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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Yamamoto, Seto, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/0015 (2013.01); B25J 9/0003 (2013.01); B25J 9/163 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication robot includes: an operation part; and a communication arbitration unit configured to exhibit a robot mode for autonomously operating the operation part by applying a first operational criterion and an avatar mode for operating the operation part based on an operation instruction sent from a remote operator by applying a second operational criterion to arbitrate communication among three parties, that is, the robot mode, the avatar mode, and a service user.