MOBILE ROBOT APPARATUS, DOOR CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20120165984A1
• Filed: 12/13/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KANG, Sang Seung, KIM, Jae Hong, SOHN, Joo Chan, PARK, Chan Kyu
• Application Number:
  US13/324,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20120165984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/259
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 11/008 Manipulators for service tasks
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 5/00 Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages B25J1/00 takes precedence; programme-controlled manipulators B25J9/00 ; vehicle aspects B60, B62, e.g. remote-controlled steering for motor vehicles B62D1/24; control of position of vehicles G05D1/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/00 Power-operated mechanisms for wings motor-operated accessories in locks for completing closing or initiating opening of a wing E05B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/77 using wireless control
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 2015/767 using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/854 Switches
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/132 Doors

Abstract

A mobile robot apparatus includes a video recognition unit for recognizing a position of an opening button mounted around a door through video analysis after acquiring peripheral video information. Further, the mobile robot apparatus includes a mobile controller for performing an operation on the opening button at the position recognized by the video recognition unit to generate an opening selection signal, thereby allowing a door control apparatus to open the door according to the generated opening selection signal.

Claims

1. A mobile robot apparatus, comprising:

a video recognition unit for recognizing a position of an opening button mounted around a door through video analysis after acquiring peripheral video information; and

a mobile controller for performing an operation on the opening button at the position recognized by the video recognition unit to generate an opening selection signal, thereby allowing a door control apparatus to open the door according to the generated opening selection signal.

2. A door control apparatus, comprising:

a wireless communication unit for receiving an opening selection signal transmitted by a mobile robot apparatus; and

an opening and closing controller for opening a door according to the opening selection signal received by the wireless communication unit.

3. The door control apparatus of claim 2, wherein the opening and closing controller confirms whether the mobile robot apparatus is a mobile robot admitted to the door by analyzing the opening selection signal and opens the door if it is determined that the mobile robot is admitted to the door.

4. A door control apparatus, comprising:

a video recognition unit for recognizing a mobile robot apparatus by acquiring peripheral video information and then, analyzing the video; and

an opening and closing controller for opening the door when the video recognition unit recognizes the mobile robot apparatus.

5. The door control apparatus of claim 4, wherein the opening and closing controller confirms whether the mobile robot apparatus is a mobile robot admitted to the door and opens the door if it is determined that the mobile robot is admitted to the door.

6. The door control apparatus of claim 4, wherein the opening and closing controller includes database in which information regarding the mobile robots admitted to the door is previously registered and searches the database to confirm whether the admission of the mobile robot is permitted.

7. A door opening and closing method of a mobile robot apparatus, comprising:

recognizing a position of an opening button mounted around a door through video analysis after acquiring peripheral video information; and

performing an operation on the opening button at the recognized position to generate an opening selection signal, thereby allowing a door control apparatus to open the door according to the generated opening selection signal.

8. A door opening and closing method of a door control apparatus, comprising:

recognizing a mobile robot apparatus by allowing the mobile robot apparatus to receive a transmitted opening selection signal or acquire peripheral video information and then, analyzing the video; and

opening the door according to the opening selection signal or the recognition of the mobile robot apparatus.

9. The door opening and closing method of claim 8, wherein said opening the door includes:

confirming whether the mobile robot apparatus is a mobile robot admitted to the door by analyzing the opening selection signal; and

opening the door if it is determined that the mobile robot apparatus is the mobile robot admitted to the door.

10. The door opening and closing method of claim 9, wherein said confirming includes:

previously registering information regarding the mobile robot admitted to the door in database; and

searching the database to confirm whether the mobile robot apparatus is the registered mobile robot.