Buffer mechanism and recording and/or reproducing apparatus
First Claim
1. A robot apparatus capable of performing autonomous motion based on inner states and/or external stimuli, comprising expression means having a plurality of expressive units capable of being orthogonally expressed independently of one another;
- correlating means for correlating a plurality of orthogonal states, which are based on said inner states and/or external stimuli, with at least one of said expressive units; and
control means for controlling said expression means for representing the plural orthogonal states in parallel, using the correlated expressive units.
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Abstract
A robot apparatus which, by exploiting limited resources highly efficiently, is capable of making expressions matched to the motion or to complex variegated feeling or instinct states, representing the crucial information in achieving smooth communication with the human being, is disclosed. A method of expression by the robot apparatus is also disclosed. The robot apparatus expresses plural states, such as emotional states or the processing states of perceptual recognition, by a light radiating device loaded at a location of the head part of the humanoid robot apparatus walking on two legs. The light radiating device includes e.g. the color hue, saturation and patterns of light emission as expressive units represented independently of one another. A plural number of orthogonal states, that is, the emotional states and the states of perceptual recognition, are expressed simultaneously, using a plural number of the orthogonal representations of the light radiating device correlated by a unit for correlating plural reciprocally orthogonal states, derived from the own inner states or external stimuli, with at least one expressive unit.
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1. A robot apparatus capable of performing autonomous motion based on inner states and/or external stimuli, comprising
expression means having a plurality of expressive units capable of being orthogonally expressed independently of one another; -
correlating means for correlating a plurality of orthogonal states, which are based on said inner states and/or external stimuli, with at least one of said expressive units; and
control means for controlling said expression means for representing the plural orthogonal states in parallel, using the correlated expressive units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A robot apparatus for selecting and executing at least one of a plurality of motions, comprising
expression means having expressive units variably controlled by a parameter; -
command issuing means for issuing a control command on motion selection, said control command being such a one in which said expressive units variably controlled by said parameter are correlated with the selected motion; and
control means for controlling said expressive means by said control command;
said control command having a priority sequence;
said control means on issuance of plural control commands different in the priority sequence controlling said expressive means in accordance with the control command higher in the priority sequence. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for expression by a robot apparatus capable of performing autonomous motions based on inner states and/or external stimuli, said method comprising
a correlating step of correlating a plurality of orthogonal states, which are based on said inner states and/or external stimuli, with at least one of a plurality of expressive units, which are owned by expression means and which are capable of being orthogonally expressed independently of one another; - and
a control step of controlling said expression means for representing the plural orthogonal states in parallel, using the correlated expressive units. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method for expression by a robot apparatus in which at least one of a plurality of motions is selected and executed, said method comprising
a command issuing step of issuing, on motion selection, a control command in which an expressive unit variably controlled by a parameter owned by expression means is correlated with the selected motion; - and
a control step of controlling said expression means by said control command;
said control command having a priority sequence;
said expression means being controlled in said control step by a control command higher in the priority sequence when a plurality of control commands different in the priority sequence are issued. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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