公开(公告)号：US20190262998A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-29

申请号：US16170025

申请日：2018-10-24

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： MICHIKO SASAGAWA

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  G06N3/00 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A device includes a camera, a microphone, a driving mechanism, and a memory. The processor determines whether or not a first person appears in a video acquired by the camera, or whether or not speech of the first person is included in a sound acquired by the microphone, when the driving mechanism is to start driving in accordance with predetermined content executed by the device. The first person being a subject person requiring predetermined attention when the device makes contact therewith. The processor determines whether or not the device is moving, when the first person appears in the video, or when the speech of the first person is included in the sound. The processor controls the driving mechanism to stop movement of the device, when the device is moving.

公开(公告)号：US20180257236A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-13

申请号：US15899372

申请日：2018-02-20

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： MICHIKO SASAGAWA ,  RYOUTA MIYAZAKI

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G10L25/63 ,  G10L15/08

CPC classification number: B25J11/0015 ,  B25J11/001 ,  G06K9/00718 ,  G06N3/008 ,  G10L15/08 ,  G10L25/63 ,  G10L2015/088

Abstract: An apparatus, robot, method and recording medium is provided, wherein when it is determined that a speech of an adult includes a warning word, whether the adult is angry or scolding is determined based on a physical feature value of the speech of the adult. When it is determined that the adult is angry, at least any of the following processes is performed: (a) a process of causing a loudspeaker to output a first sound, (b) a process of causing an apparatus to perform a first operation, and (c) a process of causing a display to perform a first display.

公开(公告)号：US20180056519A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15806097

申请日：2017-11-07

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： KENTO OGAWA ,  RYOUTA MIYAZAKI ,  MICHIKO SASAGAWA ,  YUJI KUNITAKE ,  SEIYA HIGUCHI

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B60L11/18

CPC classification number: B25J11/0015 ,  A63H3/28 ,  A63H5/00 ,  A63H11/00 ,  A63H33/005 ,  A63H2200/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J19/021 ,  B25J19/026 ,  B60L58/13

Abstract: A robot includes a main casing, a first spherical cap and a second spherical cap, and a shaft linking the spherical caps. The robot further includes a display, a first driving mechanism causing the first and second spherical caps to be rotated by the shaft, and a second driving mechanism that causes the main casing to be rotated. The robot also includes a control circuit and an electric power source, charged by electric power from an external charger. If the remaining electric power of the electric power source is lower than or equal to a predetermined value, the second driving mechanism is controlled to stop rotation of the main casing, and the first driving mechanism is controlled to switch a rotational direction of the first spherical cap and the second spherical cap, causing the display to be reciprocally moved in a vertical direction.

公开(公告)号：US20200269436A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-27

申请号：US16736866

申请日：2020-01-08

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： MICHIKO SASAGAWA ,  KENTO OGAWA

IPC: B25J13/00 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G10L25/51 ,  G10L13/04 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G10L15/22 ,  B25J11/00

Abstract: A device communicates with a human through voice recognition of voice of the human. The device includes: a drive mechanism that drives the device; and a processor. The processor controls the drive mechanism to drive the device to a waiting place for the device to contact the human, and the waiting place is determined based on contact information that is history of contact between the device and the human.

公开(公告)号：US20180178136A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-28

申请号：US15905883

申请日：2018-02-27

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： MICHIKO SASAGAWA ,  SEIYA HIGUCHI ,  RYOUTA MIYAZAKI ,  KENTO OGAWA

IPC: A63H33/00 ,  A63H3/00 ,  A63H3/28 ,  A63H29/08 ,  A63H29/22 ,  A63H33/26 ,  A63H30/04

Abstract: In a robot, after a first value indicating acceleration in the up-and-down axis direction output from an acceleration sensor exceeds a certain threshold value, when any of the first value indicating the acceleration in the up-and-down axis direction, a second value indicating the acceleration in the front-and-back axis direction, and a third value indicating the acceleration in the left-and-right axis direction is determined to exhibit variation exceeding a certain width for a fixed period, the robot determines that a housing of the robot is being held by a user.

公开(公告)号：US20180056518A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15803783

申请日：2017-11-05

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： KENTO OGAWA ,  RYOUTA MIYAZAKI ,  MICHIKO SASAGAWA ,  YUJI KUNITAKE ,  SEIYA HIGUCHI

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  B25J19/00 ,  B25J19/02

CPC classification number: B25J11/0005 ,  A63H3/006 ,  A63H3/28 ,  A63H11/00 ,  A63H33/005 ,  A63H2200/00 ,  B25J19/002 ,  B25J19/005 ,  B25J19/023 ,  B25J19/026 ,  H02J7/0042 ,  H02J7/0047 ,  H02J2007/0049 ,  H02J2007/005

Abstract: A robot includes a spherical housing, a frame disposed in the housing, and a display that displays at least a facial feature of the robot. The robot further includes a set of driving wheels that are in contact with an inner surface of the housing to rotate the housing, and a weight driving mechanism that causes a weight to move along a predetermined axis. Also, the robot includes a power supply that is externally charged and supplies electric power to the set of driving wheels and weight driving mechanism, and a control circuit that stops rotation of the set of driving wheels and moves the weight along the predetermined axis to correspondingly move the display vertically.