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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Yu Sun, Tampa, FL (US);
Michael David Coovert, Plant City, FL (US);
Ivan Shindev, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/0005 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40196 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40202 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40414 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, communicating robot intentions to human beings involves determining movements that a robot will make to complete a task, visually communicating a long-term intention of the robot that provides an indication of the movements the robot will make in completing the task, and visually communicating a short-tem intention of the robot that provides an indication of a movement of the robot will make within the next few seconds in working toward completing the task.