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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2004
Yoshiaki Sakagami, Saitama, JP;
Shinichi Matsunaga, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Higaki, Saitama, JP;
Naoaki Sumida, Saitama, JP;
Takahiro Oohashi, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiaki Sakagami, Saitama, JP;
Shinichi Matsunaga, Saitama, JP;
Nobuo Higaki, Saitama, JP;
Naoaki Sumida, Saitama, JP;
Takahiro Oohashi, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatusfor controlling a movable robot recognizes the person to be followed up from an image taken by a camera C by an image processing portion, controls leg portions Rof a movable robot A so as to keep a prescribed interval between the movable robot A and the person by a portionfor detecting an action, and notify the degree of the distance between the movable robot A and the person to the person by a voice from a voice outputting portion