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Interface apparatus and mobile robot equipped with the interface apparatus

  • US 7,983,794 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2006
  • Issued: 07/19/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mobile robot, comprising:

  • an interface apparatus recording a message on a wireless tag, the interface apparatus comprisinga voice recognition unit recognizing a voice input by a voice input unit which inputs a voice of a person,a message extraction unit extracting the message from the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit,a writer writing the message extracted by the message extraction unit on an object tag, which is a wireless tag for an object and is provided on the object,an image processing unit extracting image information of a person from an acquired image which is obtained by an image pickup of the person by an image pickup unit,an image message extraction unit extracting a message associated with unique image information, based on unique image information and image information extracted by the image processing unit,a reading unit obtaining information from the object tag or a person tag which is a wireless tag for a person and stores personal information of the person, anda voice synthesizer synthesizing voice information which is associated with the information recorded on the object tag or the person tag as an output voice based on information obtained by the reading unit,wherein unique image information is a gesture or sign language associated with the message, andwherein the writer writes the message extracted by the image message extraction unit on the object tag;

    a current position information acquisition unit acquiring position information which indicates a current position of the mobile robot;

    a locomotion unit for traveling the robot to a destination; and

    an autonomous travel controller actuating the locomotion unit based on a command which indicates the destination and map information indicating a map within a predetermined moving range.

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