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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TW;
NATIONAL YANG MING CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides an automatic accompanying system, comprising an user and a accompanying unit following the user, wherein the accompanying unit follows the user according to the user's movement and truning action. The automatic accompanying system comprises: a first pointing unit, a relative position sensing unit and a control module, wherein the first pointing unit detects a facing direction of the user. The accompanying unit collects an orientation signal of the user and a relative position signal for analyzing and generates an instruction signal to control itself to move and turn. Through the said accompanying system, the purposes of accompanying a user in multiple positions, like in the front, behind, by the side, above, increasing safety, reducing the risk of loss, and saving users from paying too much attention on operating the system can be achieved, and it facilitates user to carry out related applications.
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