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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2005
Naohide Ogawa, Saitama, JP;
Takuro Koyanagi, Saitama, JP;
Asuka Shinna, Saitama, JP;
Sachie Hashimoto, Saitama, JP;
Yukiko Ehara, Saitama, JP;
Naohide Ogawa, Saitama, JP;
Takuro Koyanagi, Saitama, JP;
Asuka Shinna, Saitama, JP;
Sachie Hashimoto, Saitama, JP;
Yukiko Ehara, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention aims to provide an autonomous moving robot capable of visibly showing the human an initial check result for a sound input means in the initial stage after the robot device is turned on and activated, and whether or not the input sound was normally recognized. The robot has earsrespectively comprising microphonesfor external sound input, and LED displayswith a plurality of luminescent portions around the respective microphones. The luminescent portions of the LED displaysindicate the judgment of the initial check on whether or not the ears(the microphonesand the LED displays) are normally functioning when the robot is turned on and activated, by means of the lighting states of the displays.