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US 7,162,409 B2Granted
Diagnostic system, diagnostic device and diagnostic method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHideki Noma
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Abstract
Data necessary for diagnosing the condition of software of a virtual living thing or the condition of a hardware keeping the virtual living thing are acquired from the hardware or a storage medium storing the software, and are analyzed, and the condition of the virtual living thing is diagnosed on the basis of the analysis result. Besides, data necessary for diagnosing the hardware or the software of a robot apparatus are acquired from the robot apparatus or the storage medium storing the software, and are analyzed, and the condition of the robot apparatus is diagnosed on the basis of the analysis result.
Claims32
A diagnostic system, comprising:
- first communication means provided on a user side of a virtual living thing which exists as software and is programmed so as to act or behave are programmed;
- second communication means provided on a service providing side which provides a service to diagnose the condition of said software of said virtual living thing or the condition of hardware keeping said virtual living thing;
- and
- a communication line for connecting said first and second communication means, and wherein:
- said first communication means transmits, to said second communication means through said communication line, data for diagnosis necessary for diagnosing the condition of said software of said virtual living thing or the condition of said hardware keeping said virtual living thing;
- and
- said second communication means analyzes said data for diagnosis, which is given from said first communication means, and diagnosis said condition of said software of said virtual living thing or said condition of said hardware keeping said virtual living thing, on the basis of the analysis result.
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A diagnostic method, comprising:
- a first step of transmitting data for diagnosis necessary for diagnosing the condition of software of a virtual living thing or the condition of hardware keeping the virtual living thing, from a first communication means provided on a user side of the virtual living thing which exists as software and is programmed so as to act or behave, to a second communication means provided on a service providing side which provides a service to diagnoses the condition of said software of the virtual living thing or the condition of the hardware keeping the virtual living thing;
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- a second step of, using said second communication means, analyzing said data for diagnosis, which is given from said first communication means, and diagnosing said condition of said software of said virtual living thing or said condition of said hardware keeping said virtual living thing, on the basis of the analysis result.
A diagnostic system, comprising:
- first communication means provided on a user side of a robot apparatus;
- second communication means provided on a service providing side which provides a service to examine hardware or software of said robot apparatus;
- and
- a communication line for connecting said first and second communication means, and wherein:
- said first communication means transmits data for diagnosis necessary for diagnosing the condition of said hardware or said software of said robot apparatus, to said second communication means through said communication line;
- and
- said second communication means analyzes said data for diagnosis, which is given from said first communication means, and diagnoses said condition of said hardware or said software of said robot apparatus, on the basis of the analysis result.
4 more elements
A diagnostic method, comprising:
- a first step of transmitting data for diagnosis necessary for diagnosing the condition of said software or said hardware of a robot apparatus, from first communication means provided on a user side of the robot apparatus, to second communication means provided on a service providing side which provides a service to diagnosis the condition of the hardware or the software of the robot apparatus;
- and
- a second step of, using said second communication means, analyzing said data for diagnosis, which is given from said first communication means, and diagnosing said condition of said software or said hardware of said robot apparatus on the basis of the analysis result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.