Social behavior rules for a medical telepresence robot

US9776327B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US
• iRobot Corporation · US

Inventors

• Marco Pinter · Lompoc, US
• Fuji Lai · Goleta, US
• Daniel Steven Sanchez · Summerland, US
• James Ballantyne · Lompoc, US
• David Bjorn Roe · Midland School, US
• Yulun Wang · Midland School, US
• Charles S. Jordan · Lompoc, US
• Orjeta Taka · Peabody, US
• Cheuk Wah Wong · Bedford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 3, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/49
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods for social behavior of a telepresence robot are disclosed herein. A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an object detection system, and a social behaviors component. The drive system is configured to move the telepresence robot. The control system is configured to control the drive system to drive the telepresence robot around a work area. The object detection system is configured to detect a human in proximity to the telepresence robot. The social behaviors component is configured to provide instructions to the control system to cause the telepresence robot to operate according to a first set of rules when a presence of one or more humans is not detected and operate according to a second set of rules when the presence of one or more humans is detected.