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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Jean Sebastien Fouillade, Redmond, WA (US);
Russell Sanchez, Seattle, WA (US);
Efstathios Papaefstathiou, Redmond, WA (US);
Malek M. Chalabi, Redmond, WA (US);
Jean Sebastien Fouillade, Redmond, WA (US);
Russell Sanchez, Seattle, WA (US);
Efstathios Papaefstathiou, Redmond, WA (US);
Malek M. Chalabi, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Initial interaction between a mobile robot and at least one user is described herein. The mobile robot captures several images of its surroundings, and identifies existence of a user in at least one of the several images. The robot then orients itself to face the user, and outputs an instruction to the user with regard to the orientation of the user with respect to the mobile robot. The mobile robot captures images of the face of the user responsive to detecting that the user has followed the instruction. Information captured by the robot is uploaded to a cloud-storage system, where information is included in a profile of the user and is shareable with others.