Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interfacing with a mobile telepresence robot
- Patent Title (中): 与移动网真机器人接口
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Application No.: US13360579Application Date: 2012-01-27
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Publication No.: US08718837B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Yulun Wang , Charles S. Jordan , Tim Wright , Michael Chan , Marco Pinter , Kevin Hanrahan , Daniel Sanchez , James Ballantyne , Cody Herzog , Blair Whitney , Fuji Lai , Kelton Temby , Eben Christopher Rauhut , Justin H. Kearns , Cheuk Wah Wong , Timothy Sturtevant Farlow
- Applicant: Yulun Wang , Charles S. Jordan , Tim Wright , Michael Chan , Marco Pinter , Kevin Hanrahan , Daniel Sanchez , James Ballantyne , Cody Herzog , Blair Whitney , Fuji Lai , Kelton Temby , Eben Christopher Rauhut , Justin H. Kearns , Cheuk Wah Wong , Timothy Sturtevant Farlow
- Applicant Address: US CA Goleta US MA Bedford
- Assignee: Intouch Technologies,Irobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intouch Technologies,Irobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Goleta US MA Bedford
- Agency: Stoel Rives LLP
- Agent Kory D. Christensen
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00

Abstract:
A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an imaging system, and a mapping module. The mapping module may access a plan view map of an area and tags associated with the area. In various embodiments, each tag may include tag coordinates and tag information, which may include a tag annotation. A tag identification system may identify tags within a predetermined range of the current position and the control system may execute an action based on an identified tag whose tag information comprises a telepresence robot action modifier. The telepresence robot may rotate an upper portion independent from a lower portion. A remote terminal may allow an operator to control the telepresence robot using any combination of control methods, including by selecting a destination in a live video feed, by selecting a destination on a plan view map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120197464A1 INTERFACING WITH A MOBILE TELEPRESENCE ROBOT Public/Granted day:2012-08-02
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