Inventor · disambiguated record
Wataru Kokubo
Also filed as: KOKUBO WATARU
53 granted patents·13 pending applications·478 citations·filing 1997–2022
98Inventor score
Files withSONY CORP44SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC7NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE6SONY GROUP CORP5KOKUBO WATARU2
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66 records- 0198US10299868B2Robot arm apparatus, robot arm control method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted May 28, 2019·112 cites·18 claims
- 0297US10782501B2Medical observation deviceSONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 22, 2020·21 cites·20 claims
- 0397US10675106B2Robot arm apparatus, robot arm control method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 9, 2020·21 cites·25 claims
- 0496US11382715B2Jig-holding device and medical observation deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 12, 2022·97 cites·18 claims
- 0594US10405931B2Medical robot arm apparatus, medical robot arm control system, medical robot arm control method, and programSONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 10, 2019·7 cites·21 claims
- 0694US9966816B2Actuator and robot arm apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted May 8, 2018·14 cites·20 claims
- 0793US11633245B2Robot arm apparatus and robot arm control methodSONY CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Apr 25, 2023·3 cites·20 claims
- 0893US6317399B1Disk drive device and method of setting rotational speed thereofSONY CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 13, 2001·55 cites·16 claims
- 0992US10369700B2Robot arm apparatus, robot arm apparatus control method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 6, 2019·8 cites·25 claims
- 1091US10668625B2Robot arm apparatus, robot arm apparatus control method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 2, 2020·7 cites·20 claims
- 1189US10561469B2Robot arm apparatus and robot arm control methodSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 18, 2020·9 cites·20 claims
- 1289US9539059B2Medical robot arm apparatus, medical robot arm control system, medical robot arm control method, and programSONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 10, 2017·6 cites·14 claims
- 1387US10556345B2Robot arm apparatus and calibration methodSONY CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 11, 2020·4 cites·18 claims
- 1487US10357330B2Medical support arm device and medical systemSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 23, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 1586US12016522B2Medical safety control apparatus, medical safety control method, and medical support systemSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Jun 25, 2024·1 cites·20 claims
- 1684US10128714B2Motor, actuator, and medical support arm apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 13, 2018·2 cites·10 claims
- 1782US11583348B2Medical robot arm apparatus, medical robot arm control system, medical robot arm control method, and programSONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 21, 2023·2 cites·39 claims
- 1882US10505428B2Actuator and robot arm apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 10, 2019·3 cites·11 claims
- 1979US10898293B2Medical support arm device and medical systemSONY CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Jan 26, 2021·2 cites·20 claims
- 2079US9579795B2Robot device, method of controlling the same, and program for controlling the sameKOKUBO WATARU·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 28, 2017·5 cites·11 claims
- 2176US12262963B2Medical robot arm apparatus, medical robot arm control system, medical robot arm control method, and programSONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 1, 2025·0 cites·27 claims
- 2276US7766719B2Traveling apparatus and traveling stopping methodSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 3, 2010·5 cites·14 claims
- 2376US7062356B2Robot apparatus, control method for robot apparatus, and toy for robot apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 13, 2006·9 cites·1 claims
- 2475US10765485B2Medical support arm device and method of controlling medical support arm deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 8, 2020·2 cites·21 claims
- 2573US6952629B2Robot apparatus, control method for robot apparatus, and toy for robot apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 4, 2005·19 cites·15 claims
- 2673US6195322B1Disk drive device and method of setting rotational speed thereofSONY CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 27, 2001·24 cites·72 claims
- 2772US11850014B2Control system, control method, and surgical arm systemSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 26, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 2869US11602404B2Medical support arm apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 14, 2023·1 cites·17 claims
- 2967US12109684B2Controller, control method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 8, 2024·1 cites·17 claims
- 3066US10923980B2Motor, actuator, and medical support arm apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 16, 2021·0 cites·15 claims
- 3164US9020643B2Robot apparatus, control method thereof, and computer programSONY CORP·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 28, 2015·3 cites·9 claims
- 3263US8199957B2Speaker unit and audio output robot deviceOHGUCHI NOBUHIKO·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 12, 2012·4 cites·6 claims
- 3360US10293484B2Robot device and method of controlling the robot deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted May 21, 2019·0 cites·9 claims
- 3460US7729499B2Speaker apparatus and reproducing apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 1, 2010·1 cites·7 claims
- 3559US11287599B2Medical observation deviceSONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 29, 2022·0 cites·19 claims
- 3657US11129682B2Medical robot arm apparatus, medical robot arm control system, medical robot arm control method, and programSONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 28, 2021·0 cites·32 claims
- 3756US11981026B2Slip detecting deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2019·Granted May 14, 2024·0 cites·18 claims
- 3854US2009064596A1Opening-and-closing device and robot deviceSONY CORP·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 3953US11395709B2Control system, control method, and surgical arm systemSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 26, 2022·0 cites·14 claims
- 4053US11058509B2Medical safety control apparatus, medical safety control method, and medical support systemSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 13, 2021·0 cites·14 claims
- 4151US11109927B2Joint driving actuator and medical systemSONY CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Sep 7, 2021·0 cites·12 claims
- 4250US11897360B2Information processing device, information processing method, and programSONY CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 13, 2024·0 cites·19 claims
- 4350US10272565B2Motor, actuator, and medical support arm apparatusSONY CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 30, 2019·0 cites·16 claims
- 4450US6385154B1Disk drive configured to expand to disk-storing size from compact size that is smaller than diameter of diskSONY CORP·Filed 1999·Granted May 7, 2002·8 cites·16 claims
- 4550US2024352759A1Pole installation methodNIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 4650US2024167294A1Utility poleNIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 4750US2024305165A1Brushless motorSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4849US2024295134A1Utility pole and oxygen generation method using itNIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 4948US2022355480A1Control device, mobile body, and control methodSONY GROUP CORP·Filed 2020·Application pending·0 cites
- 5048US2024291248A1Utility poleNIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
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