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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2019
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masaya Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuo Hongo, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroki Saijo, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B62D 57/032 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1653 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1638 (2013.01); B62D 57/032 (2013.01);
Abstract

A center of gravity of a robot device is estimated without utilization of a force sensor or the like. An information processing device including a center-of-gravity estimation unit that calculates, on the basis of torque applied to one or more joints included in each of a plurality of leg portions, reaction force applied from a ground contact surface to each of the plurality of leg portions, and that estimates a center of gravity of a robot device including the plurality of leg portions on the basis of the calculated reaction force on the plurality of leg portions.


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