Kinetic Input/Output
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprisingan articulated arm with actuators for moving an I/O device that is attached to the articulated arm,the I/O device, which I/O device comprises at least one sensor for capturing visual data and a projector for projecting a multi-pixel image, andat least one processor foranalyzing the visual data to recognize an object or event,selecting a movement of the articulated arm in response to the object or event that is recognized,outputting movement control signals to cause the actuators to effect the movement, andoutputting image control signals to control the multi-pixel image.
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Abstract
In exemplary implementations of this invention, an input/output device (“Bulb”) is attached to on an articulated, actuated robotic arm. The robotic arm can move the Bulb by translating it along three axes and by rotating it about the arm'"'"'s base. In addition, the I/O can rotate about its own vertical axis. The Bulb comprises at least a pico-projector, two cameras, a depth sensor and an onboard computer. The onboard computer controls actuators in the robotic arm and Bulb that move the Bulb. It also processes visual data captured by the cameras in order to recognize objects or events, and to respond to them. This response may include changing the position of the Bulb or changing the parameters of an image projected by the pico-projector.
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20 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising
an articulated arm with actuators for moving an I/O device that is attached to the articulated arm, the I/O device, which I/O device comprises at least one sensor for capturing visual data and a projector for projecting a multi-pixel image, and at least one processor for analyzing the visual data to recognize an object or event, selecting a movement of the articulated arm in response to the object or event that is recognized, outputting movement control signals to cause the actuators to effect the movement, and outputting image control signals to control the multi-pixel image.
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18. A process comprising:
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using an I/O device to capture visual data and to recognize an object or event in the visual data, using at least one actuator to translate the I/O device in a movement that brings the I/O device to a new position that is nearer to the object or that is indicated by the event, and from that new position, using the I/O device to project a multi-pixel image. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. Apparatus comprising:
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actuators for causing movement of an I/O device, which movement comprises translation of the I/O device along a track, tilt of the I/O device relative to the track, and rotation of I/O device about an axis of the I/O device, and the I/O device, which I/O device comprises a sensor for capturing visual data and a projector for projecting a multi-pixel image, and at least one processor for analyzing the visual data to recognize an object or event, and outputting signals, in response at least in part to the object or event that is recognized, to control the movement and to control parameters of the multi-pixel image.
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