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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Intouch Technologies, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Charles S. Jordan, Mill Spring, NC (US);
Keith P. Laby, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jonathan Southard, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Marco Pinter, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Brian Miller, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic system that includes a mobile robot and a remote input device. The input device may be a joystick that is used to move a camera and a mobile platform of the robot. The system may operate in a mode where the mobile platform moves in a camera reference coordinate system. The camera reference coordinate system is fixed to a viewing image provided by the camera so that movement of the robot corresponds to a direction viewed on a screen. This prevents disorientation during movement of the robot if the camera is panned across a viewing area.