Apparatus and methods for providing a persistent companion device
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1. A method comprising:
- recording, utilizing a telecommunications-enabled robotic device adapted to persist in an environment of a user, an environment using one or more sensors and a camera located in the robotic device, the robotic device including a first segment housing the sensors and camera, a second segment, and a third segment, the first, second and third segments independently rotatable with respect to each other, wherein an end of the first segment facing a first end of the second segment has a generally circular periphery;
identifying a location of one or more persons in the environment based on at least one sensory input recorded by the sensors or camera;
performing a first rotation of at least one of the second segment and the third segment to aim the camera and sensors at the one or more persons;
executing a social interaction operation performing a second rotation of at least one of the second segment and the third segment in combination with a natural language interaction and electronic display screen graphics, wherein the social interaction operation is generated based on the data recorded by the sensors and camera;
executing an instruction to photograph the one or more persons according to a first parameter and via the social interaction; and
changing the mode of operation from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation based, at least in part, on the first parameter.
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Abstract
A method includes providing a telecommunications enabled robotic device adapted to persist in an environment of a user, receiving an instruction to photograph one or more persons in the environment according to a time parameter and photographing the one or more persons in accordance with the time parameter resulting in one or more photographs.
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1. A method comprising:
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recording, utilizing a telecommunications-enabled robotic device adapted to persist in an environment of a user, an environment using one or more sensors and a camera located in the robotic device, the robotic device including a first segment housing the sensors and camera, a second segment, and a third segment, the first, second and third segments independently rotatable with respect to each other, wherein an end of the first segment facing a first end of the second segment has a generally circular periphery; identifying a location of one or more persons in the environment based on at least one sensory input recorded by the sensors or camera; performing a first rotation of at least one of the second segment and the third segment to aim the camera and sensors at the one or more persons; executing a social interaction operation performing a second rotation of at least one of the second segment and the third segment in combination with a natural language interaction and electronic display screen graphics, wherein the social interaction operation is generated based on the data recorded by the sensors and camera; executing an instruction to photograph the one or more persons according to a first parameter and via the social interaction; and changing the mode of operation from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation based, at least in part, on the first parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer readable medium forming a part of a telecommunications enabled robotic device adapted to persist in an environment of a user, the computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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recording, utilizing a telecommunications-enabled robotic device adapted to persist in an environment of a user, an environment using one or more sensors and a camera located in the robotic device, the robotic device including a first segment housing the sensors and camera, a second segment, and a third segment, the first, second and third segments independently rotatable with respect to each other, wherein an end of the first segment facing an end of the second segment has a generally circular periphery; identifying a location of one or more persons in the environment based on at least one sensory input recorded by the sensors or camera; performing a first rotation of at least one of the second segment and the third segment to aim the camera and sensors at the one or more persons; executing a social interaction operation performing a second rotation of at least one of the second segment and the third segment in combination with a natural language interaction and electronic display screen graphics, wherein the social interaction operation is generated based on the data recorded by the sensors and camera; executing an instruction to photograph the one or more persons according to a first parameter and via the social interaction; and changing the mode of operation from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation based, at least in part, on the first parameter. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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