公开(公告)号：US20090193080A1

公开(公告)日：2009-07-30

申请号：US12019166

申请日：2008-01-24

申请人： Robert L. Toscano

发明人： Robert L. Toscano

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L67/22 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04W4/029

摘要： Some embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless node network that includes a set of portable devices associated with members of an organization and a set of client nodes. During operation, the client nodes detect the portable devices in the vicinity of the client nodes and send records of detected portable devices to the server. The records are then stored by the server and are subsequently used to automate organizational tasks for the organization.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一些实施例提供了一种无线节点网络，其包括与组织的成员和一组客户端节点相关联的一组便携式设备。 在操作期间，客户端节点检测客户端节点附近的便携式设备，并将检测到的便携式设备的记录发送到服务器。 然后，记录由服务器存储，随后用于自动化组织的组织任务。

公开(公告)号：US20090055019A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-26

申请号：US12117389

申请日：2008-05-08

申请人： Walter Dan Stiehl ,  Cynthia Breazeal ,  Jun Ki Lee ,  Allan Z. Maymin ,  Heather Knight ,  Robert L. Toscano ,  Iris M. Cheung

发明人： Walter Dan Stiehl ,  Cynthia Breazeal ,  Jun Ki Lee ,  Allan Z. Maymin ,  Heather Knight ,  Robert L. Toscano ,  Iris M. Cheung

IPC分类号： B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J9/04 ,  B25J13/02

CPC分类号： B25J13/00 ,  A63H2200/00 ,  B25J9/1656 ,  B25J9/1671 ,  B25J13/081 ,  G05B2219/33051 ,  G05B2219/35444 ,  G06N3/008

摘要： An interactive system for interacting with a sentient being. The system includes a robotic companion of which the sentient being may be a user and an entity which employs the robot as a participant in an activity involving the user. The robotic companion responds to inputs from an environment that includes the user during the activity. The robotic companion is capable of social and affective behavior either under control of the entity or in response to the environment. The entity may provide an interface by which an operator may control the robotic companion. Example applications for the interactive system include as a system for communicating with patients that have difficulties communicating verbally, a system for teaching remotely-located students or students with communication difficulties, a system for facilitating social interaction between a remotely-located relative and a child, and systems in which the user and the robot interact with an entity such as a smart book. Also disclosed are control interfaces for the robotic companion, techniques for rendering the robotic companion sensitive to touch and responding to those touches, and techniques for providing quiet, back-drivable motion to components of the robotic companion.

摘要翻译： 与有感情的人交互的互动系统。 该系统包括机器人伴侣，其中可能是用户，以及使用机器人作为涉及用户的活动的参与者的实体。 机器人伴侣在活动期间响应来自包括用户的环境的输入。 机器人伴侣能够在实体的控制下或响应于环境的情况下进行社会和情感行为。 实体可以提供操作者可以通过该接口来控制机器人伴侣的接口。 交互式系统的示例性应用包括作为与口头沟通困难的患者沟通的系统，用于教导远程学生或具有沟通困难的学生的系统，用于促进远程位置的亲戚和儿童之间的社交交互的系统， 以及用户和机器人与智能书等实体进行交互的系统。 还公开了用于机器人伴侣的控制接口，用于使机器人伴侣敏感地触摸并响应于这些触摸的技术，以及用于向机器人伴侣的组件提供安静的可驱动运动的技术。

公开(公告)号：US08909370B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-09

申请号：US12117389

申请日：2008-05-08

申请人： Walter Dan Stiehl ,  Cynthia Breazeal ,  Jun Ki Lee ,  Allan Z Maymin ,  Heather Knight ,  Robert L. Toscano ,  Iris M. Cheung

发明人： Walter Dan Stiehl ,  Cynthia Breazeal ,  Jun Ki Lee ,  Allan Z Maymin ,  Heather Knight ,  Robert L. Toscano ,  Iris M. Cheung

IPC分类号： G06F19/00 ,  B25J13/00 ,  G06N3/00 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J9/16

CPC分类号： B25J13/00 ,  A63H2200/00 ,  B25J9/1656 ,  B25J9/1671 ,  B25J13/081 ,  G05B2219/33051 ,  G05B2219/35444 ,  G06N3/008

摘要： An interactive system for interacting with a sentient being. The system includes a robotic companion of which the sentient being may be a user and an entity which employs the robot as a participant in an activity involving the user. The robotic companion responds to inputs from an environment that includes the user during the activity. The robotic companion is capable of social and affective behavior either under control of the entity or in response to the environment. The entity may provide an interface by which an operator may control the robotic companion. Example applications for the interactive system include as a system for communicating with patients that have difficulties communicating verbally, a system for teaching remotely-located students or students with communication difficulties, a system for facilitating social interaction between a remotely-located relative and a child, and systems in which the user and the robot interact with an entity such as a smart book. Also disclosed are control interfaces for the robotic companion, techniques for rendering the robotic companion sensitive to touch and responding to those touches, and techniques for providing quiet, back-drivable motion to components of the robotic companion.

摘要翻译： 与有感情的人交互的互动系统。 该系统包括机器人伴侣，其中可能是用户，以及使用机器人作为涉及用户的活动的参与者的实体。 机器人伴侣在活动期间响应来自包括用户的环境的输入。 机器人伴侣能够在实体的控制下或响应于环境的情况下进行社会和情感行为。 实体可以提供操作者可以通过该接口来控制机器人伴侣的接口。 交互式系统的示例性应用包括作为与口头沟通困难的患者沟通的系统，用于教导远程学生或具有沟通困难的学生的系统，用于促进远程位置的亲戚和儿童之间的社交交互的系统， 以及用户和机器人与智能书等实体进行交互的系统。 还公开了用于机器人伴侣的控制接口，用于使机器人伴侣敏感地触摸并响应于这些触摸的技术，以及用于向机器人伴侣的组件提供安静的可驱动运动的技术。