Interactive Entertainment Robot and Method of Controlling the Same

• US 20080215183A1
• Filed: 02/27/2008
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Hung-Yi, Tseng, Wei-Nan William, Lin, Tai-Wei, Chen, Ying-Tsai
• Application Number:
  US12/037,941
• Publication Number:
  US 20080215183A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/245
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/008 based on physical entities controlled by simulated intelligence so as to replicate intelligent life forms, e.g. based on robots replicating pets or humans in their appearance or behaviour

Abstract

A entertainment robot includes a recognition unit, an environment detecting unit, an intelligent unit, and a behavior unit. The recognition unit receives an input signal from a user and outputs a corresponding command signal. The environment detecting unit detects background information and outputs a corresponding environment signal. The intelligent unit outputs a corresponding behavior signal based on the command signal and the environment signal. The behavior unit controls the operation of the entertainment robot based on the behavior signal.

Claims

1. An interactive entertainment robot comprising:

a recognition unit for receiving an input signal, and outputting a corresponding command signal;

an environment detecting unit for detecting environment information of the environment surrounding the robot, and outputting a corresponding environment signal;

an intelligence unit for outputting a behavior signal based on the command signal and the environment signal; and

a behavior apparatus for controlling operations of the robot based on the behavior signal.

2. The robot of claim 1, wherein the behavior apparatus comprises a music play unit and the behavior signal comprises a control signal with music attribute information, the music play unit playing music based on the control signal.

3. The robot of claim 2, wherein the intelligence unit further comprises a storing unit for storing the music attribute information.

4. The robot of claim 2, wherein the music play unit comprises a music attribute database for storing a plurality of songs with music attribute data individually.

5. The robot of claim 4, wherein the music play unit plays a song of the plurality of songs when the music attribute data of the song is in conformity with the music attribute information of the control signal.

6. The robot of claim 5, wherein the music attribute data comprises a song name, an artist, an album, a category, language, rankings, environment, a play list and an assigned action.

7. The robot of claim 5, wherein the song comprises an assigned action attribute data, and the music play unit outputs an action signal with the assigned action attribute data to the intelligence unit.

8. The robot of claim 7, wherein the behavior apparatus further comprises a motion unit for controlling actions of the robot according to the action signal from the intelligence unit.

9. The robot of claim 2, wherein the behavior signal further comprises an action signal with assigned action attribute information.

10. The robot of claim 9, wherein the behavior apparatus further comprises:

a motion unit for controlling actions of the robot based on the action signal.

11. The robot of claim 2, wherein the music attribute information comprises an identification attribute and a feature attribute.

12. The robot of claim 11, wherein the identification attribute comprises a song name, an artist, an album and a category.

13. The robot of claim 11, wherein the feature attribute comprises attributes corresponding to language, rankings, environment, a play list and an assigned action.

14. The robot of claim 1 further comprising:

a signal understanding database for storing data related to the input signal, the recognition unit outputting the command signal based on the data.

15. A method for controlling a robot comprises the following steps:

(a) generating a command signal according to a command of a user;

(b) detecting a background environment information for generating a corresponding environment signal;

(c) generating a behavior signal based on the command signal and the environment signal; and

(d) controlling operations of the robot based on the behavior signal.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein step (a) is receiving voice signals from the user.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein step (a) is receiving infrared signals or electronic signals provided by the user though a controller.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein step (b) is detecting volume, brightness, or a population in the background environment.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

storing a plurality of songs with music attribute data individually.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

searching a song having the music attribute data in conformity with music attribute information of the behavior signal.

21. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

outputting an action signal with assigned action attribute data corresponding to the song.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein step (d) is playing the song and performing the assigned action based on the behavior signal and the action signal.