Graphical interface for a remote presence system
View Patent ↗A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station may be a personal computer coupled to the robot through a broadband network. A user at the remote station may receive both video and audio from a camera and microphone of the robot, respectively. The remote station may include a display user interface that has a variety of viewable fields and selectable buttons.
1. A robot system, comprising:
a robot that has a camera, a monitor and a speaker, said camera captures a video image; and,
a remote station that has a monitor that displays an alert input that can be selected to request access to said robot, said access is not provided to said remote station unless a recipient user grants said request to access said robot.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said remote station receives the video image from said robot in response to a user input at said robot.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said robot includes a microphone, said remote station includes a speaker that receives audio from said robot.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said alert input generates a sound at said robot.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said alert input generates a visual prompt on said robot monitor.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein said visual prompt is a graphical icon.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said alert input is generated from a graphical icon of a graphical user interface displayed on said remote station monitor.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein said graphical icon has an appearance of a door knocker.
9. The system of claim 7 , further comprising a graphical icon that has an appearance of a horn.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein said robot includes a mobile platform.
11. A method for accessing a robot, comprising:
selecting an alert input icon displayed at a remote station monitor;
transmitting an alert input from the remote station to a robot to request access to the robot;
granting the request for access to the robot; and,
not providing access to the robot to the remote station unless said request is granted.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising inputting a user input before transmitting the video image from the robot to the remote station.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising transmitting audio from the robot to the remote station.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the alert input generates a sound at the robot.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the alert indicator generates a visual prompt on a robot monitor.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the visual prompt is a graphical icon.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the alert input is generated from a graphical icon of a graphical user interface.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the graphical icon has an appearance of a door knocker.
19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising generating a sound at the robot by selecting a graphical icon that has an appearance of a horn.
20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising moving the robot through control commands from the remote station.