System for extending the observation, surveillance, and navigational capabilities of a robot
First Claim
1. A system that is adapted to be integrated with an existing robotic system in order to extend the observation, surveillance, and navigational capabilities of said robotic system, said system comprising:
- a sensor module that is attached to the robotic device of said robotic system and a system control station comprising a communication link to the robot control station of said existing robotic system;
wherein both the system control station and the sensor module comprise processing units that are configured to work in complete harmony and are each supplied with software that enables at least one of the following capabilities;
a. stitching together the views taken by several imagine devices into a panoramic image;
b. processing images by the use of an automatic Video Motion Detection (VMD) program;
c. the ability to sort objects in the images into general categories;
d. the ability to identify specific objects by comparison of the objects in the images with an existing database;
e. the ability to combine the image processing software with software that enables Optical Character Recognition (OCR);
f. the ability to assess the range to objects in the environment;
g. the ability to return via the same route;
h. the ability to recognize the sky lines in the images taken by the imaging sensors to compare them with a prepared sky line database thus being able to determine the location of the platform; and
i. the ability to control two or more robotic platforms using one system control station.
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Abstract
The invention is a system that is integrated with an existing robotic system in order to extend its observation, surveillance, and navigational capabilities. The system comprises: a sensor module comprising imaging and other types of sensors that is attached to the robotic device of the robotic system and a system control station comprising a communication link to the robot control station of the existing robotic system. Both the system control station and the sensor module comprise processing units that are configured to work in complete harmony. These processing units are each supplied with software that enables using information supplied by the sensors and other components in the sensor module to provide the robotic systems with many advanced capabilities that could not be achieves prior to attachment of the sensor module to the robot.
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1. A system that is adapted to be integrated with an existing robotic system in order to extend the observation, surveillance, and navigational capabilities of said robotic system, said system comprising:
- a sensor module that is attached to the robotic device of said robotic system and a system control station comprising a communication link to the robot control station of said existing robotic system;
wherein both the system control station and the sensor module comprise processing units that are configured to work in complete harmony and are each supplied with software that enables at least one of the following capabilities; a. stitching together the views taken by several imagine devices into a panoramic image; b. processing images by the use of an automatic Video Motion Detection (VMD) program; c. the ability to sort objects in the images into general categories; d. the ability to identify specific objects by comparison of the objects in the images with an existing database; e. the ability to combine the image processing software with software that enables Optical Character Recognition (OCR); f. the ability to assess the range to objects in the environment; g. the ability to return via the same route; h. the ability to recognize the sky lines in the images taken by the imaging sensors to compare them with a prepared sky line database thus being able to determine the location of the platform; and i. the ability to control two or more robotic platforms using one system control station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- a sensor module that is attached to the robotic device of said robotic system and a system control station comprising a communication link to the robot control station of said existing robotic system;
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