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PERSONAL ROBOT

  • US 20150336276A1
  • Filed: 08/28/2013
  • Published: 11/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A personal robot comprising:

  • first and second smart devices (110 and 310) respectively including;

    a display unit (111 or 311) for displaying information,a near field wireless communication unit (117 or 317) for performing near field wireless communication,a touch screen (113 or 313) for inputting information,a connection unit (119 or 319) for electrically connecting to and exchanging signals with other devices, anda control unit (118 or 318) for controlling operation; and

    a robot main body (200) including;

    a smart device mounting unit (221) placed on a front surface to mount the first smart device (110),a wired and wireless communication unit (210) for performing wired and wireless communication with the first and second smart devices (110 and 310),an emotion expression unit (227) for generating an output signal of a form which can be recognized by a user,a sensor unit (222) for sensing movement of an external object or the user,a driving unit (232) for running the robot main body, anda robot control unit (235) for controlling operation of the robot main body, wherein;

    the robot main body (200) is selectably connected to the first or second smart device (110 or 310) in a wired or wireless manner, and when the robot main body (200) is wiredly connected to the first smart device (110) and wirelessly connected to the second smart device (310), the robot main body control unit (235) simultaneously processes data received from the first and second smart devices (110 and 310) and controls operation of the robot main body according to the processing, and the wired and wireless communication unit (210) determines whether a source of the transmitted and received data is wired or wireless, and the robot control unit (235) includes;

    a data processing unit (260) for analyzing data received through the wired and wireless communication unit (210) or data to be transmitted through the wired and wireless communication unit (210) and including an input data processing unit (262) for processing the received data and an output data processing unit (264) for processing the data to be transmitted; and

    a robot service processing unit (270) for transmitting a control signal for controlling operation of the robot main body according to a result of analyzing the data performed through the data processing unit (260).

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