Communication control method, communication control apparatus, telepresence robot, and recording medium storing a program
First Claim
1. A communication control method of a communication control apparatus that controls a first communication apparatus used by a first user inside a first space, and one or a plurality of self-propelled second communication apparatus placed inside the first space,the communication control apparatus being provided with a position management database in which position information indicating a current position of each of the one or plurality of second communication apparatus is registered,the method comprising:
- receiving a private conversation request that requests a private conversation from the first communication apparatus;
acquiring a position of the first user when the private conversation request is input into the first communication apparatus by the first user;
setting a region of fixed range based on the position of the first user as a first conversation-listening area;
detecting, based on the position management database, a second communication apparatus positioned inside the first conversation-listening area from among the one or plurality of second communication apparatus as a first evacuation communication apparatus; and
transmitting, to the first evacuation communication apparatus, an evacuation order causing the first evacuation communication apparatus to evacuate to an outside of the first conversation-listening area.
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Abstract
A private conversation request is received from a first communication apparatus, and a region of fixed range based on the position of a first user is set as a first conversation-listening area. Based on a position management database, a second communication apparatus positioned inside the first conversation-listening area from among one or a plurality of second communication apparatus is detected as a first evacuation communication apparatus, and an evacuation order causing the first evacuation communication apparatus to be evacuated from the first conversation-listening area is transmitted to the first evacuation communication apparatus.
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15 Claims
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1. A communication control method of a communication control apparatus that controls a first communication apparatus used by a first user inside a first space, and one or a plurality of self-propelled second communication apparatus placed inside the first space,
the communication control apparatus being provided with a position management database in which position information indicating a current position of each of the one or plurality of second communication apparatus is registered, the method comprising: -
receiving a private conversation request that requests a private conversation from the first communication apparatus; acquiring a position of the first user when the private conversation request is input into the first communication apparatus by the first user; setting a region of fixed range based on the position of the first user as a first conversation-listening area; detecting, based on the position management database, a second communication apparatus positioned inside the first conversation-listening area from among the one or plurality of second communication apparatus as a first evacuation communication apparatus; and transmitting, to the first evacuation communication apparatus, an evacuation order causing the first evacuation communication apparatus to evacuate to an outside of the first conversation-listening area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. A communication control apparatus that controls a first communication apparatus used by a first user inside a first space, and one or a plurality of self-propelled second communication apparatus placed inside the first space, the communication control apparatus comprising:
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a position management database in which position information indicating a current position of each of the one or plurality of second communication apparatus is registered; a private conversation request receiver that receives a private conversation request that requests a private conversation from the first communication apparatus; a position manager that acquires a position of the first user when the private conversation request is input into the first communication apparatus by the first user, sets a region of fixed range based on the acquired position of the first user as a second conversation-listening area, and detects, based on the position management database, a second communication apparatus positioned inside the first conversation-listening area from among the one or plurality of second communication apparatus as a first evacuation communication apparatus; and a robot position controller that transmits, to the first evacuation communication apparatus, an evacuation order causing the first evacuation communication apparatus to evacuate to an outside of the first conversation-listening area.
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15. A non-transitory recording medium storing a program,
the program causing a computer to execute a process comprising: -
receiving a private conversation request indicating that a first user inside a first space is requesting a private conversation input into a first communication apparatus; acquiring a position of the first user when the private conversation request is input; setting a region of fixed range based on the position of the first user as a first conversation-listening area; detecting, based on position information registered in a position management database, the position information indicating a current position of each of one or a plurality of self-propelled second communication apparatus placed inside the first space, a second communication apparatus positioned inside the first conversation-listening area from among the one or plurality of second communication apparatus as a first evacuation communication apparatus; and transmitting, to each first evacuation communication apparatus, an evacuation order causing the first evacuation communication apparatus to evacuate to an outside of the first conversation-listening area.
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