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Title:
COMMUNICATION ROBOT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3745649
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication robot capable of finding any person contained in a camera image using a camera moving.
SOLUTION: Any person concerned is urged to approach by emitting the voice 'please embrace me' from a speaker 44. When an ultrasonic distance sensor 18 or a touch sensor has sensed an approach of person, the head 42 is directed upward, and the upper arms 32R and 32L and the front arms 36R and 36L are moved to take the form of embracing. Further the feature colour included in the image given by an eye camera 46 is stored. When the person separates again, the person who has embraced is found by sensing the feature colour contained in the eye camera 46.


Inventors:
Rinta Imai
Takayuki Kanda
Tetsuo Ono
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Application Number:
JP2001171942A
Publication Date:
February 15, 2006
Filing Date:
June 07, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
International Telecommunications Research Institute Ltd.
International Classes:
A63H3/33; B25J13/08; A63H11/00; B25J5/00; G06T1/00; (IPC1-7): B25J13/08; A63H3/33; A63H11/00; B25J5/00; G06T1/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2000326274A
Foreign References:
WO2000067959A1
WO2000038295A1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshito Yamada