Apparatus And Methods For Controlling Attention Of A Robot
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorPhilip Meier
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, from an imaging device associated with a robotic apparatus, an image signal including an object of interest represented in the image signal; receiving, by the robotic apparatus from an external agent, a task indication related to the object of interest, the task indication representative of a task to be performed by the robotic apparatus with respect to the object of interest; and responsive to receipt of the task indication: detecting salient features of the object of interest within the image; storing, by the robotic apparatus, a task context, the task context comprising data pertaining to the salient features and data pertaining to the task indication; and commencing, by the robotic apparatus, the task with respect to the object of interest.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from an imaging device associated with a robotic apparatus, an image signal including an object of interest represented in the image signal;
- receiving, by the robotic apparatus from an external agent, a task indication related to the object of interest, the task indication representative of a task to be performed by the robotic apparatus with respect to the object of interest;
- and
- responsive to receipt of the task indication:
- storing, by the robotic apparatus, a task context, the task context comprising data pertaining to the task indication and being configured to cause the robotic apparatus to perform the task;
- commencing, by the robotic apparatus, the task with respect to the object of interest;
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- providing, by the robotic apparatus to the external agent, a confirmation signal that the robotic apparatus has commenced task execution.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, from an imaging device associated with a robotic apparatus, an image signal including an object of interest represented in the image signal;
- receiving, by the robotic apparatus from an external agent, a task indication related to the object of interest, the task indication representative of a task to be performed by the robotic apparatus with respect to the object of interest;
- and
- responsive to receipt of the task indication:
- detecting salient features of the object of interest within the image signal;
- storing, by the robotic apparatus, a task context, the task context comprising data pertaining to the salient features and being configured to cause the robotic apparatus to perform the task;
- and
- commencing, by the robotic apparatus, the task with respect to the object of interest.
An interface apparatus for a robot operable in an environment, comprising:
- an input interface that receives a sequence of images of the environment;
- and
- an input/output interface that receives a physical input executed by an external agent,
- wherein the physical input identifies a task to perform in reference to an object of interest present in the sequence of images of the environment, and
- wherein the physical input provides a specific robotic context configured to cause the robot to perform the task using previous training for the task over a plurality of different contexts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.