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Robots comprising projectors for projecting images on identified projection surfaces

  • US 8,983,662 B2
  • Filed: 08/03/2012
  • Issued: 03/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A robot comprising:

  • a housing;

    an electronic control unit coupled to the housing, wherein the electronic control unit comprises a non-transitory memory that stores a set of machine readable instructions and a processor for executing the machine readable instructions;

    a projector coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit;

    a human recognition module coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit; and

    a projection surface identification module coupled to the housing and communicatively coupled with the electronic control unit, wherein when executed by the processor, the machine readable instructions cause the robot to;

    recognize a human using the human recognition module;

    identify a location of the human using the human recognition module;

    identify a projection area based on the identified location of the human using the projection surface recognition module; and

    project an image on the identified projection area with the projector.

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