METHOD & APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE ATTITUDE OF A CAMERA ASSOCIATED WITH A ROBOTIC DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for automatically controlling the attitude of a camera associated with a mobile robotic device comprising:
- establishing a relationship between a range of camera attitudes and a range of mobile robotic device motion and storing the relationship;
initiating an automatic camera control function;
detecting the current motion of a mobile robotic device while the camera is positioned in a first camera attitude;
using the detected current mobile robotic device motion and the stored relationship between the camera attitude and robotic device motion to determine a second camera attitude; and
adjusting the attitude of the camera from the first camera attitude to the second camera attitude.
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Abstract
A robot movement control device is connected to a communications network in a remote location relative to a robotic device that is also connected to the communications network. The robot movement control device is an electronic device with a video display for displaying a real-time video image sent to it by a camera associated with the robot. A robot movement control mechanism is included in the robot control device and robot movement control commands are generated by the movement control mechanism which commands include speed and directional information. The control commands are sent by the robot control device over the network to the robot which uses the commands to adjust its speed and direction of movement of the robot. A relationship between the motion of the robot and the attitude of the camera associated with the robot is establish and used in conjunction with the detected motion of the robot to automatically adjust the attitude of the video camera associated with the robot.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for automatically controlling the attitude of a camera associated with a mobile robotic device comprising:
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establishing a relationship between a range of camera attitudes and a range of mobile robotic device motion and storing the relationship; initiating an automatic camera control function; detecting the current motion of a mobile robotic device while the camera is positioned in a first camera attitude; using the detected current mobile robotic device motion and the stored relationship between the camera attitude and robotic device motion to determine a second camera attitude; and adjusting the attitude of the camera from the first camera attitude to the second camera attitude. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for automatically controlling the attitude of a camera associated with a mobile robotic device comprising:
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A processor; and A memory associated with the processor, the memory including; a mobile robotic device movement control module that operates to detect a current robot motion; and a camera control module that operates to receive robot motion information from the robotic device movement control module and that uses the motion information in conjunction with an established camera attitude-robotic device motion relationship to automatically control the attitude of the camera. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for automatically controlling the view of a robotic devices environment comprising:
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establishing a relationship between a range of views of the robotic devices environment and a range of mobile robotic device motion and storing the relationship; initiating an automatic environmental view function; detecting the current motion of a mobile robotic device in a first environmental view; using the detected current mobile robotic device motion and the stored relationship between the environmental view and robotic device motion to determine a second environmental view; and adjusting the environmental view from the first environmental view to the second environmental view. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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