Method and apparatus for assisting a tv user
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsDavid Young, Lindsay Miller, Lobrenzo Wingo, Marvin DeMerchant
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Abstract
A TV interacts with a robot. The robot can move around in a location. The TV has a camera, an image processor, a microphone, a loudspeaker, a voice assistant, and a wireless transceiver. The TV communicates with the robot and other devices, issues commands to the robot, and receives remote images and sounds from the robot. It also communicates with the user. The TV monitors local and remote sounds and images, and recognizes objects, beings, and situations. The TV monitors the user directly and via the robot. The TV accepts user commands to change the status of a selected object, being, or situation.
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A method for a TV to interact with a robot, comprising the following steps:
- receiving one or more data streams, wherein the data streams may include at least one of video from a camera, audio from a microphone, and data from another sensor configured to provide data to the TV, and wherein a source of the data stream is included in one of the TV, the robot, and an external device;
- recording at least one of the one or more data streams;
- analyzing at least one of the one or more data streams to recognize at least one of an object of interest, a being, and a situation, and wherein analyzing a video stream is performed using an image recognition processor;
- selecting one of a recognized object of interest, a recognized being, and a recognized situation, and, using the image recognition processor, determining a status of the recognized object of interest;
- inviting a user to command an action based upon the status;
- upon receiving a user command, determining if the status must be changed;
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- upon determining that the status must be changed, changing the status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.