Interactive autonomous robot configured for deployment within a social environment

US11590660B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Disney Enterprises, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kyle G. Freeman · Agoura, US
• Michael Fusco · Smithtown, US
• Jeremy Andrew Mika · Burbank, US
• Michael R. Honeck · Glendale, US
• Jon Hayes Snoddy · Pasadena, US
• Shelley Short · Burbank, US
• Cory J. Rouse · Calabasas, US
• Raymond J. Scanlon · Burbank, US
• Clifford Wong · Burbank, US
• Lance Duane Updyke · Simi Valley, US
• Jeremie A. Papon · Los Angeles, US
• Daniel C. Pike · Burbank, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/50391
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.