Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080310628 | Backup Management Device, Backup Management Method, Computer Program, Recording Medium, Integrated Circuit, and Backup System - To provide a backup management device that deletes a content so as to be restorable in the future while protecting a copyright of the content, in a case where there exists a backup of the content. In an HD recorder | 12-18-2008 |
20090077332 | Content management system - A content management system constructed by a plurality of storage apparatuses that can communicate with one another. A 1st storage apparatus, which is one of the storage apparatuses, stores therein, in correspondence, a content and copy destination information and sends the content and the copy destination information therefrom to a 2nd storage apparatus, which is another one of the storage apparatuses. Yet another one of the storage apparatuses that is indicated by the copy destination information stores therein, in correspondence, the content and copy source information and, after the 1st storage apparatus has sent the content and the copy destination information to the 2nd storage apparatus, rewrite the copy source information such that the copy source information indicates the 2nd storage apparatus. | 03-19-2009 |
20090148133 | Content playback apparatus - A content playback apparatus obtains and plays a content section from content according to an obtaining method that varies. | 06-11-2009 |
20090158361 | Information Distribution Device and Information Distribution Method - In order to protect a content holder, a server device ( | 06-18-2009 |
20100087955 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT ARM, AND ROBOT AND PROGRAM - A control device for a robot arm is designed such that, based on information on a transportation state database in which information on a transportation state of a person operating the arm is recorded, an impedance setting unit sets a mechanical impedance set value of the arm, and an impedance control unit controls a mechanical impedance value of the arm to the mechanical impedance set value thus set. | 04-08-2010 |
20100114371 | ROBOT ARM CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD, ROBOT, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided a control device for a robot arm which includes an operation procedure information acquisition means for acquiring information on the procedure of a domestic operation, a progress management means for managing information on the progress of the operation, and a control parameter setting means for setting a control parameter for the robot arm based on the operation procedure information and the progress information, whereby the control device controls an operation of the robot arm based on the control parameter from the control parameter setting means. | 05-06-2010 |
20100235922 | PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A personal information management apparatus acquires associated information that is associated with target information for which transmission has been requested, and if the acquired associated information includes personal information, transmits the target information after modifying the associated portions of the target information. This structure enables improving protection of personal information by protecting not only personal information but also information that cannot be used independently to identify a person but can be easily correlated with other information and used to identify a specific individual with reference to the other information. | 09-16-2010 |
20100286826 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT ARM - A control apparatus for a robot arm that is provided with an operation information database in which pieces of information relating to operations of the robot arm are stored; a force detection unit that detects a force of a person; and an operation correction unit that corrects the operation information of the operation information database in accordance with the force of the person. | 11-11-2010 |
20110015785 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - After switching a control method for a robot arm based upon characteristic information containing pieces of information relating to a grabbed position of the robot arm by a person and a presence/absence of detection of a force as well as to presence/absence of influences from a drag, during an operation of the robot arm, by a control method switching unit, information relating to the force of operation information is corrected by an operation correcting unit in response to a manipulation of the person. | 01-20-2011 |
20110015787 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A control apparatus for a robot arm, which controls an operation of the robot arm so as to carry out a job by using the robot arm, is designed to correct operation information based on operation correcting information relating to a correcting method for operation information relating to operation of the robot arm in response to a manipulation of the person on the robot arm, and a force of the person detected by a force detection unit during an operation of the robot arm, by an operation correcting unit. | 01-20-2011 |
20110178638 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT ARM - A control apparatus for a robot arm that is provided with an operation information database in which pieces of information relating to operations of the robot arm are stored; a force detection unit that detects a force of a person; and an operation correction unit that corrects the operation information of the operation information database in accordance with the force of the person. | 07-21-2011 |
20110190932 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ASSEMBLY ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND CONTROL-PURPOSE INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR ROBOT ARM - A control apparatus for a robot arm that performs assembly, includes an operation database recording therein information as to an operation of the robot arm, a correction operation type determining unit that determines a correction type for the operation, a force detecting unit that detects a force of a person, and an operation correction unit that corrects an operation in accordance with the force of the person and the correction type, while the robot arm is performing a task. | 08-04-2011 |
20110208355 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND ROBOT ARM CONTROL-PURPOSE INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - Motion information of a robot arm stored in a motion information database is acquired. A person manipulates the robot arm, and correction motion information at the time of the motion correction is acquired. An acquiring unit acquires environment information. A motion correction unit corrects the motion information while the robot arm is in motion. A control rule generating unit generates a control rule for allowing the robot arm to automatically operate based on the corrected motion information and the acquired environment information. The motion of the robot arm is controlled based on the generated control rule. | 08-25-2011 |
20120173021 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND ROBOT ARM CONTROL-PURPOSE INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - Motion information of a robot arm stored in a motion information database is acquired. A person manipulates the robot arm, and correction motion information at the time of the motion correction is acquired. An acquiring unit acquires environment information. A motion correction unit corrects the motion information while the robot arm is in motion. A control rule generating unit generates a control rule for allowing the robot arm to automatically operate based on the corrected motion information and the acquired environment information. The motion of the robot arm is controlled based on the generated control rule. | 07-05-2012 |
20120191245 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MASTER-SLAVE ROBOT, MASTER-SLAVE ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A control apparatus for a master-slave robot includes a force correction section detecting unit that detects a section at which force information from at least one of force information and speed information is corrected, and a force correcting unit that corrects the force information at a section detected as a force correction section by the force correction section detecting unit. A small external force applied to a slave manipulator is magnified and transmitted to a master manipulator, or an excessive manipulation force applied to the master manipulator is reduced and transmitted to the slave manipulator. | 07-26-2012 |
20130030569 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - There is provided a control apparatus and control method for robot arm, robot, control program for robot arm, and integrated electronic circuit, which can improve robot arm operability upon performing tasks such as cooperative conveyance and direct teaching. The grip portion separated from the end effector attached to the robot arm is provided. When a person grips and shifts the grip portion, a tracking control unit controls so that the robot arm follows the shift. A fixing switch unit switches between a fixing state where, upon switching to “playback mode”, a fixing portion is located at a fixed position to fix the end effector and the grip portion to maintain a gap distance therebetween and a relatively shiftable state where, upon switching to “teaching mode”, the fixing portion is located at an accommodated position to relatively shift them from each other without maintaining the gap distance. | 01-31-2013 |
20130184871 | ROBOT ARM CONTROL APPARATUS, ROBOT ARM CONTROL METHOD, ROBOT, ROBOT ARM CONTROL PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A robot arm includes a grip part which is structured to be separated from an end effector attached to the robot arm. When the grip part is gripped by the user and shifted, the robot arm shifts tracking the grip part. Further, the grip part includes contact sensors, and a tracking control method is switched according to the value of the contact sensors. | 07-18-2013 |
20130297072 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MASTER-SLAVE ROBOT, MASTER-SLAVE ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A control apparatus for a master-slave robot includes a force correction section detecting unit that detects a section at which force information from at least one of force information and speed information is corrected, and a force correcting unit that corrects the force information at a section detected as a force correction section by the force correction section detecting unit. A small external force applied to a slave manipulator is magnified and transmitted to a master manipulator, or an excessive manipulation force applied to the master manipulator is reduced and transmitted to the slave manipulator. | 11-07-2013 |
20130310977 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A robot arm system for controlling a motion of a robot arm includes an order determining section for determining an order of teaching information based on at least one or more pieces of perceptual information about circumference environment of the robot arm used by a person to operate the robot arm and change the motion of the robot arm that is sensed by the person, reaction time information as time information from a time when the person receives the perceptual information to a time when the person operates robot arm, and dispersion information about a dispersion level between at least one or more pieces of the teaching information or the perceptual information, and creates motion information about the robot arm based on the teaching information and the order determined by the order determining section. | 11-21-2013 |
20140100484 | FORCE PRESENTATION APPARATUS, FORCE PRESENTATION METHOD, AND FORCE PRESENTATION PROGRAM - Upon insertion of an insertion member into a living body vessel by an operator, a force individually applied to the living body vessel by the insertion member is measured by a force measuring unit, and based upon the force measured by the force measuring unit, information to be presented to an experiencing person is determined by a determination unit so that based upon the determined information, the corresponding force is presented to the experiencing person by a force presentation unit. | 04-10-2014 |
20140114477 | TEACHING DEVICE FOR ROBOT, ROBOT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING TEACHING DEVICE FOR ROBOT, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF TEACHING DEVICE FOR ROBOT - In a teaching device for robot that moves a flexible body holding unit holding a flexible body and performs teaching of a fitting task of the flexible body to a thing to generate teaching data, a reaching decision unit decides that a front end of the flexible body reaches the thing, a curvature acquiring unit acquires information of evaluation of a degree of curvature of the flexible body when the reaching decision unit decides the reaching, and a notification unit performs predetermined notification about teaching on the basis of the acquired information of evaluation. | 04-24-2014 |
20140137669 | TORQUE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A first angle acquiring unit acquires a rotational angle of a characteristic portion in a predetermined region on an inlet side of an insertion member of a linear body extending through the insertion member. From an image of the linear body inserted into a body of a subject, a second angle acquiring unit acquires a direction of a curved portion of the linear body inserted into the body of the subject and then acquires a rotational angle of a distal end of the linear body. A torque calculation unit calculates a torque based on a difference between the rotational angle in the predetermined region acquired by the first angle acquiring unit and the rotational angle of the distal end of the linear body acquired by the second angle acquiring unit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140171778 | FORCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, FORCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, FORCE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM, FORCE MEASUREMENT INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT, AND MASTER-SLAVE DEVICE - A force measurement apparatus includes a force detection unit that measures a force generated when a forceps is brought into contact with an inside of a body when an operator inserts a forceps or an endoscope into the body and measures a force generated when the forceps acts on a living body from outside the body, a reference information generating unit that generates reference information serving as information of a force acquired by the force detection unit when the forceps is located at a predetermined position, and an individual force calculation unit that individually calculates a force generated when the forceps acts on the living body in the body based on the reference information. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172143 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT ARM, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT ARM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - In a control apparatus for a robot arm, the feedback rule generating section generates a feedback rule in accordance with relationship between a time point of generation of a stimulus and variation in behavior after elapse of a reaction time in taught data as detected by the information variation point detecting section and the behavior variation point detecting section. The motion generating section generates a motion of the robot arm based on motion information, an information variation point, a behavior variation point, and the feedback rule. The controller controls the motion of the robot arm. | 06-19-2014 |
20140195052 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MASTER-SLAVE ROBOT, MASTER-SLAVE ROBOT, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A master-slave device grips an object and performs a task while being in contact with a to-be-treated object. A force detection unit measures force information given to a slave mechanism. A force correction determination unit determines a force correction part serving as information from correction start to end times of force information transmitted to a master mechanism and, as a correcting method to perform correction, a first method determining a gain such that a reduction in absolute value of force information at the force correction part is maintained for a predetermined period of time or a second method determining a gain such that a reduction and an increase in the absolute value are repeated within a range that is not more than a value by reducing the absolute value. A force correction unit corrects information of a type of a force based on the force correction part and the gain. | 07-10-2014 |
20140288525 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INSERTION APPARATUS, INSERTION APPARATUS HAVING CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR INSERTION APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT OF INSERTION APPARATUS - A control apparatus of an insertion apparatus in which a state specifying unit specifies a state of an insertion member to carry out vibration control depending on the state, thereby removing getting-stuck of a tip of the insertion member with a vibration having such a proper magnitude as not to cause an overload in a case where the tip of the insertion member is gotten stuck. | 09-25-2014 |
20140336820 | ARM CONTROL APPARATUS, ARM CONTROL METHOD, ARM CONTROL PROGRAM, ROBOT, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR ARM CONTROL - There is provided a display information acquiring unit for acquiring display information on a screen of a touch panel display, a touch pattern estimating unit for estimating a region on the screen likely to be touched by a person and a motion direction of the touch based on the display information, a load estimating unit for estimating a load or a torque to the display based on the estimated region and the motion direction, a stiffness parameter information generating unit for generating information for controlling the arm so that the position and the orientation of the display do not change along the touching direction at the time of touch panel input based on the estimated load or torque, and an arm control unit for controlling a stiffness parameter of the arm based on the generated information. | 11-13-2014 |
20140343729 | ARM CONTROL APPARATUS, ARM CONTROL METHOD, ARM CONTROL PROGRAM, ROBOT, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR ARM CONTROL - In a touch panel display with an arm, a torque calculating unit calculates a torque to be loaded on a touch panel display based on a position acquired by a touch position information acquiring unit and a force acquired by a touch force information acquiring unit, and a stiffness parameter information generating unit generates information about a stiffness parameter for controlling an arm so that the position and the orientation of the touch panel display do not change based on the calculated torque. An arm control unit controls the arm based on the generated information about the stiffness parameter. | 11-20-2014 |
20140350726 | MASTER DEVICE FOR MASTER SLAVE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND MASTER SLAVE ROBOT - A master device is provided to a master slave apparatus in which a hand mechanism opens/closes to grip a target object and a slave mechanism performs a task on a target article. The master device includes a hand manipulation mechanism for manipulating the hand mechanism. A person remotely manipulates the slave mechanism by a master mechanism and the hand manipulation mechanism manipulates to cause the hand mechanism to perform the task. In the hand manipulation mechanism, a hand manipulation portion having a pair of open/close manipulation portions manipulated by the person moves forward/backward on a slider, the pair of open/close manipulation portions is opened/closed to change the angle therebetween so that the hand mechanism is opened/closed. A master hand control device transmits, to the slave mechanism, motion information used for manipulating the hand mechanism based on a position of the hand manipulation portion relative to the slider or the angle. | 11-27-2014 |
20140379132 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MASTER SLAVE ROBOT, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MASTER SLAVE ROBOT, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR CONTROL OF MASTER SLAVE ROBOT - A force information correcting unit generates force information in accordance with magnification percentage information acquired by a display information acquiring unit. The force information matches a picture watched by an operator to manipulation of the operator with no sense of incongruity. A force information presentation unit presents the generated force information to the operator, so that work efficiency is improved. | 12-25-2014 |
20150057575 | FORCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND FORCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, MASTER SLAVE APPARATUS, FORCE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A force measurement apparatus that, when an insertion member is inserted into a living body vessel, measures a force at time the insertion member contacts with living body vessel, includes a force detector that measures, from an outside of a body, a force applied from the insertion member to the living body vessel, a reference point calculating unit that calculates a time point when a force applied from the insertion member into the living body vessel is individually measured based on information about the force detected by the force detector during the insertion of the insertion member into the living body vessel, and an individual force calculating unit that individually calculates the force applied from the insertion member to the living body vessel based on information about the time point and information about the force detected by the force detector. | 02-26-2015 |
20150073595 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MASTER SLAVE ROBOT, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MASTER SLAVE ROBOT, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR CONTROL OF MASTER SLAVE ROBOT - A control apparatus for a master slave robot causes a force information correcting unit to correct force information in accordance with a feature of a target object on a screen from target object information calculated by a target object information calculation unit. An operator can thus apply appropriate force while watching a picture projected on a display to perform a task. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073596 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MASTER SLAVE ROBOT, ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MASTER SLAVE ROBOT, AND INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR CONTROL OF MASTER SLAVE ROBOT - A master slave robot is that receives force presentation according to a picture watched by an operator operating the master slave robot. The control apparatus for the master slave robot causes a force information correcting unit to correct force information in accordance with magnification percentage information acquired by a displayed information acquiring unit such that the force information is increased accordingly as the magnification percentage information is larger. An operator can thus apply appropriate force while watching the picture projected on a display to perform a task. | 03-12-2015 |