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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rika Hasegawa, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
There is provided a control apparatus adapted to easily and securely plural robots in an individual manner so that they can be controlled. In more practical sense, when one robot unit is controlled, a slide button is switched to the module A side. When the other robot unit is controlled, such button is switched to the module B side. When a button caused to correspond to sound name is operated, sound corresponding to that sound name is outputted at sound pitch corresponding to switching position of the slide button and robot is controlled by that sound. Respective robots take thereinto only audio signals of sound pitches corresponding thereto.