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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017

Filed:

May. 05, 2016
Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Eric Martinson, Mountain View, CA (US);

David Kim, Mountain View, CA (US);

Emrah Akin Sisbot, Mountain View, CA (US);

Yusuke Nakano, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/18 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G06N 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/163 (2013.01); G06N 3/008 (2013.01); Y10S 901/03 (2013.01); Y10S 901/09 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure describes, according to some implementations, a system and method for adapting object handover from robot to human using perceptual affordances. In an example method, upon receiving sensor data describing surroundings and/or operational state of a robot unit from a sensor, the method calculates a probability of a perceptual classification based on the sensor data. The perceptual classification may be one or more of an environment classification, an object classification, a human action classification, or an electro-mechanical state classification. The method further calculates an affordance of the probability of the perceptual classifier using a preference model, determines a handover action based on the affordance, executes the handover action, and updates the preference model based on feedback.


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