Title:
ROBOT DEVICE, ITS CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3277500
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily recognize the emotion of a robot device by providing a light emitting means functioning as the apparent eyes, an external sensor for detecting the external state and/or an external input, and a control means for flashing the light emitting means so as to express the emotion on the basis of the output of the external sensor.
SOLUTION: A CCD camera 15 functioning as the substantial 'eyes' of a pet robot and an LED 19 functioning as the apparent 'eyes' are arranged in prescribed positions of a head unit 4. The LED 19 is formed of red LED 19R1, 19R2 emitting red light and green LED 19G1, 19G2 emitting green light. In the pet robot, the emotion is expressed by lighting the LED 19. According to this, the emotion of this robot device can be easily recognized by a user on the basis of the emitting state of the light emitting means.
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Inventors:
Makoto Inoue
Ken Yamagishi
Ken Yamagishi
Application Number:
JP2000135146A
Publication Date:
April 22, 2002
Filing Date:
May 08, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ソニー株式会社
International Classes:
A63H11/00; A63H3/38; B25J5/00; B25J9/16; B25J9/22; B25J13/00; B25J13/08; G05B13/02; G06N3/00; G09F9/00; (IPC1-7): B25J5/00; A63H3/38; A63H11/00; B25J13/00; B25J13/08; G09F9/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP9313743A | ||||
| JP10289006A | ||||
| JP63192423A | ||||
| JP5346766A | ||||
| JP57100993U | ||||
| JP633205U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Keiki Tanabe