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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2012
Shin Ishiguro, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Ishiguro, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication draw-in system that enables robot-human communication to start smoothly is provided. The communication draw-in system is a communication draw-in system provided in a robot that communicates with a target human, and includes: a human specifying unitfor specifying a position of the target human; a light source control unitfor moving light toward the specified position of the target human; a draw-in control unitfor instructing the robot to perform a draw-in operation for making the target human recognize a direction of the robot; and a human recognition specifying unitfor determining whether or not the target human has recognized the robot, wherein the robot is instructed to start communicating with the target human, in the case where the target human is determined to have recognized the robot.