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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2003
Tsunetaro Matsuoka, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Otsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Konishi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Kasuga, Chiba, JP;
Kunio Takemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ayako Okita, Tokyo, JP;
Yaeko Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiya Ogura, Saitama, JP;
Tsunetaro Matsuoka, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Otsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Konishi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Kasuga, Chiba, JP;
Kunio Takemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Ayako Okita, Tokyo, JP;
Yaeko Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiya Ogura, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The robotic apparatus is designed to act in a wider variety of manners, which will motivate the user of the robotic apparatus to purchase more products to the robotic apparatus. More specifically, a robotic apparatus () which acts autonomously recognizes a bar code (BC) or the like appended to a canned juice () and acts in a predetermined manner. This is only enabled under a predetermined contract made between a product manufacturer and robotic apparatus manufacturer. The contract coverage is that the product manufacturer shall append the bar code (BC) to a specific product while the robotic apparatus manufacturer shall provide a robotic apparatus () which can act in a predetermined manner when having recognized the bar code (BC).