as the part other than the ground; and estimating a direction of the foot of the person from the local region classified as the foot region and from the information. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379198 | Mobile Object - The present invention provides a mobile object capable of stable movement and jumping. The mobile object includes two moving means attached to left and right sides under a body; a sensor to detect attitude of the body; a controller to receive information from the sensor and perform calculation; two telescopic actuators attached between the body and the two moving means and configured to generate vertical forces; a rotary actuator provided at the center of the two telescopic actuators and configured to rotate around a moving direction of the body; a roll link connected with an output part of the rotary actuator; two suspensions connecting left and right ends of the roll link and the moving means; and foot frames attached between the suspensions and the moving means, wherein the controller controls the rotary actuator so that the sensor detects a target tilt angle and a target angular velocity of the body. | 12-25-2014 |
20150027801 | MOVING BODY - The moving mechanism is capable of separating an orientation of a vehicle body from a traveling direction. In addition, the moving mechanism has a low center of gravity and is capable of reducing its weight. A moving body includes a vehicle body, steering actuators, right and left steering hubs, vehicle wheel actuators, and vehicle wheels. The steering actuators are disposed on the right and left sides of the vehicle body and drivable around a vertical axis. The right and left steering hubs are driven by the steering actuators. The vehicle wheel actuators are fixed to the steering hubs. The vehicle wheels are driven by the vehicle wheel actuators and are disposed in an inclined manner with respect to a vertical direction. | 01-29-2015 |
20150105906 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE, AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT SYSTEM, AND AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT METHOD - An autonomous mobile device, an autonomous movement system, and an autonomous movement method, each having an obstacle avoidance capability, are provided. The autonomous mobile device includes an avoidance pattern determination unit for determining the travel pattern of the local device according to the state of motion, relative to the autonomous movement device, of a mobile obstacle other than the autonomous movement device; and a travel controller for causing the autonomous movement device to travel according to the travel pattern determined by the avoidance pattern determination unit. One of avoidance patterns is selected in accordance with a relative velocity to a mobile obstacle. | 04-16-2015 |
20150160654 | Autonomous Mobile Apparatus, Control Device, and Autonomous Mobile Method - A control device capable of providing smooth movement even in a crowded environment is to be provided. The control device includes a movement processing section ( | 06-11-2015 |
20150261218 | REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM - When a moving body is remotely operated, a delay in transmission of an image and information acquired from the moving body becomes a problem since immediate transmission of an operation to the moving body cannot be expected. When a frame rate is decreased or a resolution is reduced to decrease the amount of image data to prevent transmission delay of the image data, it is difficult to grasp motions of other moving bodies. As a result, when a certain amount of time is required to transmit a camera image and a moving obstacle, the movement of the obstacle and the movement of the moving body are estimated. The estimated image is generated based on a current image, and is presented to an operator via a monitor. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce instability and a risk associated with transmission delay to safely operate the moving body. | 09-17-2015 |
20150274032 | Inverted Pendulum Moving Apparatus and Control Method Therefor - The invention is directed to an inverted pendulum moving apparatus that may address various kinds of disturbance forces and a control method therefor. The apparatus has one or more wheels coaxially arranged and a center of gravity of parts other than the wheel located above an axle, includes an inversion control part that discriminates a cause of a disturbance force based on a wheel rotation speed of the wheel and the disturbance force and determines output torque to the wheel based on the determination result. | 10-01-2015 |
20150337836 | Gear Pump - A gear pump ( | 11-26-2015 |
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20080228320 | Robot - To provide a robot whose degree of freedom of design is not limited, and which has simple structure and further reduces load of an actuator of a neck part, the present invention provides a robot at least including a head part, a body part, and a neck link which connects the head part and the body part, wherein a surrounding object distance measurement means is provided adjacently to the neck link and in an upper portion of the body part between the head part and the body part, and a distance scanning field of the surrounding object distance measurement means is provided in parallel with a horizontal plane. | 09-18-2008 |
20090114460 | Biped Mobile Mechanism - A robot having a leg mechanism having high rigidity, so as to enable moving on wheels, on the leveled ground, and also moving on the bipedalism, on the unleveled ground, and also enabling to execute exchanging between the wheel running and the bipedalism in a short time, comprising: a body; and left and right leg portions in lower portion of the body, wherein each leg portion has a wheel, which can be drive, at a tip thereof, and a supporting portion, which is movable in roll and pitch directions, the each leg portion has three (3) degrees of freedom, roll, pitch and pitch from the body side, and the supporting portion has at least two (2) of contact points to be in contact with a ground, and makes up a stable region by a contact point of the wheel and the contact point of the supporting body, and thereby oscillating the left and right leg portions, alternately, so as to make bipedalism, and further operating the supporting body, so as to run on the wheels. | 05-07-2009 |
20090118865 | ROBOT - Described herein is a robot having a camera mount that is movable along a curved surface of an upper part of the head, on a front side thereof, and two units of cameras that are mounted in the camera mount. The cameras are disposed such that the cameras are laterally separated from each other at an interval substantially equivalent to a lateral width of the head, respective extremities of the cameras are substantially flush with the front end of the head, and the cameras are positioned in close proximity of the upper end of the robot. | 05-07-2009 |
20110054681 | ROBOT - A robot, having left and right leg portions on a lower portion of a body, each of the legs has a wheel attached at a tip of the leg portion, to be drivable, a suspension having a spring and a dumper attached in parallel, between the wheel and the body, and an actuator attached between the suspension and the body. The suspension and the actuator are connected in series, and an inclination detecting means mounted on the body detects an inclination angle and an angular velocity of the robot with respect to a direction of gravity. A control instruction value outputting means controls the actuator upon basis of information thereof, so that the robot travels along a target angle and a target angular velocity thereof. The, spring is connected with an actuator expanding and constructing up and down, in series. | 03-03-2011 |
20110137462 | MOBILE ROBOT AND TRAVELLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - This mobile unit suppresses lateral vibration produced when the mobile unit passes over a step. A stabilizer according to the present invention predicts contact timing at which the mobile unit makes contact with a step, which may be a bump or pit, using sensor information or map information, shifts the center of gravity of the mobile unit laterally by controlling actuators, and shits the center of gravity laterally for the next step after detecting that the mobile unit has passed over the previous step. | 06-09-2011 |
20130282237 | INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE MOVING BODY - An inverted pendulum type moving body has a pair of wheels suspended by a main body of the moving body and arranged in the same plane perpendicular to a direction in which the moving body moves on a floor surface as a traveling surface; a driving mechanism that rotates the wheels; and a driving controller that controls the driving mechanism and thereby maintains an inverted state of a moving robot body. The inverted pendulum type moving body includes a wheel rotational speed measurer that measures rotational speeds of the wheels; a main body front-back direction angular velocity measurer that measures an inclination angular velocity of the main body of the moving body in a front-back direction; suspension actuators that move the wheels in a vertical direction; and a suspension actuator driving unit that drives the suspension actuators. | 10-24-2013 |
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20150237249 | IMAGING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that generates image data; a feature information generation unit that generates feature information smaller in data amount than the image data, the feature information indicating features of a subject image included in an image corresponding to the image data; an imaging-side first and second communication units; a communication status determination unit that determines the status of communication between an external communication device and the imaging-side first communication unit; and an imaging-side communication control unit that transmits the feature information to the communication device via the imaging-side second communication unit when the status of communication between the communication device and the imaging-side first communication unit is not favorable. | 08-20-2015 |
20150319360 | IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROVIDING METHOD - An image providing apparatus includes: a plurality of auxiliary imaging units that have shooting ranges partially overlapping one another, and each of which images a subject to generate auxiliary image data; a provider communication unit; a provider communication control unit that receives, from the portable device, via the provider communication unit, transmission request information requesting the image providing apparatus to transmit composite image data; and an image synthesizing unit that generates, based on the transmission request information, composite image data by combining the auxiliary image data respectively generated by two or more of the plurality of auxiliary imaging units. The provider communication control unit transmits, via the provider communication unit, the composite image data to the portable device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150334306 | IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image pickup display apparatus includes: a communication section that is capable of receiving a picked-up image from an image pickup unit; a display section that displays the picked-up image received by the communication section; an operation section for controlling image pickup by the image pickup unit; a state determination section that determines a state of a case in which the communication section, the display section and the operation section are housed; and a control section that receives a result of determination performed by the state determination section, to change a user interface provided by the display section and the operation section based on whether or not the case is arranged on another object. | 11-19-2015 |
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20120270043 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE SHEET FOR SLIDE RAIL, AND METHOD FOR FIXING SLIDE RAIL - An adhesive composition for slide rail exhibits excellent workability in attaching a slide rail to a vehicle body and has a strong adhesive force after heating, the magnetic force of which can be lowered, which sustains the strong adhesive force after heating and then returning to room temperature so as to allow the firm fixation of the slide rail to the vehicle body, and which can lower the volume of the noise caused by opening/closing of a door. Specifically disclosed is an adhesive composition for slide rail which includes a hot-melt adhesive and a ferromagnetic substance, wherein the composition shows a density at 20° C. of 1.4-4.5 g/cm | 10-25-2012 |
20140141271 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE SHEET - Provided is an adhesive sheet having an adhesive layer formed of an adhesive composition that contains 100 parts by mass of a polyisobutylene-based resin (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 270,000 to 480,000, from 5 to 55 parts by mass of a polyisobutylene-based resin (B) having a weight-average molecular weight of from 100,000 to 250,000, and from 10 to 55 parts by mass of a hydrogenated petroleum resin (C) having a softening point of from 90 to 135° C.; and provided is an adhesive sheet having at least one adhesive layer wherein the probe tack of the adhesive layer, as measured at a peel rate of 600 mm/min according to JIS-Z0237 (1991), has two maximum values and wherein the first maximum value P1 detected first is at least 4.0 N and the ratio of the second maximum value P2 detected secondarily to the first maximum value P1 [P2/P1] is from 0.25 to 1.50. The adhesive sheets have excellent adhesion force and retention force, can prevent occurrence of zipping, have a low moisture vapor transmission rate, are excellent in transparency and can retard outgas generation. | 05-22-2014 |
20150031785 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND ADHESIVE SHEET - A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic copolymer (A) having a structural unit (a1) derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate (a1)′ and a structural unit (a2) derived from a functional group-containing monomer (a2)′, a crosslinking agent (B), and a photochromic dye (C) selected from a group consisting of dithienylethene-based compounds, oxazine-based compounds and naphthopyran-based compounds has a relatively rapid rate of color change from colored to colorless after termination of irradiation with UV rays, has excellent photochromic performance and can be a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of a colorless pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. | 01-29-2015 |
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20120242220 | LIGHT-EMITTING COMPOSITION, ELECTROLUMINESCENT SHEET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A light-emitting composition comprising (A) a compound having a cyanoethyl group, (B) an adhesive resin material and (C) an electroluminescent material, wherein an amount of the component (B) is from 1 to 1,000 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the component (A); an electroluminescent sheet comprising at least a first electrode, an electroluminescent layer and a second electrode, laminated in this order, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is transparent, and the electroluminescent layer contains the light-emitting composition; and a method for producing thereof are provided. Specifically, an electroluminescent sheet that can be produced at ambient temperature without heating, has high productivity, and can be mass produced at low cost, a method for producing thereof, and a light-emitting composition used therein are provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20130052458 | ZINC OXIDE-BASED CONDUCTIVE MULTILAYER STRUCTURE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A zinc-oxide-based conductive stacked structure | 02-28-2013 |
20130174976 | MASKING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MASKING MATERIAL, AND MASKING METHOD - A masking material for use in a heating process includes: a base material comprising a resin as a main resin component and containing a magnetic substance, the resin having a higher melting point than a temperature of the heating process, the magnetic substance having a higher Curie temperature than the temperature of the heating process; and a releasable protective layer formed on one surface of the base material, the releasable protective layer comprising a releasable protective material. The masking material has excellent heat resistance property and can be repeatedly used. | 07-11-2013 |
20130209800 | ADHESIVE SHEET AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention pertains to an adhesive sheet including a base material having thereon at least a gas barrier layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the gas barrier layer is constituted of a material containing at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom; in a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer, an existing proportion of an oxygen atom is from 60 to 75%, an existing proportion of a nitrogen atom is from 0 to 10%, and an existing proportion of a silicon atom is from 25 to 35% relative to a total existing amount of the oxygen atom, the nitrogen atom, and the silicon atom; and a film density in the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer is from 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm | 08-15-2013 |
20140000787 | HOT-MELT ADHESION COMPOSITION, HOT-MELT ADHESIVE SHEET AND ADHESION METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140077139 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a pressure-sensitive adhesive that contains from 40 to 95% by mass of a rubber-based resin not containing a styrene-derived constituent unit, and a photochromic dye of a dithienylethene-based compound, wherein the content of the photochromic dye is from 0.40 to 8.00 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the pressure-sensitive adhesive, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition have excellent weather resistance that can withstand long-term use, a relatively rapid rate of color change from colored to colorless, and excellent peelability to release sheets. | 03-20-2014 |
20150174938 | FLAME-RETARDANT LAMINATE AND FLAME-RETARDANT ADHESIVE SHEET - A flame-retardant laminate | 06-25-2015 |