# US 9,827,666 B2 · Server connectivity control for a tele-presence robot

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- Number: US 9,827,666 B2
- Document ID: US9827666B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/829,437
- Filed: 2015-08-18
- Published: 2015-12-10
- Granted: 2017-11-28
- Earliest claimed: 2008-11-25
- Assignees: Intouch Technologies, Inc.
- Applicants: Intouch Technologies, Inc.
- Inventors: John Cody Herzog; Blair Whitney; Yulun Wang; Charles S. Jordan; Marco Pinter
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9827666B2

## CPC

- B25J 5/00: Manipulators mounted on wheels or on carriages (B25J1/00 takes precedence; program-controlled manipulators B25J9/00)
- A45C 11/00: Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 (specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48)
- B25J 9/1689: {Teleoperation}
- B25J 19/023: {including video camera means}
- G05D 1/0038: {by providing the operator with simple or augmented images from one or more cameras located onboard the vehicle, e.g. tele-operation (images analyzed by a computer and used for automatic navigation G05D1/0246)}
- G05D 1/0246: {using a video camera in combination with image processing means}
- G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]}
- G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)}
- G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)}
- G06F 1/1688: {the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers}
- H04M 1/035: {Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing, e.g. ribs, walls, resonating chambers or cavities}
- H04R 1/2834: {for loudspeaker transducers}
- H05K 5/0086: {portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus (casings for switching devices H01H9/02)}
- H05K 5/061: {sealed by a gasket held between a removable cover and a body, e.g. O-ring, packing}
- H05K 5/069: {Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft}
- H05K 5/15: assembled by resilient members
- A45C 11/002: {for storing portable handheld communication devices, e.g. pagers or smart phones}
- G05B 2219/24158: Access only for service, hide, forbidden tamperfree keys, program
- G05D 1/0274: {using mapping information stored in a memory device (navigation using map-matching G01C21/30)}
- G06F 2200/1633: Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
- G06F 2200/1634: Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
- H04M 1/04: Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
- H04R 2499/11: Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's
- Y10S 901/01: Mobile robot
- Y10S 901/47: Optical
- B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50})
- A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A robot system with a robot that has a camera and a remote control station that can connect to the robot. The connection can include a plurality of privileges. The system further includes a server that controls which privileges are provided to the remote control station. The privileges may include the ability to control the robot, joint in a multi-cast session and the reception of audio/video from the robot. The privileges can be established and edited through a manager control station. The server may contain a database that defines groups of remote control station that can be connected to groups of robots. The database can be edited to vary the stations and robots within a group. The system may also allow for connectivity between a remote control station at a user programmable time window.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A remote controlled robot system comprising:
a robot that has a robot camera and a robot monitor;
a remote control station that has a station camera and a station monitor and can connect to and control a motion of said robot; and,
a server that controls connectivity between said remote control station and said robot in accordance with one or more connectivity rules, wherein said server includes a user interface that can be accessed by a user to modify said one or more connectivity rules and, when said robot and said remote control station are connected, said robot monitor displays an image captured by said station camera and said station monitor displays an image captured by said robot camera.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein modifying said one or more connectivity rules includes one of editing an existing rule and adding a new rule.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein said robot includes a mobile platform.