公开(公告)号：US20070112464A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-17

申请号：US11650149

申请日：2007-01-05

Applicant: Yulun Wang ,  Louis Kavoussi

Inventor： Yulun Wang ,  Louis Kavoussi

IPC: G06F19/00

CPC classification number: G06F19/3418 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0003 ,  B25J9/1602 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/163 ,  B25J9/1633 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  B25J9/1692 ,  B25J11/0005 ,  B25J19/022 ,  B25J19/023 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3456 ,  G16H10/60 ,  H04N7/142 ,  H04N7/185

Abstract: A method for remotely monitoring a patient. The method includes generating and transmitting input commands to the robot from a remote station. The remote station may include a personal computer that is operated by a doctor. The input commands can move the robot so that a video image and sounds of the patient can be captured by a robot camera and microphone, respectively, and transmitted back to the remote station. The robot may also have a monitor and a speaker to allow for two-way videoconferencing between the patient and a doctor at the remote station. The robot can move from room to room so that a doctor can make “patient rounds” within a medical facility. The system thus allows a doctor visit patients from a remote location, thereby improving the frequency of visits and the quality of medical care.

公开(公告)号：US07218992B2

公开(公告)日：2007-05-15

申请号：US10913648

申请日：2004-08-06

Applicant: Yulun Wang ,  Keith Phillip Laby ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  Steven Edward Butner ,  Jonathan Southard

Inventor： Yulun Wang ,  Keith Phillip Laby ,  Charles S. Jordan ,  Steven Edward Butner ,  Jonathan Southard

IPC: G06F19/00

CPC classification number: G06F19/3418 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0003 ,  B25J9/1602 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/163 ,  B25J9/1633 ,  B25J9/1689 ,  B25J9/1692 ,  B25J11/0005 ,  B25J19/022 ,  B25J19/023 ,  G05D1/0038 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06F19/3456 ,  G16H10/60 ,  H04N7/142 ,  H04N7/185

Abstract: A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote control station that also has a camera and a monitor. The remote control station may be linked to a base station that is wirelessly coupled to the robot. The cameras and monitors allow a care giver at the remote location to monitor and care for a patient through the robot. The holonomic platform allows the robot to move about a home or facility to locate and/or follow a patient.

公开(公告)号：US20070051546A1

公开(公告)日：2007-03-08

申请号：US11498952

申请日：2006-08-03

Applicant: Henry Thorne

Inventor： Henry Thorne

IPC: B60T7/16

CPC classification number: G05D1/0272 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0211

Abstract: A robotic cart pulling vehicle includes a positioning error reducing system for reducing accumulated error in the ded-reckoning navigational system. The positioning error reducing system including at least one of a low load transfer point of the cart attaching mechanism, a floor variation compliance structure whereby the drive wheels maintain a substantially even distribution of load over minor surface variations, a minimal wheel contact surface structure, a calibration structure using at least one proximity sensor mounted on the robot body, and a common electrical and mechanical connection between the cart and the robot vehicle formed by a cart attaching post.

Abstract translation: 机器人牵引车辆包括用于减少推算导航系统中的累积误差的定位误差减小系统。 所述定位误差降低系统包括所述小车安装机构的低负载转移点中的至少一个，地板变形柔量结构，由此所述驱动轮在小的表面变化上保持基本均匀的负载分布，最小的轮接触面结构， 使用安装在机器人主体上的至少一个接近传感器的校准结构以及由推车连接柱形成的推车和机器人车辆之间的公共电气和机械连接。

公开(公告)号：US20060116973A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-01

申请号：US11330380

申请日：2006-01-11

Applicant: Shusaku Okamoto ,  Osamu Yamada ,  Tomonobu Naruoka ,  Yoshihiko Matsukawa ,  Satoshi Sato

Inventor： Shusaku Okamoto ,  Osamu Yamada ,  Tomonobu Naruoka ,  Yoshihiko Matsukawa ,  Satoshi Sato

IPC: G06F15/18

CPC classification number: G05D1/0255 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0003 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  B65G2203/041 ,  G05B2219/39387 ,  G05D1/0251 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A sensing unit, such as a camera, or the like, senses the conditions of articles and mobile existences, including humans, in a life space, such as a house of a household, or the like. An article management/operation server manages, on an article database, attribute information of the articles, which include operators, etc., according to the information from the sensing unit. The server receives a user's instruction input through a console unit and refers to the article database to convert this instruction to a control command, which is then transmitted to a life-support robot.

公开(公告)号：US20060111814A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-25

申请号：US11280305

申请日：2005-11-17

Applicant: Shuji Hachitani ,  Yuji Adachi

Inventor： Shuji Hachitani ,  Yuji Adachi

IPC: G06F19/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/027 ,  G05D1/0227 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D1/0272 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: A mobile robot, which enables sure detection of external environments including obstacles around the mobile robot, without being affected by a posture change of the mobile robot, and includes: an obstacle detection sensor, placed on a stage that can sway, which detects an obstacle around the mobile robot; and an actuator which controls a posture of the obstacle detection sensor in a pitching direction by oscillating the stage.

Abstract translation: 一种移动机器人，其能够可靠地检测包括移动机器人周围的障碍物的外部环境，而不受移动机器人的姿势变化的影响，并且包括：障碍物检测传感器，放置在可以摇摆的台上，其检测障碍物 围绕移动机器人; 以及致动器，其通过振荡台来控制俯仰方向上的障碍物检测传感器的姿势。

公开(公告)号：US06917854B2

公开(公告)日：2005-07-12

申请号：US10204507

申请日：2000-12-09

Applicant: Thomas Bayer

Inventor： Thomas Bayer

IPC: B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/18 ,  B25J13/08 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S13/75 ,  G01S13/76 ,  G01S13/79 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06F19/00

CPC classification number: B25J5/007 ,  G05D1/0261 ,  G05D1/0282 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  Y10T29/53048

Abstract: A method for recognition, determination and localization of at least one arbitrary object or space and the picking up of said object, by at least on robot, in particular, a service robot, which operates independently on the base surface. The method is achieved, whereby the robot is oriented within at least one room by room co-ordinates and/or co-ordinates of arbitrary objects in the room, transmitted to the robot by at least one sensor element, in particular, a transponder or transmitter.

Abstract translation: 至少在机器人上特别是在基面上独立工作的服务机器人，用于识别，确定和定位至少一个任意对象或空间以及拾取所述对象的方法。 实现该方法，由此机器人通过房间中的任意对象的房间坐标和/或坐标定向在至少一个房间内，由至少一个传感器元件特别是应答器或者至少一个传感器元件发送到机器人， 发射机。

公开(公告)号：US20040220707A1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-04

申请号：US10428731

申请日：2003-05-02

Inventor： Kim Pallister

IPC: G01C021/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0044 ,  G05D2201/0208 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A robotic device may utilize the processing power, memory/storage and user interface of a personal computer (nullPCnull) to improve its performance in embodiments of the present invention. Specifically, according to an embodiment, a robotic device may be coupled to a remote PC via a communications link (e.g., a wireless link) and harness the processing power in the remote PC to augment its own capabilities. The device may include various components that gather and transmit data to the PC via the communications link, and the PC may include an interface to accept the data and/or processing capabilities to process the data from the robotic device. Based on the processed data, the PC may determine an action for the device and send appropriate instructions to the device.

公开(公告)号：US06658365B2

公开(公告)日：2003-12-02

申请号：US09985656

申请日：2001-11-05

Applicant: Minoru Kodaira

Inventor： Minoru Kodaira

IPC: G01P1100

CPC classification number: G11B17/228 ,  G05D1/0289 ,  G05D2201/0211

Abstract: A travelling track on which a plurality of movers travel is divided into sections of various lengths. A position/velocity calculator obtains the position and velocity of the movers in the sections, using the position and velocity of each mover having passed the boundary of the section in which the mover travels. A collision-chance determiner determines whether there is a great chance that each pair of neighboring movers will collide with each other, using the position and velocity obtained by the position/velocity calculator. An emergency stopper stops a pair of neighboring movers that the collision-chance determiner determined that they would collide with each other, in an emergency.

公开(公告)号：US20030109960A1

公开(公告)日：2003-06-12

申请号：US10347811

申请日：2003-01-21

Inventor： Illah Nourbakhsh ,  Clayton Gregory Kunz ,  Carolyn O'Brien Green ,  Thomas Willeke ,  Vinton Coffman III

IPC: G06F019/00

CPC classification number: G06N3/008 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G06F19/00

Abstract: A robot that is capable of substantially autonomous movement includes a processing device, a memory, and a mobility structure controlled by the processing device. The processor directs the robot to move with any predetermined safe area having a boundary and a reference point. Optionally, the robot also exhibits features of social interactivity by accepting an input from a human, selecting dynamic content from a data base wherein the dynamic content is responsive to the input, and presenting the human with a response corresponding to the dynamic content selection.

Abstract translation: 能够实质上自主运动的机器人包括处理装置，存储器和由处理装置控制的移动结构。 处理器引导机器人与具有边界和参考点的任何预定安全区域一起移动。 可选地，机器人还通过接受来自人的输入来显示社交交互的特征，从动态内容响应于输入的数据库中选择动态内容，以及向人类呈现与动态内容选择相对应的响应。

公开(公告)号：US20020063726A1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-30

申请号：US10033403

申请日：2001-12-27

Inventor： Norman P. Jouppi

IPC: G09G005/00

CPC classification number: H04N7/144 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D1/027 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G06F3/14

Abstract: An image is displayed using anamorphic video. A first portion of an image is displayed on a display at a first scale. At least one second portion of the image is displayed on the display. The at least one second portion is adjacent the first portion of the image. The second portion is displayed at a second scale higher than the first scale.

Abstract translation: 使用变形视频显示图像。 图像的第一部分以第一标度显示在显示器上。 图像的至少一个第二部分显示在显示器上。 至少一个第二部分与图像的第一部分相邻。 第二部分以比第一刻度高的第二刻度显示。