ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,908, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).
"Control device, control method, and program" was invented by Tetsuya Narita (Tokyo) and Satoko Nagakari (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, and a program capable of supporting an object with a more appropriate supporting force. The control device includes a supporting force control unit that controls a supporting force for supporting an object on the basis of information regarding a shape of a contact portion in contact with the object and information regarding a shear force of the contact ...