公开(公告)号：US09600631B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-21

申请号：US14743733

申请日：2015-06-18

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： David Stuart ,  Daniel Steven Sanchez ,  Fuji Lai ,  Kevin Hanrahan ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  David Roe ,  James Rosenthal ,  Amante Mangaser ,  Blair Whitney ,  Derek Walters

IPC: G05B19/04 ,  G05B19/18 ,  G06F19/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  B25J9/16 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04N7/142 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/321 ,  G06F19/3418 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04N5/23203 ,  H04N5/23222 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N5/265 ,  H04N7/185

Abstract: A tele-presence system that includes a cart. The cart includes a robot face that has a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker, a robot microphone, and an overhead camera. The system also includes a remote station that is coupled to the robot face and the overhead camera. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The remote station can display video images captured by the robot camera and/or overhead camera. By way of example, the cart can be used in an operating room, wherein the overhead camera can be placed in a sterile field and the robot face can be used in a non-sterile field. The user at the remote station can conduct a teleconference through the robot face and also obtain a view of a medical procedure through the overhead camera.

公开(公告)号：US20150012136A1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-08

申请号：US14483049

申请日：2014-09-10

Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： David Bjorn Roe ,  Daniel Steven Sanchez ,  Marco Pinter ,  Derek Walters ,  Charles S. Jordan

IPC: B25J13/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G06F19/00

CPC classification number: B25J13/003 ,  B25J9/0003 ,  B25J19/023 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3418

Abstract: A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote control station. The robot includes a binaural microphone system that is coupled to a speaker system of the remote control station. The binaural microphone system may include a pair of microphones located at opposite sides of a robot head. the location of the microphones roughly coincides with the location of ears on a human body. Such microphone location creates a mobile robot that more effectively simulates the tele-presence of an operator of the system. The robot may include two different microphone systems and the ability to switch between systems. For example, the robot may also include a zoom camera system and a directional microphone. The directional microphone may be utilized to capture sound from a direction that corresponds to an object zoomed upon by the camera system.

Abstract translation: 包括机器人和远程控制站的遥控机器人系统。 机器人包括耦合到远程控制站的扬声器系统的双耳麦克风系统。 双耳麦克风系统可以包括位于机器人头部的相对侧的一对麦克风。 麦克风的位置大致与耳朵在人体上的位置重合。 这样的麦克风位置创建了更有效地模拟系统的操作员的远程存在的移动机器人。 机器人可以包括两个不同的麦克风系统和在系统之间切换的能力。 例如，机器人还可以包括变焦摄像机系统和定向麦克风。 定向麦克风可以用于从与相机系统放大的对象对应的方向上捕获声音。