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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2023
Applicants:

Teladoc Health, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);

Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Marco Pinter, Goleta, CA (US);

Fuji Lai, Goleta, CA (US);

Daniel Steven Sanchez, Summerland, CA (US);

James Ballantyne, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

David Bjorn Roe, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);

Charles S. Jordan, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Orjeta Taka, Peabody, MA (US);

Cheuk Wah Wong, Concord, MA (US);

Assignees:

TELADOC HEALTH, INC., Purchase, NY (US);

IROBOT CORPORATION, Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06Q 50/22 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01); Y10S 901/49 (2013.01);
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.


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