Event execution method and system for robot synchronized with mobile terminal

• US 8,818,554 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2009
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Seung Jai, Son, Suk Ryun
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Khoi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Bao Long T
• Application Number:
  US12/498,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20100010669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,877 Days
• US Class Current: 700/250
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

An event execution method and system for a robot synchronized with a mobile terminal is provided for enabling a robot synchronized with a mobile terminal or a character displayed in the mobile terminal to execute an event on behalf of the mobile terminal and share experience points of the character displayed in the mobile terminal. The event execution system includes a mobile terminal and a robot synchronized with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a short range wireless communication unit which establishes a radio link with the robot, a storage unit which stores a character rearing application for bringing up a character and a behavior contents database of behaviors that a character displayed by the character rearing application conducts, and a control unit which performs synchronization with the robot by means of the short range wireless communication unit and sends, when an event occurs, an event execution command indicating the event to the robot through the radio link, and the robot includes a short range wireless communication unit which establishes the radio link with the mobile terminal, a storage unit which stores a robot displaying application for bringing up the robot and a behavior contents data base of behaviors that the robot conducts, and a control unit which performs synchronization with the mobile terminal by means of the short range wireless communication unit and controls the robot to conduct a behavior corresponding to the event indicated by the event execution command.

Claims

1. An event execution method for synchronizing with a robot of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

synchronizing experience information of a character of the mobile terminal and experience information of the robot to update a behavior contents database, wherein the behavior contents database defines at least one available behavior being conducted at the robot;

detecting an event that occurred in a mobile terminal;

transmitting an event execution command corresponding to the detected event to the robot, and

wherein the experience information comprises intelligence information, emotion information, health information, and affection information, and

wherein the behavior of the robot is affected by the experience information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises an alarm event, and

wherein the robot locates and moves to a user and

outputs an alarm indicated by the alarm event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises an incoming message event, and wherein the robot outputs an incoming message in the form of a voice.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a call establishment event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronizing of the experience information comprises:

requesting the robot to transmit the experience information;

receiving the experience information from the robot; and

comparing the experience information of the mobile terminal with the experience information of the robot.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the comparing of the experience information comprises:

checking update times of a character displayed in the mobile terminal and the robot; and

updating the experience information of the character and the robot with a most recently updated value at the update times.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the event comprises a behavior event of the character, and the executing of the event comprises conducting, at the robot, a behavior corresponding to the behavior event.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the behavior event comprises at least one of crawling, walking, running, dancing, pupil-dilating, ear-pricking, and lip-pursing events.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the behavior event is determined based on a value of the experience information of the character or the robot.

10. A mobile terminal comprising:

a wireless communication unit for establishing a radio link with a robot;

a storage unit for storing a behavior contents database of behaviors that a character of the mobile terminal or the robot conducts; and

a control unit for synchronizing experience information of a character of the mobile terminal and experience information of the robot to update the behavior contents database, wherein the behavior contents database defines at least one available behavior being conducted at the robot, detects an event of the mobile terminal, transmits an event execution command corresponding to the detected event to the robot, and controlling the robot to execute the event execution command for executing a behavior corresponding to the event of the mobile terminal,

wherein the experience information comprises intelligence information, emotion information, health information, and affection information, and

wherein an execution of the robot is affected by the experience information.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the event comprises an alarm event, and the control unit of the robot controls the robot to locate and move to a user and output an alarm indicated by the alarm event.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the event comprises an incoming message event, and the control unit of the robot controls the robot to output an incoming message in the form of a voice speech.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the event comprises a call establishment event.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the experience information comprises at least one of intelligence information, emotion information, health information, and affection information.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the available behavior is determined based on a value of the experience information of the character or the robot.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the control unit of the mobile terminal requests the robot to transmit the experience information, receives the experience information from the robot, and compares the experience information of the mobile terminal with the experience information of the robot.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the control unit of the mobile terminal determines update times of the character and the robot and updates the experience information of the character and the robot with a most recently updated value at the update times.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the control unit checks update times of a character of the mobile terminal and the robot, and updates the experience information of the character and the robot with a most recently updated value at the update times.