Tele-presence robot system with software modularity, projector and laser pointer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9983571-B2
Application number	US-201414518978-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2014
Priority date	Apr 17, 2009
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A remote control station that accesses one of at least two different robots that each have at least one unique robot feature. The remote control station receives information that identifies the robot feature of the accessed robot. The remote station displays a display user interface that includes at least one field that corresponds to the robot feature of the accessed robot. The robot may have a laser pointer and/or a projector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for creating a display user interface for a robot system, comprising:
accessing, from a remote control station, one of a plurality of telepresence robots, the plurality of telepresence robots including a first robot that has a first capability and a second robot that does not have said first capability;
and,
displaying the display user interface at the remote control station, the display user interface displays at least one field that corresponds to said first capability when the first robot is accessed and does not display said at least one field when the second robot is accessed, wherein the remote control station includes software with at least one object that relates to said first capability, the remote control station instantiates the at least one object when the first robot is accessed and does not instantiate the at least one object when the second robot is accessed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said first capability includes a mobile platform and said at least one field corresponds to a robot platform.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said first capability includes a projector and the at least one field is a projector field.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said first capability includes a laser pointer and the at least one field is a graphic corresponding to the laser pointer.

Assignees

• Intouch Tech Inc

Inventors

• Wang Yulun
• Pinter Marco
• Hanrahan Kevin
• Sanchez Daniel Steven
• Jordan Charles S
• Roe David Bjorn
• Rosenthal James
• Walters Derek

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

• A61B34/30

  Surgical robots · CPC title

• G05B19/414 Primary

  Structure of the control system, e.g. common controller or multiprocessor systems, interface to servo, programmable interface controller · CPC title

• A61B34/35

  for telesurgery · CPC title

• Y10S901/01

  Mobile robot · CPC title