Remote control method and system for robot
AssigneeNaver Labs Corporation
InventorKahyeon Kim
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Abstract
A robot remote control method and system capable of remotely controlling navigation of a robot. The robot remote control method includes outputting both a map image and an ambient image to a display, the map image including location information corresponding to the ambient image, the ambient image being of surroundings of a robot, and the ambient image being received from a camera at the robot, generating a control command for controlling the robot in response to an input to the display during the outputting, and causing the robot to drive according to the control command by transmitting the control command to the robot.
Claims20
A remote control method for a robot, comprising:
- outputting, by processing circuitry, both a map image and an ambient image to a display, the map image including location information corresponding to the ambient image, the ambient image being of surroundings of a robot, the ambient image being received from a camera at the robot, and a display area of the display including a main area and a sub-area;
- receiving, by the processing circuitry, a single input on the display area during the outputting;
- performing, by the processing circuitry, control operations including both controlling the display area and generating a control command for controlling the robot in response to the single input, the controlling the display including,
- switching visual information being respectively output to the main area and the sub-area in response to the single input being received on the sub-area, and
- maintaining the visual information being respectively output to the main area and the sub-area in response to the single input being received on the main area;
- and
- causing, by the processing circuitry, the robot to drive according to the control command by transmitting the control command to the robot.
A robot remote control system, comprising:
- a display having a display area, the display area including a main area and a sub-area;
- a communication unit configured to receive an ambient image from a camera provided at a robot, the ambient image being of surroundings of the robot;
- and
- a controller configured to,
- control the display to output both a map image and the ambient image, the map image including location information corresponding to the ambient image,
- receive a single input on the display area during the outputting,
- perform control operations including both controlling the display area and generating a control command for controlling the robot in response to the single input, the controlling the display including,
- switching visual information being respectively output to the main area and the sub-area in response to the single input being received on the sub-area, and
- maintaining the visual information being respectfully output to the main area and the sub-area in response to the single input being received on the main area, and
- cause the robot to drive according to the control command by controlling the communication unit to transmit the control command to the robot.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a remote control method for a robot, the method comprising:
- outputting, by the at least one processor, both a map image and an ambient image to a display, the map image including location information corresponding to the ambient image, the ambient image being of surroundings of a robot, the ambient image being received from a camera at the robot, and a display area of the display including a main area and a sub-area;
- receiving, by the at least one processor, a single input on the display area during the outputting;
- performing, by the at least one processor, control operations including both controlling the display area and generating a control command for controlling the robot in response to the single input, the controlling the display including,
- switching visual information being respectively output to the main area and the sub-area in response to the single input being received on the sub-area, and
- maintaining the visual information being respectively output to the main area and the sub-area in response to the single input being received on the main area;
- and
- causing, by the at least one processor, the robot to drive according to the control command by transmitting the control command to the robot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.