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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Ishiguro, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A robot () includes a face unit (), a temperature distribution detection unit (), a head direction calculation unit (), and a first face direction change unit (). The temperature distribution detection unit () includes a plurality of photo-detectors disposed in a grid form. The temperature distribution detection unit () detects a temperature distribution of a detection region by using the plurality of photo-detectors. The head direction calculation unit () calculates a direction in which a person's head is located, on the basis of the temperature distribution detected by the temperature distribution detection unit (). The first face direction change unit () directs the face unit () in the direction calculated by the head direction calculation unit ().