公开(公告)号：US20250114028A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18729424

申请日：2022-10-19

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： YUKITO INOUE ,  SHUJI FUJITA ,  KAZUTAKA TAKAKI ,  YUKI HASHIMOTO

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B90/90

Abstract: A device that is also applicable to an olfactory test is provided. The present technology provides an olfactory test device including: a main body; and a cartridge that holds an odor component, in which the main body includes a cartridge holding unit that holds the cartridge, a detection unit that detects an attachment status of the cartridge with respect to the cartridge holding unit, and an output unit that outputs a detection signal of cartridge attachment in the detection unit. The present technology also provides an olfactory test system including: the olfactory test device; and an information processing device including a processing unit that manages a state of the cartridge on the basis of the detection signal output from the output unit.

公开(公告)号：US20220334597A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17635935

申请日：2020-07-17

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： NOBUO NISHI ,  KAZUTAKA TAKAKI ,  TATSUO SEKIMOTO ,  JUNICHIRO MISAWA

IPC: G05D1/08 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J11/00

Abstract: Communication with a user is more naturally and effectively realized. An information processing apparatus includes an autonomous mobile body (10) that travels while maintaining an inverted state, and an operation control unit (230) that controls an operation of the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body includes a main body (10), two wheels (570) mounted on the main body, and a drive mechanism (565) that drives the two wheels. The operation control unit controls the drive mechanism to maintain the inverted state of the autonomous mobile body by the two wheels in a first state, and make the autonomous mobile body come to rest by the two wheels and a bottom of the main body when the autonomous mobile body transfers from the first state to a second state.

公开(公告)号：US20240017036A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18254378

申请日：2021-10-13

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： SHUJI FUJITA ,  YUKITO INOUE ,  KAZUTAKA TAKAKI

IPC: A61M21/00

CPC classification number: A61M21/00 ,  A61M2021/0016 ,  A61M2205/07

Abstract: To Provide a scent provision apparatus capable of providing a scent to a user at a proper timing and preventing the provision of a scent at an unintended timing. Provided is a scent provision apparatus 200 that includes a main body section 201 and an air flow control unit 203. The main body section 201 has an opening portion 207 for discharging or taking in a scent-containing air flow that contains a scent. The air flow control unit 203 controls characteristics of the scent-containing air flow discharged or taken in from the opening portion 207. The air flow control unit 203 can generate a control air flow for accelerating and decelerating and/or diffusing the scent-containing air flow and can also generate a control air flow for interrupting a flow of the scent-containing air flow.

公开(公告)号：US20230367330A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18246106

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： EIICHIRO MORINAGA ,  JUNICHIRO MISAWA ,  TATSUYA ISHIKAWA ,  HIROYUKI KAMATA ,  KAZUTAKA TAKAKI

IPC: G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0268

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an autonomous mobile device, a control method, and a program which enable higher-speed self-position estimation with higher accuracy and with a smaller calculation load. Provided is an autonomous mobile device including: a sensor unit including at least a first sensor that detects an angular velocity, a second sensor that is installed in a housing and detects a speed of a wheel, and a third sensor that detects a displacement amount on a two-dimensional plane; and a self-position estimation unit that estimates a self-position on the basis of parameters calculated by the sensor unit, the self-position estimation unit using a predetermined parameter suitable for a predetermined condition among the parameters of the respective sensors calculated by the sensor unit when estimating the self-position. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an autonomous mobile robot device.