Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Robot control
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2006-10-10
Black, Thomas (Department: 3661)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Robot control
C700S258000, C318S568100, C318S568110
Reexamination Certificate
active
07120519
ABSTRACT:
A remotely controlled robot comprises a unit storing the layout plan of a building, a unit receiving a position remotely designated in the layout plan from a remote location and a unit controlling the travel of the robot to the designated position. A self-position identification method is implemented by a robot with a camera whose shooting direction can be changed. The robot takes in advance a panoramic picture of a room where the robot may travel, generates a reference picture by extracting a plurality of block pictures from the panoramic picture and identifies a room where the robot is located, by applying correlation and DP matching, using both a picture taken in the room where the robot is located and the reference picture.
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Iwashita Sumihisa
Murase Yuichi
Okabayashi Keiju
Okabayashi Miwa
Sawasaki Naoyuki
Black Thomas
Fujitsu Limited
Marc McDieunel
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