Guide robot and guide robot operation method
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMihyun PARK, Hyeongjin KIM, Soojin LEE
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Abstract
A guide robot and a guide robot operation method are disclosed. In the guide robot, according to the present disclosure, speech volume settings of the guide robot can be adjusted by being set as more subdivided so that various changing situations can be reflected, and the loudness of the speech volume can be changed and adjusted by estimating intention of use according to whether there are visitors in the vicinity or whether visitors approach. Therefore, the visitors can more accurately recognize content spoken by the robot, and use inconveniences caused by the use of the same loud sound volume are resolved.
Claims20
A guidance robot comprising:
- a sensing unit that collects situational information in the vicinity;
- a traveling-enabling unit that moves the guidance robot;
- a display on which visual information is displayed;
- an output unit that outputs an utterance associated with preset guidance information or visual information displayed on the display;
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- a processor that is electrically connected to the sensing unit, the display, and the output unit and adjusts the volume of the utterance to be output to the output unit based on the collected situational information.
A method of controlling a guidance robot, the method comprising:
- a step of displaying content on a display;
- a step of collecting situation information in the vicinity;
- a step of adjusting the volume of an utterance associated with preset guidance information or the displayed content based on the collected situational information;
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- a step of outputting the utterance at the changed volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.