Robot system using menu selection card having printed menu codes and pictorial symbols

• US 20070166004A1
• Filed: 12/19/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robomation Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Iotek Incorporated
• Inventors: Kim, Kyoung
• Application Number:
  US11/640,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20070166004A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/291
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a robot system. The robot system includes a menu selection card, an optical reader, and a robot main body. Minute codes corresponding to respective menu options selectable in a robot system are printed on the menu selection card along with pictorial symbols corresponding to the respective menu options. The optical reader recognizes the minute codes corresponding to the respective pictorial symbols. The robot main body receives a minute code corresponding to a specific pictorial symbol, selected by the optical reader from the menu selection card, from the optical reader, and performs an operation corresponding to the received code.

Claims

1. A robot system, comprising:

a menu selection card on which minute codes corresponding to respective menu options selectable in a robot system are printed along with pictorial symbols corresponding to the respective menu options;

an optical reader which recognizes the minute codes corresponding to the respective pictorial symbols; and

a robot main body which receives a minute code corresponding to a specific pictorial symbol, selected by the optical reader from the menu selection card, from the optical reader, and performs an operation corresponding to the received code.

2. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the optical reader is separate from the robot main body, and the selection of the specific pictorial symbol is performed in such a way that a user selects the specific pictorial symbol from the menu selection card using the optical reader.

3. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the optical reader is integrated with the robot main body, and, when the robot is located on the menu selection card, the specific pictorial symbol is read by the optical reader and then an operation corresponding to the read specific pictorial symbol is performed.

4. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of pieces of descriptive text that are placed near the respective pictorial symbols and respectively correspond to the minute codes.

5. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising code numbers that are placed near the respective pictorial symbols and respectively correspond to the minute codes.

6. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pictorial symbols are pictorial symbols provided by a user, and the user performs programming so that processing corresponding to each of the pictorial symbols can be carried out by the robot main body.

7. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the menu selection card is a dedicated card for a specific multimedia content.

8. The robot system as set forth in claim 7, wherein the dedicated card for a specific multimedia content is a dedicated card for interactive content.

9. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the menu selection card comprises a plurality of cards that constitute a menu book.

10. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the menu options designate respective actions of the robot system.

11. The robot system as set forth in claim 3, wherein each of the minute codes is a single code in which a menu code indicating information about a menu option is combined with an absolute location code indicating an absolute location of the robot system on the card.

12. The robot system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the single code comprises a code information part designating a code value and a header part corresponding to a reference pattern for reading of the code value, and the code information part comprises the menu code and the absolute location code.

13. The robot system as set forth in claim 11, wherein the card is combined with another device in a point of view of a location, and, when the robot is located on the card, the robot recognizes an operation from the menu code of the card and recognizes a location and direction of the device from the absolute location code of the card.

14. The robot system as set forth in claim 13, wherein the device is a charging device and the operation code is a charging operation code.

15. The robot system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the operation of the robot main body is performed in such a way that the code is transmitted to a remote server, and the robot main body receives and performs voice, video or motion data corresponding to the code.