Robot system and autonomous mobile robot
First Claim
1. A robot system comprising an autonomous mobile robot which is freely movable and station which wirelessly communicates with the autonomous mobile robot, wherein:
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a travel mechanism which moves the robot, a camera which photographs surroundings, a control section which makes the autonomous mobile robot travel along a predetermined path at predetermined times and makes the camera take photographs at predetermined locations during the travel along the predetermined path, and a sending section which sends the images taken by the camera to the station; and
the station comprises;
a receiving section which receives the images sent from the autonomous mobile robot, a storage section which stores the images received by the receiving section, and a communications section which communicates with external devices via a communications line and sends the images stored in the storage section to a requesting external device in response to a transmission request from the external device.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a robot system which includes an autonomous mobile robot as well as to the autonomous mobile robot. In the system in which monitoring is performed using the autonomous mobile robot which travels along a predetermined path, the present invention can reduce the interval between the time when a user requests transmission of images or the like and the time when the user obtains the images. The autonomous mobile robot travels along a predetermined path at predetermined times, a camera takes photographs at predetermined locations during the travel along the predetermined path, images taken by the camera are stored, and the stored images are sent to a requesting cell phone or the like in response to a transmission request from the cell phone or the like.
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1. A robot system comprising an autonomous mobile robot which is freely movable and station which wirelessly communicates with the autonomous mobile robot, wherein:
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the autonomous mobile robot comprises;
a travel mechanism which moves the robot, a camera which photographs surroundings, a control section which makes the autonomous mobile robot travel along a predetermined path at predetermined times and makes the camera take photographs at predetermined locations during the travel along the predetermined path, and a sending section which sends the images taken by the camera to the station; and
the station comprises;
a receiving section which receives the images sent from the autonomous mobile robot, a storage section which stores the images received by the receiving section, and a communications section which communicates with external devices via a communications line and sends the images stored in the storage section to a requesting external device in response to a transmission request from the external device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An autonomous mobile robot which is freely movable, comprising:
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a travel mechanism which moves the robot;
a camera which photographs surroundings;
a control section which makes the autonomous mobile robot travel along a predetermined path at predetermined times and makes the camera take photographs at predetermined locations during the travel along the predetermined path;
a storage section which stores the images taken by the camera; and
a communications section which communicates with external devices via a communications line and sends the images stored in the storage section to a requesting external device in response to a transmission request from the external device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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11. An autonomous mobile robot which is freely movable, comprising:
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a travel mechanism which moves the robot;
a camera which photographs surroundings;
a control section which makes the autonomous mobile robot travel along a predetermined path at predetermined times and makes the camera take photographs at predetermined locations during the travel along the predetermined path; and
a communications section which communicates with an external image server connected via a communications line and sends the images taken by the camera to the external image server, where the external image server sends images to external devices in response to requests from the external devices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 20)
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