Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Masaki Ueyama

Hidetaka Ozawa

Toshiaki Kobayashi

Koji Okazaki

Tomoyuki Sahata

Yasuji Nozawa

Kazuo Inoue

Tsuneo Konno

Kenji Hamabe

Keita Kobayashi

Takashi Moriya

Toshio Yokoyama

Yasushi Takahashi

Susumu Toki

Yoshiki Tsuchida

Masakazu Kinoshita

Hiroo Shimada

Toshinobu Hata

Norihiko Tsukagoshi

Hiroki Mukai

Mitsuhito Yamazaki

Tetsuo Gotou

Tomoyoshi Matsuno

Morimasa Nagata

Naomi Warashina

Anuraag Singh

Yusuke Okutani

Ryosuke Sakuma

Kenji Torii

Yamato Honda

Provided is a robot that realizes human-like movements. A robot () comprises: a self-propelled drive unit (); a trunk unit () mounted on the drive unit (); and a head unit () installed above the trunk unit (). The head unit () has an image capturing unit (), and a transmission unit for transmitting an image captured by the image capturing unit () as a signal to a user terminal. The robot () comprises: a cover () that is swingable and covers the trunk unit () so as to provide a space between the trunk unit () and the cover (); and a first coil spring () and a second coil spring () disposed between the trunk unit () and the cover ().

Robot

A robot includes: a communication unit that receives a remote operation instruction by a user terminal of a user; a body unit capable of traveling; a head unit attached to the body unit and capable of changing a direction; a camera; a control unit that controls the body unit, the head unit, and the camera, based on the operation instruction; and an operation switching input unit that switches between the operation instruction by the user terminal of the user and an operation instruction by a facility terminal of a facility user, and when switching the operation instruction, the operation switching input unit requests the user for whether to approve user switching, and when the user approves the user switching of the operation instruction via the user terminal, the operation switching input unit switches the operation instruction by the user terminal to the operation instruction by the facility terminal.

An information providing device, an information providing method, and a program capable of assisting in creating user's inspiration and improving efficiency in creating inspiration are provided. The information providing device is an information providing device displaying first data extracted from a first data group and second data extracted from a second data group in combination, and includes: a first memory unit storing a data group classified under a genre as the first data group; and a second memory unit storing a data group related to the genre of the first data group as the second data group.

Information providing device, information providing method, and recording medium with combined images corresponding to selected genre

An activity area restriction method for restricting an activity area of a robot includes: an area setting information acquisition step of acquiring area setting information notified by a notifier, the area setting information including a range of a predetermined restricted area with a height; an area restriction condition recognition step of recognizing the range of the restricted area, based on the area setting information; and an activity restriction step of restricting activity of the robot with respect to the restricted area.

Activity area restriction method, robot control apparatus, and notifier

An information providing device presenting a first and a second word respectively extracted from a first and a second word group includes: a first and a second memory unit respectively storing the first and the second word group; a word extraction unit extracting a word from the second word group as the second word; a sound collection unit collecting a voice signal; and a voice recognition unit performing voice recognition on the collected voice signal, wherein the first memory unit stores a word group of a discussion theme in the first word group; the second memory unit stores a word group corresponding to the first word in the second word group, and the word extraction unit stores a new word in the second word group based on a voice recognition result of content spoken by a speaker at a meeting where the first word and the second word are presented.

Information providing device, information providing method, and recording medium for presenting words extracted from different word groups

A first region including an input first word and having a first background color and a second region including a second word decided independently of the first word and having a second background color are collided with each other on a screen, and a third region in which the two collided regions fuse with each other is displayed. At the same time, the first word and the second word are displayed as if they were continuous words in the third region. This is displayed as a moving image with a continuous motion.

Idea support image display method and medium

The present invention provides a growth method for a microbe which can enhance the growth of the microbe without removing growth inhibitors from a saccharified solution. The growth method for a microbe comprises the steps of: obtaining a mixed saccharified solution by diluting the saccharified solution containing a growth inhibitor which inhibits the growth of the microbe with a sugar solution having a smaller growth inhibitor concentration than that of the saccharified solution such that the growth inhibitor concentration is decreased; and allowing the microbe to grow by adding the microbe to the mixed saccharified solution.

Growth method for microbe and bioethanol production method

A fault diagnosis method and apparatus for a control system that includes a plurality of actuators and a plurality of sensors for controlling the operation of the actuators in accordance with the output signals of the sensors, wherein even in the case where a fault occurs in any of the actuators or any of the sensors constituting the nucleus of the system, the faulty point can be easily and inexpensively identified. In the fault diagnosis, the transmission characteristics between the individual actuators and the individual sensors are measured. On the basis of the measurements, a fault is decided on for all the transmission paths between the individual actuators and the individual sensors, thereby estimating a faulty point from the pattern of the fault decision of the transmission paths.

Fault diagnosis method and apparatus for control system

A mounting member fixed to an engine and a mounting member fixed to a vehicle body are interconnected by a hollow elastomeric block which has a variable-volume primary fluid chamber defined therein. A subsidiary fluid chamber having a diaphragm on a portion of an outer wall thereof communicates with the primary fluid chamber through two fluid passages. A movable plate forming a portion of the outer wall of the primary fluid chamber is connected to a voice coil motor, and by one example, is driven at the same phase as a vibration applied from the engine. During a normal traveling, both the fluid chambers communicate with each other through the fluid passage having a smaller length. During idling or during a low speed traveling, a switch-over valve is operated to permit both the fluid chamber to be put into communication with each other through the fluid passage having a larger length. With the above construction, it is possible to stably exhibit the performance of the vibration-isolating mount device in a wide frequency region.

Vibration-isolating mount device

A plurality of pulse signals (trigger signals) responsive to driving of a power plant are directly supplied to respective adaptive control circuits each having an adaptive digital filter for controlling components of periodic or semi-periodic vibrations and noises ascribed to related component parts of a vibration/noise source. Further, the adaptive control is performed while varying a sampling frequency in response to changes in parameters of operating conditions of the power plant. Optionally, a control signal from the adaptive digital filter is corrected for gain. Further, periodic signal-eliminating means is provided for determining a transfer characteristic of a system to which the adaptive control is applied, based on a residual component signal from the periodic signal-eliminating means, a random signal having a low amplitude level, etc.

Vibration/noise control system for vehicles

A self-expanding mount controls transmission of vibration of a vibration source to a base. A main liquid chamber is defined between a resilient member fixed to the vibration source or the base and a casing fixed to the base or the vibration source. A metallic bellows is driven in response to a control signal corresponding to vibration of the vibration source, cause a variation in the pressure of liquid within the main liquid chamber. This variation in the liquid pressure causes contraction and expansion of the resilient member to thereby control the transmission of vibration of the vibration source to the base. A cylinder is formed in the casing and defines part of the main liquid chamber. A driven member is received in the cylinder for axial displacement therein in response to the above control signal. The driven member may be a bellows or a piston.

Self-expanding mount

A vibration control system controls transmission of vibrations from a vibration source to a base. The vibration control system comprises a vibration control assembly. The vibration control assembly has a bracket fixed to the vibration source, a pair of driving members holding the bracket therebetween and deformable or displaceable in opposite directions and by substantially the same amount in response to at least one control signal corresponding to the vibrations from the vibration source, one of the driving members being arranged between the bracket and the base, and a bolt securing the bracket and the driving members to the base.

Vibration control system

A cylinder block as a main part of an engine block includes a cylinder barrel assembly block, a skeleton-like frame surrounding the outer periphery of the cylinder barrel assembly block and a plate-like rigid film member, within a fluid passage in the skeleton-like frame. The skeleton-like frame is integrally joined to the outer surfaces of left and right side walls of the assembly block along the crankshaft axis and includes crossbeam bone members, longitudinal beam bone members and post bone members which are rigid and unitarily assembled into a three-dimensional latticework structure. A cylinder head is integrally coupled to the deck surface of the cylinder block and a lower case is integrally coupled to the lower surface of the cylinder block, lateral outer surfaces of the block and lower case along the crankshaft axis being formed flush with each other in parallel with the cylinder bore axis. The lower case includes a lower case frame of three-dimensional latticework structure and rigid film members at least on the lateral outer surfaces of the lower case frame along the crankshaft axis. Moreover, the lower case is secured to the lower surface of the cylinder block by bolts and an oil pan is floatingly carried on the lower surface of the lower case via resilient members. The cylinder block has at its one end surface along the crankshaft axis a square, transmission mating surface and a divergent bulged portion extending from a rear part of the cylinder block toward the mating surface.

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Saitama, Japan

Masaki Ueyama