US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on June 23 for "Operation control method, operation control device, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,780, issued on June 23, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Operation control method, operation control device, and storage medium" was invented by Rishi Agarwal (Wako, Japan), Tadaaki Hasegawa (Wako, Japan), Hirofumi Shin (Wako, Japan) and Yohei Kitahara (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operation control method according to an embodiment includes: acquiring sensor data generated when an operator remotely operates an end effector that is able to grasp or operate an object and in which a plurality of fingers are disposed; determining the role of each of the plurality of fingers on the basis of the sensor data;...