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US 11,014,243 B1Granted
System and method for instructing a device
AssigneeVecna Robotics, Inc.
InventorNeal Checka
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Abstract
A system and method of instructing a device is disclosed. The system includes a signal source for providing at least one visual signal where the at least one visual signal is substantially indicative of at least one activity to be performed by the device. A visual signal capturing element captures the at least one visual signal and communicates the at least one visual signal to the device where the device interprets the at least one visual signal and performs the activity autonomously and without requiring any additional signals or other information from the signal source.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- capturing, via a device having at least one camera member, a visual signal provided by a signal source, the visual signal substantially indicative of a physical motion that a robot is to accomplish, the physical motion enabling a physical interaction between the robot and an item discrete from both the device and the robot;
- receiving, at an interpreter module, data indicative of the visual signal captured by the at least one camera member, the interpreter module configured to process the data to provide command data directly to the robot to perform the physical motion autonomously;
- communicating, via a communication element on the device, the command data provided by the interpreter module to the robot;
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- monitoring movements of the robot in real time as the robot undertakes the physical motion so that the signal source can vary the visual signal depending on the movements of the robot.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a robot and from a device separate from the robot, a command data, wherein the device:
- captured, via at least one camera member, a visual signal provided by a signal source, the visual signal substantially indicative of a physical motion that a robot is to accomplish, the physical motion enabling a physical interaction between the robot and an item discrete from both the device and the robot;
- received, at an interpreter module on the device, data indicative of the visual signal captured by the at least one camera member, the interpreter module configured to process the data to provide command data directly to the robot to perform the physical motion autonomously;
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- communicated, via a communication element on the device, the command data provided by the interpreter module to the robot;
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- monitoring movements of the robot in real time as the robot undertakes the physical motion so that the signal source can vary the visual signal depending on the movements of the robot.
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A robot comprising:
- a processor;
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- a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, at a robot and from a device separate from the robot, a command data, wherein the device:
- captured, via at least one camera member, a visual signal provided by a signal source, the visual signal substantially indicative of a physical motion that the signal source wants a robot to accomplish, the physical motion enabling a physical interaction between the robot and an item discrete from both the device and the robot;
- received, at an interpreter module on the device, data indicative of the visual signal captured by the at least one camera member, the interpreter module configured to process the data to provide the command data directly to the robot to perform the physical motion autonomously;
- communicated, via a communication element on the device, the command data provided by the interpreter module to the robot;
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- monitored movements of the robot in real time as the robot undertakes the physical motion so that the signal source can vary the visual signal depending on the movements of the robot;
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- performing, by the robot, the physical motion as instructed by the command data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.