Robot interaction system and method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsMark Breugelmans, Richard James Forster, Hogarth Andall, Matthew William Sanders
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Abstract
A system for generating instructions for a robot, the system including one or more cameras operable to capture images of an environment comprising the robot, an illumination identification unit operable to identify an illumination of an object in the captured images, an object identification unit operable to identify an illuminated object, and a robot control unit operable to generate instructions for a robot in dependence upon the output of the object identification unit.
Claims15
A system for generating instructions for a robot, the system comprising:
- one or more cameras operable to capture images of an environment comprising the robot;
- an illumination identification unit operable to identify a predetermined illumination of an object in the captured images;
- an object identification unit operable to identify an illuminated object;
- and
- a robot control unit operable to generate instructions for a robot in dependence upon the output of the object identification unit.
A method for generating instructions for a robot, the method comprising:
- capturing images of an environment comprising the robot;
- identifying a predetermined illumination of an object in the captured images;
- identifying an illuminated object;
- and
- generating instructions for a robot in dependence upon the identification of the illuminated object.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium which stores computer software, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out actions for generating instructions for a robot, the actions comprising:
- capturing images of an environment comprising the robot;
- identifying a predetermined illumination of an object in the captured images;
- identifying an illuminated object;
- and
- generating instructions for a robot in dependence upon the identification of the illuminated object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.