Control device and method for a plurality of robots
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJonghoon CHAE
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device and method of controlling a plurality of robots. According to an embodiment, a device and method of controlling a plurality of robots periodically measures variations in the density of people per unit quarter and deploys a robot, which is positioned close to a high-density unit quarter and has a low workload, in the unit quarter. According to an embodiment, the artificial intelligence (AI) module may be related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, and 5G service-related devices.
Claims20
A device for controlling a plurality of robots deployed in a certain area to provide a service to users, the device comprising:
- a communication unit receiving respective captured images of a plurality of unit quarters included in the certain area;
- and
- a processor grasping the number of the users located in each of the unit quarters based on the received images and calculating a density of the users per unit quarter, wherein
- the processor:
- periodically measures a variation in the density per unit quarter;
- and
- transmitting a first control command for moving at least one first robot to the unit quarter where the variation has been detected to the first robot based on detecting the variation in the density per unit quarter not less than a predetermined threshold.
A method of dividing a certain area into a plurality of unit quarters and controlling a plurality of robots to be deployed in at least one or more unit quarters using a control device, the method comprising:
- receiving respective captured images of the unit quarters;
- determining the number of users located in each unit quarter based on the received images;
- calculating a density of the users per unit quarter;
- periodically measuring a variation in the density per unit quarter;
- determining whether the variation is not less than a predetermined threshold;
- and
- transmitting a first control command, for moving at least one first robot to the unit quarter where the variation has been detected, to the first robot based on that the variation is not less than the predetermined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.