IP Library Granted Patent US 12,440,973
Granted Patent B2
US 12,440,973 · App. 18/101,813 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium

Inventors: Yutaro Ishida (Toyota, JP); Taro Takahashi (Urayasu, JP); Naoki Mima (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B25J9/1633B25J9/161B25J13/085
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Patent No.
US 12,440,973
App. No.
18/101,813
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device is provided that includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a force generated between a first tool and an object in a trial motion using the first tool by a robot, and an estimation unit that estimates information of executing a specific task using the first tool based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit and information indicating a force generated between a specific tool and the object in the specific task using the specific tool.

Claims (24)

1. An information processing device comprising:

a processor configured to:

determine a specific task that is desired by a user by using artificial intelligence to recognize a voice instruction of the user,

acquire first information indicating a force generated between a first tool and an object in a trial motion in which a robot uses the first tool, and

estimate information that is used by the robot to execute the specific task using the first tool based on the first information that was acquired and second information indicating a force generated between a specific tool and the object in performing the specific task by the robot using the specific tool,

wherein the first tool is an alternative to the specific tool.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor acquires the first information indicating the force generated between the first tool and the object in the trial motion using the first tool, the trial motion being a motion smaller than a motion performed when the robot executes the specific task using the specific tool.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the information that is used by the robot to execute the specific task using the first tool includes information indicating a degree of similarity between the second information indicating the force generated between the specific tool and the object in performing the specific task by the robot using the specific tool and the first information indicating the force generated between the first tool and the object in the trial motion using the first tool.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first information indicating the force generated between the first tool and the object in the trial motion using the first tool includes information indicating the force generated between the first tool and the object in two dimensions or three dimensions; and

the processor estimates a degree of similarity between the second information indicating the force generated between the specific tool and the object in performing the specific task by the robot using the specific tool and the first information indicating the force generated between the first tool and the object in the trial motion using the first tool, using a convolutional neural network.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first tool is a different type of tool than the specific tool.

6. An information processing method executed by a processor, the method comprising:

determining a specific task that is desired by a user by using artificial intelligence to recognize a voice instruction of the user;

acquiring first information indicating a force generated between a first tool and an object in a trial motion in which a robot uses the first tool; and

estimating information that is used by the robot to execute the specific task using the first tool based on the first information that was acquired and second information indicating a force generated between a specific tool and the object in performing the specific task by the robot using the specific tool,

wherein the first tool is an alternative to the specific tool.

7. The information processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the first tool is a different type of tool than the specific tool.

8. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute processes comprising:

determining a specific task that is desired by a user by using artificial intelligence to recognize a voice instruction of the user;

acquiring first information indicating a force generated between a first tool and an object in a trial motion in which a robot uses the first tool; and

estimating information that is used by the robot to execute the specific task using the first tool based on the first information that was acquired and second information indicating a force generated between a specific tool and the object in performing the specific task by the robot using the specific tool,

wherein the first tool is an alternative to the specific tool.

9. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 8 , wherein the first tool is a different type of tool than the specific tool.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2023
From: ISHIDA, YUTARO; TAKAHASHI, TARO; MIMA, NAOKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062498/0841 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-066290 · Apr 13, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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