IP Library Granted Patent US 12,411,198
Granted Patent B2
US 12,411,198 · App. 18/020,507 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Robot accompaniment device and four-legged robot using the same

Inventor: Xingxing Wang (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: HANGZHOU YUSHU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G01S3/48B62D57/032G01S3/40G01S5/0072
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Patent No.
US 12,411,198
App. No.
18/020,507
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a robot accompaniment device and a four-legged robot ( 1 ) using the same. The robot accompaniment device includes a target module provided with an orienting assembly ( 3 ). The orienting assembly ( 3 ) is provided with a dual-antenna structure, and implements positioning and orienting between the accompanier and the accompanied, thus enabling a robot to be capable of recognizing the position, orientation and turning angle of an accompaniment object ( 2 ) relative to the robot, and moving and turning together with the accompaniment object ( 2 ).

Claims (24)

1. A robot accompaniment device, comprising an accompaniment module provided on a robot and a target module provided on an accompaniment object, wherein

the accompaniment module and the target module are respectively provided with an orienting assembly;

the orienting assembly comprises an antenna I capable of implementing positioning, an antenna II capable of implementing orienting in cooperation with the antenna I, and a processing chip capable of processing a signal time difference or phase difference between antennas;

positioning and orienting between the accompanier and the accompanied are implemented through the antenna I, the antenna II and the processing chip;

the orienting assembly further comprises a gyroscope; and/or

the orienting assembly further comprises an antenna III configured to avoid a problem of detection blind area and improve detection accuracy and reliability;

the antenna III, the antenna I and the antenna II are disposed in a triangular shape.

2. The robot accompaniment device according to claim 1 , wherein

the target module is one of an electronic tag, a wrist band and an ankle band.

3. The robot accompaniment device according to claim 1 , wherein

the orienting assembly further comprises an electronic compass configured to determine the direction of the target module relative to the Earth.

4. A four-legged robot, comprising

the robot accompaniment device according to claim 1 , and a wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens capable of detecting a position and/or direction and/or action of the accompaniment object.

5. The four-legged robot according to claim 4 , wherein

the target module is provided at a middle upper part of a human body, and the middle upper part is a head, a neck, a chest or a waist; and/or

the accompaniment module is provided in front of or on the side of the target module to implement the accompanying movement of the four-legged robot in front of or on one side of the accompaniment object.

6. The four-legged robot according to claim 5 , wherein

the four-legged robot further comprises a body with an accommodating cavity, a head and a tail provided at ends of the body, legs assembled with the body, and an obstacle sensor configured to acquire surrounding environment obstacle information; an area below the legs and the body forms a blind area between an abdomen of the robot and the ground.

7. The four-legged robot according to claim 6 , wherein

one, two or all of the body, the head, the tail and the legs is equipped with a wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens capable of scanning ground information or/and obstacle information around the robot;

the wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens is mounted downward or obliquely downward, and a sight line of the wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens is capable of radiating to the blind area between the abdomen and the ground;

an apex of the wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens protrudes a mounting surface of the wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens, and a view angle range of the wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens is 130°-300°;

on the mounting surface, at least one protrusion for protecting the wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens is provided around the wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens;

the extension height of the protrusion is more than the protrusion height of the wide-angle lens or fish-eye lens.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2023
From: WANG, XINGXING
To: HANGZHOU YUSHU TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 062754/0481 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202021990050.6 · Sep 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230176157A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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