Remote-controlled robot and robot self-position identification method
First Claim
1. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
- a layout storage unit for storing a layout plan of a building;
a communication unit for receiving designation of a position designated in the layout plan from a remote terminal; and
a travel control unit for controlling travel of a robot to the designated position.
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Abstract
A remotely controlled robot comprises a unit storing the layout plan of a building, a unit receiving a position remotely designated in the layout plan from a remote location and a unit controlling the travel of the robot to the designated position. A self-position identification method is implemented by a robot with a camera whose shooting direction can be changed. The robot takes in advance a panoramic picture of a room where the robot may travel, generates a reference picture by extracting a plurality of block pictures from the panoramic picture and identifies a room where the robot is located, by applying correlation and DP matching, using both a picture taken in the room where the robot is located and the reference picture.
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19 Claims
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1. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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a layout storage unit for storing a layout plan of a building;
a communication unit for receiving designation of a position designated in the layout plan from a remote terminal; and
a travel control unit for controlling travel of a robot to the designated position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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a layout storage unit for storing a layout plan of a building;
a communication unit for receiving designation of a room designated in the layout plan from a remote terminal; and
a travel control unit for controlling the travel of a robot to the designated room.
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5. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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a picture taking unit for taking an inside picture of a building;
a communication unit for transmitting the picture taken by the picture taking unit when the robot regularly/irregularly patrols inside a building, to a computer with memory accessible from the outside through a network. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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a picture taking unit for taking an inside picture of a building;
a communication unit for transmitting the picture taken by the picture taking unit when the robot regularly/irregularly patrols inside a building, to a computer with memory accessible from the outside through a network. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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a script storage unit for storing the programs of scripts for one or more operations stored in the script storage unit; and
a communication unit for receiving the command to execute one of the programs stored in the script storage unit.
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12. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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a command receiving unit for receiving an emergency command from a person in a building; and
a communication unit for issuing the emergency command to a predetermined remote terminal according to the command. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A self-position identification method of a robot with a camera whose shooting direction can be changed, comprising of:
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taking in advance a panoramic picture of each room to which the robot may travel;
generating a reference picture by extracting a plurality of block pictures from the panoramic picture; and
identifying a room where the robot is located, by applying correlation calculation and DP matching, using both a picture of the same size as the block picture in the panoramic picture taken in a position where the robot is located, and the reference picture. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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layout storage means for storing a layout plan of a building;
communication means for receiving designation of a position designated in the layout plan from a remote terminal; and
travel control means for controlling travel of a robot to the designated position.
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18. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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picture taking means for taking an inside picture of a building;
communication means for transmitting the picture taken by the picture taking means when the robot regularly/irregularly patrols inside a building, to a computer with memory accessible from the outside through a network.
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19. A robot that can be remotely controlled, comprising:
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script storage means for storing the programs of scripts for one or more operations stored in the script storage means; and
communication means for receiving the command to execute one of the programs stored in the script storage means.
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