US 12,257,698 B2
Support device
Tetsuya Narita, Tokyo (JP); and Satoko Nagakari, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/603,820
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/020244
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/246262, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-104965 (JP), filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219338 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/08 (2013.01) [B25J 13/083 (2013.01); B25J 15/0038 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support device comprising:
an elastic body configured to contact a supported object on at least a part of a surface of the elastic body, the surface having a plurality of curvatures different from each other; and
a detection unit configured to detect information regarding a shear force of a portion of the surface of the elastic body, the portion being in contact with the object,
wherein the elastic body has a non-uniform hardness.