Article handling system and method and article management system and method
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1. An article transfer system, comprising:
- a robot for transferring an article existing in a predetermined life space;
a console unit including a display section for displaying a console window and an input section which serves as an interface for a user, the console window including an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and a generic icon generically indicative of a plurality of locations in the life space;
an article database containing attribute information of the article; and
a controller for controlling the system,wherein when the article icon and the generic icon are designated on the console window through the input section, the controller selects a location, from among a plurality of locations in the life space subordinate to the designated generic icon, according to the attribute information of the article corresponding to the designated article icon, the attribute information being retrieved from the article database, and the controller instructs the robot to transfer the article corresponding to the designated article icon to the selected location in the life space.
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Abstract
A camera or other sensing unit senses the conditions of articles and mobile entities, including humans within a living space. An article management/operation server manages, within an article database, attribute information about the articles, including operators, according to the information from the sensing unit. The server receives a user'"'"'s instruction, input through a console unit, and refers to the article database to convert this instruction into a control command, which is then transmitted to a life-support robot.
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16 Claims
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1. An article transfer system, comprising:
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a robot for transferring an article existing in a predetermined life space; a console unit including a display section for displaying a console window and an input section which serves as an interface for a user, the console window including an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and a generic icon generically indicative of a plurality of locations in the life space; an article database containing attribute information of the article; and a controller for controlling the system, wherein when the article icon and the generic icon are designated on the console window through the input section, the controller selects a location, from among a plurality of locations in the life space subordinate to the designated generic icon, according to the attribute information of the article corresponding to the designated article icon, the attribute information being retrieved from the article database, and the controller instructs the robot to transfer the article corresponding to the designated article icon to the selected location in the life space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An article transfer system, comprising:
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a robot for transferring an article existing in a predetermined life space; a console unit including a display section for displaying a console window and an input section which serves as an interface for a user, the console window including an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and an action icon indicative of an action exerted on the article; an article database containing attribute information of the article; and a controller for controlling the system, wherein when the article icon and the action icon are designated on the console window through the input section, the controller selects a location according to the attribute information of an article corresponding to the designated article icon and an action corresponding to the designated action icon, the attribute information being retrieved from the article database, and the controller instructs the robot to transfer the article corresponding to the designated article icon to the selected location in the life space. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A robot console unit for designating a task which is assigned to a robot for transferring an article existing in a predetermined life space, comprising:
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a display section for displaying a console window which includes an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and a generic icon generically indicative of a plurality of locations in the life space; an input section which serves as an interface for a user; and a controller for controlling the console unit, wherein when the article icon and the generic icon are designated on the console window through the input section, the controller selects a location, from among a plurality of locations in the life space subordinate to the designated generic icon, according to attribute information of the article corresponding to the designated article icon, the attribute information being retrieved from an article database, and the controller instructs the robot to transfer the article corresponding to the designated article icon to the selected location in the life space. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A robot console unit for designating a task which is assigned to a robot for transferring an article existing in a predetermined life space, comprising:
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a display section for displaying a console window which includes an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and an action icon indicative of an action exerted on the article; an input section which serves as an interface for a user; and a controller for controlling the console unit, wherein when the article icon and the action icon are designated on the console window through the input section, the controller selects a location in the life space according to attribute information of the article corresponding to the designated article icon and an action corresponding to the designated action icon, the attribute information being retrieved from an article database, and the controller instructs the robot to transfer the article corresponding to the designated article icon to the selected location in the life space.
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15. An article transfer system, comprising:
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a robot for transferring an article existing in a predetermined life space; a console unit including a display section for displaying a console window and an input section which serves as an interface for a user, a task assigned to the robot being designated on the console window through the input section; and a controller which includes a location icon console mode and an action icon console mode as console mode in the console unit, wherein in the location icon console mode, a console window which includes an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and a location icon indicative of a specific location in the life space is displayed on the display section, and in the action icon console mode, a console window which includes an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and an action icon indicative of an action exerted on the article is displayed on the display section, when the article icon and the location icon displayed in the location icon console mode are designated, the controller instructs the robot to transfer an article corresponding to the designated article icon to a location corresponding to the designated location icon according to attribute information in the life space corresponding to the designated article icon and the location corresponding to the designated location icon, the attribute information being retrieved from an article database, and when the article icon and the action icon displayed in the action icon console mode are designated, the controller selects a location in the life space according to attribute information of an article corresponding to the designated article icon and an action corresponding to the designated action icon and instructs the robot to transfer the article corresponding to the designated article icon to the selected location in the life space.
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16. A robot console unit for designating a task which is assigned to a robot for transferring an article existing in a predetermined life space, comprising:
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a display section for displaying a console window; an input section which serves as an interface for a user; a display controller for generating the console window in the display section; and a transmitter for transmitting a control instruction to the robot, wherein the display controller generates a location icon console mode where a console window includes an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and a location icon indicative of a specific location in the life space is displayed, and a task which is assigned to the robot is designated on the console window by a user through the input section, the display controller generates an action icon console mode where a console window includes an article icon indicative of an article existing in the life space and an action icon indicative of an action exerted on the article, and a task which is assigned to the robot is designated on the console window by a user through the input section, when the article icon and the location icon displayed in the location icon console mode are designated, the display controller transmits a control instruction to the robot to transfer an article corresponding to the designated article icon to a location corresponding to the designated location icon according to attribute information in the life space corresponding to the designated article icon and the location corresponding to the designated location icon, the attribute information being retrieved from an article database, and when the article icon and the action icon displayed in the action icon console mode are designated, the display controller selects a location in the life space according to attribute information of an article corresponding to the designated article icon and an action corresponding to the designated action icon and transmits a control instruction to the robot to transfer the article corresponding to the designated article icon to the selected location in the life space, the attribute information being retrieved from the article database.
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