SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF A ROBOT

• US 20130073092A1
• Filed: 09/13/2012
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS)
• Original Assignee: Persimmon Technologies Corporation (Sumitomo Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Hosek, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 9,037,297 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/264
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 13/00 Controls for manipulators programme controls B25J9/16; control in general G05
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A system for operation of a robot including a substantially transparent display configured such that an operator can see a portion of the robot and data and/or graphical information associated with the operation of a robot. Preferably, a controller in communication with the robot and the transparent display is configured to allow the operator to control the operation of the robot.

Claims

1. A system for operation of a robot comprising:

a substantially transparent display configured such that an operator can see a portion of the robot and data and/or graphical information associated with the operation of a robot; and

a controller in communication with the robot and the transparent display configured to allow the operator to control the operation of the robot.

2. The system of claim 1 in which the transparent display is located between the robot and the operator.

3. The system of claim 1 in which the substantially transparent display includes a touch screen.

4. The system of claim 2 in which the touch screen is configured with a control area for entering one or more commands to control the operation of the robot.

5. The system of claim 1 in which the transparent display is configured as a wearable device.

6. The system of claim 5 in which the wearable device includes one or more of Masses, goggles and/or contact lenses.

7. The system of claim 5 in which the wearable device includes a control/communications module in communication with the controller.

8. The system of claim 1 in which the controller is configured to display the data and/or graphical information in the transparent display such that the data and/or graphical information appears projected in a distance.

9. The system of claim 1 in which the controller includes an interface having one or more controls configured to allow the user to enter one or more commands to control the operation of the robot.

10. The system of claim 1 further including a hand-held device in communication with the controller configured to allow the user to enter one or more commands to control the operation of the robot.

11. The system of claim 1 further including at least one camera proximate the transparent display configured to detect which portion of the transparent display the operator is looking at.

12. The system of claim 11 further including at least one camera configured to view the operation of the robot.

13. The system of claim 5 further including at least one camera coupled to the wearable device configured to detect which portion of the transparent display the operation is looking at.

14. The system of claim 5 in which the transparent display is configured to allow the operator to visually select displayed the data and/or graphical information.

15. The system of claim 5 in which the transparent display is configured to allow the operator to visually select one or more commands to control the operation of the robot.

16. A system for operation of a robot comprising:

a substantially transparent display located between an operator and a robot; and

wherein the transparent display is configured such that the operator sees a portion of the robot and data and/or graphical information associated with the operation of a robot.

17. A method for controlling the operation of a robot, the method comprising:

viewing a portion of a robot through a substantially transparent display;

displaying data and/or graphical information associated with the operation of a robot on the substantially transparent display; and

controlling the operation of a robot while viewing the data and/or graphical information.

18. The method of claim 17 further including entering one or more commands to control the operation of the robot on the transparent display.

19. The method of claim 17 further including providing a wearable device having the substantially transparent display and visually selecting the data and/or graphical information and/or the one or more commands from the visual control area to control the operation of the robot.

20. The method of claim 19 further including detecting which portion of the transparent display an operator is looking at.