Graphical interface for a remote presence system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9610685-B2
Application number	US-68598610-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2010
Priority date	Feb 26, 2004
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station may be a personal computer coupled to the robot through a broadband network. A user at the remote station may receive both video and audio from a camera and microphone of the robot, respectively. The remote station may include a display user interface that has a variety of viewable fields and selectable buttons.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A robot system, comprising:
a robot that has a camera, a monitor and a speaker, said camera captures a video image; and,
a remote station that has a monitor that displays an alert input that can be selected to request access to said robot, said access is not provided to said remote station unless a recipient user grants said request to access said robot.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said remote station receives the video image from said robot in response to a user input at said robot.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said robot includes a microphone, said remote station includes a speaker that receives audio from said robot.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said alert input generates a sound at said robot.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said alert input generates a visual prompt on said robot monitor.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein said visual prompt is a graphical icon.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said alert input is generated from a graphical icon of a graphical user interface displayed on said remote station monitor.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein said graphical icon has an appearance of a door knocker.

9. The system of claim 7 , further comprising a graphical icon that has an appearance of a horn.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein said robot includes a mobile platform.

11. A method for accessing a robot, comprising:
selecting an alert input icon displayed at a remote station monitor;
transmitting an alert input from the remote station to a robot to request access to the robot;
granting the request for access to the robot; and,
not providing access to the robot to the remote station unless said request is granted.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising inputting a user input before transmitting the video image from the robot to the remote station.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting audio from the robot to the remote station.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the alert input generates a sound at the robot.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the alert indicator generates a visual prompt on a robot monitor.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the visual prompt is a graphical icon.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the alert input is generated from a graphical icon of a graphical user interface.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the graphical icon has an appearance of a door knocker.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising generating a sound at the robot by selecting a graphical icon that has an appearance of a horn.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising moving the robot through control commands from the remote station.

Assignees

• Wang Yulun
• Jordan Charles S
• Southard Jonathan
• Pinter Marco
• Intouch Tech Inc

Inventors

• Wang Yulun
• Jordan Charles S
• Southard Jonathan
• Pinter Marco

Classifications

• B25J5/00 Primary

  Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages (B25J1/00 takes precedence; programme-controlled manipulators B25J9/00 {; vehicle aspects B60, B62, e.g. remote-controlled steering for motor vehicles B62D1/24; control of position of vehicles G05D1/00}) · CPC title

• B25J11/009

  Nursing, e.g. carrying sick persons, pushing wheelchairs, distributing drugs · CPC title

• B25J9/1689

  Teleoperation · CPC title