Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Time-dependent navigation of telepresence robots
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Application No.: US15721067Application Date: 2017-09-29
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Publication No.: US10591921B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- 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: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agent Kory D. Christensen
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; B25J9/16 ; B25J11/00 ; G06F19/00 ; G06T11/00 ; G05D1/00

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 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 map, or by using a joystick or other peripheral device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180088583A1 TIME-DEPENDENT NAVIGATION OF TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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