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Telepresence robot with a camera boom

  • US 10,073,950 B2
  • Filed: 01/12/2015
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote controlled robot system, comprising:

  • a remote control station that includes a station camera, a station monitor, a station microphone, and a station speaker; and

    ,a mobile robot located in a facility and capable of participating in a communication session with the remote control station, the mobile robot includes;

    a mobile platform capable of maneuvering about a floor of the facility in response to movement commands received from the remote control station via a broadband network;

    a robot monitor;

    a first robot camera that faces substantially in the direction of the robot monitor;

    a second robot camera that faces substantially in the direction of the floor;

    a robot microphone; and

    ,a robot speaker,wherein, during said communication session, the station monitor displays a display user interface that includes an image captured by the first robot camera in an upper portion of the display user interface and an image captured by the second robot camera in a lower portion of the display user interface, wherein a display area of the image from the first robot camera is larger than a display area of the image from the second robot camera, the robot monitor displays an image captured by the station camera, the station speaker reproduces a sound captured by the robot microphone, the robot speaker reproduces a sound captured by the station microphone, and the remote control station generates the movement commands in response to operation of an input device of the remote control station.

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