Interactive personal robot

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9636826-B2
Application number	US-201514802559-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2015
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

An interactive personal robot includes a basal body, a memory set in the basal body, a rotating mechanism connected to the basal body, a camera and a microphone assigned on the basal body and a control system set in the basal body. The camera is used to capture an image of a user's eyes. The microphone is configured to record audio of the user. The control system is used to process the image and the audio, to compare the image and the audio processed with the image and audio stored in the memory to gain a corresponding instruction, and to control the rotating mechanism, the rotating mechanism in turn the interactive personal robot to move.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An interactive personal robot comprising:
a basal body;
a camera coupled to the basal body and configured to capture an image of a user's eyes;
a microphone coupled to the basal body and configured to record audio of the user;
a memory coupled to the basal body and configured for storing image and audio information;
a rotating mechanism connected to the basal body; and
a control system set in the basal body and configured to process the image and the audio, to compare the image and the audio processed with the image and the audio stored in the memory to gain a corresponding instruction, and to control the rotating mechanism which in turn drives the interactive personal robot;
wherein the rotating mechanism comprises a shell, a bearing plate, and a first driver, the basal body comprises an end surface and defines a receiving cavity extending through the end surface, the bearing plate is fixed in the receiving cavity, one end of the first driver is fixed on the bearing plate, the other end of the first driver is connected to the shell to drive the shell to move.

2. The interactive personal robot of claim 1 , wherein the rotating mechanism comprises a first guide rail, a second guide rail, two second drivers, and two balls, the first guide rail and the second guide rail are fixed in the receiving cavity; the two second drivers are assigned at an end of the first guide rail and an end of the second guide rail and are connected to the two balls respectively, the two second drivers drive the two balls to move along the first guide rail and the second guide rail respectively, thereby making a position of the barycenter of the interactive personal robot change to make the interactive personal robot tilt or rotate.

3. The interactive personal robot of claim 2 , wherein the structure of the first guide rail and the structure of the second guide rail are the same.

4. The interactive personal robot of claim 2 , wherein a first balance weight is located on an end of the first guide rail opposite to another end of the first guide rail where the corresponding second driver is located on; a second balance weight is located on an end of the second guide rail opposite to another end of the second guide rail where the corresponding second driver is located on; a position of the first balance weight and a position of the corresponding driver are symmetrical relative to a geometric center of the first guide rail; a position of the second balance weight and a position of the corresponding driver are symmetrical relative to a geometric center of the second guide rail.

5. The interactive personal robot of claim 2 , wherein a weight of the first balance weight and a weight of the second balance weight correspond to a weight of the two second drivers respectively.

6. The interactive personal robot of claim 1 , wherein the rotating mechanism comprises two driving rolls and two universal wheels, when the first driver drives the shell to move in a direction away from the ground, the two driving rolls and the two universal wheels touch the ground and are able to move.

Assignees

• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liao ting-yi
• Lin Yi-Cheng
• Lin Shih-Pin
• Ho Chang-Da
• Louh Sei-Ping
• Chang Jen-Tsorng

Classifications

• B25J19/023

  including video camera means · CPC title

• B25J13/003

  by means of an audio-responsive input (audible safety signals B25J19/061) · CPC title

• G06K9/00664

  Physics · mapped topic

• B25J11/0005 Primary

  Manipulators having means for high-level communication with users, e.g. speech generator, face recognition means · CPC title

• G10L15/22

  Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue · CPC title