83 results about "Action control" patented technology

A computer implemented method includes allowing a user to access a user-controlled social network profile page with posts in a specified order. A user is permitted to traverse an interface element across the specified order to establish a set position for the interface element. Access to posts is provided on a first side of the set position to define a viewable profile. Access to posts is blocked on a second side of the set position to define a non-viewable profile.

A gripping type hand including a plurality of finger mechanisms provided respectively with finger joints, actuators for driving the finger joints, and links supported by the finger joints and operating under driving force of the actuators. The gripping type hand includes an operation controlling section capable of respectively controlling the actuators of the plurality of finger mechanisms independently from each other; a position detecting section for respectively detecting operating positions of the finger joints of the plurality of finger mechanisms; and strain detecting sections provided respectively for the plurality of finger mechanisms and detecting strains generating in the links due to force applied to the finger mechanisms. The operation controlling section coordinately controls the actuators of the plurality of finger mechanisms to adjust gripping force generated by the plurality of finger mechanisms, based on the operating positions of the finger joints detected by the position detecting section and the strains of the links detected by the strain detecting sections.

An agent learning apparatus comprises a sensor (301) for acquiring a sense input, an action controller (307) for creating an action output in response to the sense input and giving the action output to a controlled object, an action state evaluator (303) for evaluating the behavior of the controlled object, a selective attention mechanism (304) for storing the action output and the sense input corresponding to the action output in one of the columns according to the evaluation, calculating a probability model from the action outputs stored in the columns, and outputting, as a learning result, the action output related to a newly given sense input in the column where the highest confidence obtained by applying the newly given sense input to the probability model is stored. By thus learning, the selective attention mechanism (304) obtains a probability relationship between the sense input and the column. An action output is calculated on the basis of the column evaluated as a stable column. As a result, the dispersion of the action output is quickly minimized, and thereby the controlled object can be stabilized.

There is proposed a method that may be universally used for controlling a man-machine interface unit. A learning sample is used in order at least to derive and/or initialize a target action (t) to be carried out and to lead the user from an optional current status (e_c) to an optional desired target status (e_t) as the final status (e_f). This learning sample (l) is formed by a data triple made up by an initial status (e_i) before an optional action (a) carried out by the user, a final status (e_f) after the action taken place (a).

A receiving device includes a receiver circuit for outputting a received signal as a reception electric field intensity signal, an operation control circuit for controlling an operation of the receiver circuit, and an intermittent reception control circuit for outputting a periodic signal. A comparator circuit holds a first threshold indicating that the receiving device has entered a communication area and a second threshold indicating a start of a continuous electric field intensity measurement. If the reception electric field intensity signal is lower than the second threshold, the operation control circuit makes the receiver circuit perform intermittent operation. If the reception electric field intensity signal is equal to or higher than the second threshold, the operation control circuit makes the receiver circuit perform a continuous operation. If the reception electric field intensity signal is equal to or higher than the first threshold, the operation control circuit makes the demodulation circuit perform an operation.

An autonomous driving control system for a vehicle which is able to switch between manual driving and autonomous driving is provided with a driver condition sensor, acting part, and electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is provided with an autonomous driving control part, reliance calculating part for calculating an autonomous driving output reliance, vigilance calculating part for calculating a driver vigilance, and an action control part for controlling a strength of an action against a driver. In a region in which an operating point determined by the autonomous driving output reliance and driver vigilance can fall, a plurality of sub regions are defined by boundary lines extending so that the driver vigilance becomes higher as the autonomous driving output reliance becomes lower. The action control part controls the strength of the action against the driver to differ in accordance with the sub region in which the operating point falls.

The invention provides a robot system provided with a gesture recognition device. The gesture recognition device at least comprises a database for storing information, an image acquisition module, a hand recognition module, a gesture command recognition module and a central control module, wherein the image acquisition module is used for acquiring image information containing gesture information and sending the image information to the hand recognition module; the hand recognition module is used for receiving the image information sent by the image acquisition module and recognizing a hand area in the image information; the gesture command recognition module is used for tracing the hand area and recognizing a gesture command in the hand area according to the information stored in the database; the central control module is used for sending control information to a robot according to the gesture command transmitted by the gesture command recognition module. The robot system further comprises a central controller and an action executing mechanism, wherein the central controller is used for receiving the gesture command information sent by the gesture recognition device and generating an action control command according to the information; the action executing mechanism is used for acting according to the action control command sent by the central controller and performing actions according to the gesture command.

A security robot that boards a mobile unit to protect the mobile unit from theft is provided. The robot has an internal sensor such as an acceleration sensor installed at the robot and generating an output indicative of condition inside the robot, an external sensor such as CCD cameras installed at the robot and generating an output indicative of condition outside the robot, an abnormality degree discriminator discriminating a degree of abnormality that the mobile unit is experiencing based on information obtained from the outputs of the internal sensor and the external sensor, and an action controller taking preventive action in response to the discriminated degree of abnormality. With this, it becomes possible to discriminate the degree of abnormal situations and act accordingly in response.

A mobile terminal and method may be provided. A memo application function may be quickly provided through a single user action only. A touch screen may receive first user action for executing a memo application, and may receive second user action for receiving an input for a memo while the memo application is executing. A controller may execute the memo application in accordance with the first user action, and analyze the second user action and produce memo content according to the analyzed second user action. The controller may execute the memo application in response to initiation of the first user action, the controller may end execution of the memo application when the first user action is terminated, and the controller may control the memo content to be saved in memory in response to ending execution of the memo application.

An image forming system is disclosed, in which recording materials P1, P2 with monochrome images formed in a first image forming apparatus 3 capable of performing only monochrome printing are set in a post-processing tray 7 of a post-processing device 4 in a second image forming apparatus 2 capable of performing color printing, and either one of operations: one of feeding recording materials P3, P4 through the recording-material feed means 8; another of feeding the recording materials P1, P2 from the post-processing tray 7, is automatically selected according to page numbers. First and second discharge sections 41 and 38 of the post-processing device 6 are operable to serializably discharge the color-printed recording materials P3, P4 and the recording materials P1, P2 onto a recording-material discharge tray 40, respectively, so as to mix monochrome pages and color pages together in order of page number. The present invention can provide an image forming system with simplified structure at a low cost.

According to the first aspect of the present technology, there is provided an action control device, including a transmittance specifying unit configured to specify a transmittance of a variable-transmittance neutral density (ND) filter having a transmittance that varies according to an applied voltage, and an applied voltage control unit configured to control a voltage to be applied to the variable-transmittance ND filter such that the transmittance specified by the transmittance specifying unit is obtained. The applied voltage control unit controls the voltage to be applied to the variable-transmittance ND filter such that the transmittance of the variable-transmittance ND filter specified by the transmittance specifying unit is maintained at a timing at which an imaging preparation instruction or an imaging instruction is given.

The invention discloses a piece of engineering machinery, and a control system and an action voice control system of the engineering machinery. The action voice control system comprises a voice input device and a voice identifying processing device, wherein the voice identifying processing device further comprises an analyzing module, a comparison confirming module and a sending module; the analyzing module is in signaling connection with the voice input device and is used for analyzing the action voice information received by the voice input device as an action voice code; the comparison confirming module is in signaling connection with the analyzing module and is used for comparing the analyzed action voice code with the action voice code in a voice control command library and confirming if matching; and the sending module is in signaling connection with the comparison confirming module and is used for sending an action executing code corresponding to the matched action voice code to an engineering machinery controller when the matching occurs. Under the implementation of the invention, the action of the engineering machinery can be controlled through the voice; the operation and control are flexible and convenient; the working strength of operators is reduced; the operation experience is increased; and the use cost is saved for a user.

Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling an operation of an RFID system, that can selectively control communication of the RFID system. In the method for controlling an operation of the RFID system including at least one REID tag storing predetermined data, and an RFID reader transmitting/receiving data to/from the RFID tag, a password is set to at least one of the RFID tag and the RFID reader. A password is received so that data transmission/reception is performed between the RFID tag and the RFID reader. When the received password coincides with the set password, the data transmission/reception is performed.

An improved golf swing practice device is composed of a base frame, a guide hoop mounted on the base frame and having a trajectory on the same plane, a guide rail slidably mounted on the guide hoop, the guide rail being parallel to the plane that the guide hoop is positioned and having an extending direction substantially corresponding to the diametrical direction of the guide hoop, a slide member slidably mounted on the guide rail, and a training golf club having a distal end pivotably mounted on a rear end of the slide member to define an imaginary club head. Accordingly, the golfer can stand behind the guide hoop and hold the training golf club to perform swing actions. A position that the imaginary club head is positioned is controlled to move on a swing plane, such that the present invention effectively helps the golfer to perform swing actions.

A first game character control section controls the action of a first game character which is an operation target for a user, based on an operation carried out by the user. A second game character control section controls the action of one or more second game characters, based on the action control data. In a case where a chat message is input in any game device, addressed to one or more users of one or more other game devices, an action control data changing section changes the action control data, based on the chat message.

An apparatus comprising a natural language processor, a mapper, a string comparator, a nutrient calculator, and a diet planning module, the diet planning module configured to generate a diet action control, the diet action control comprising instructions to operate the client device to perform a diet change recommendation on the client device, and apply the diet action control to the client device.

The control device comprises at least one emitter-receiver pair, a display and a controller. The emitter-receiver pair comprises a radiation emitter and a receiver for receiving radiation emitted by the emitter and reflected by a moving body located at a distance from the pair. The receiver is positioned within the emitter's emission field and provides an electrical signal representative of the radiation received from the emitter. At least one symbol identifying an action, opposite an intersection of the emitter's emission cone and the receiver's reception cone, is displayed. The emitter and receiver are outside the display area of each symbol. The controller provides action control signal according to the electrical signal provided by the receiver. Each emitter-receiver pair is associated with at least one symbol and at least one action control signal when the moving body is in front of the symbol that identifies the action.

The invention discloses a robot and an action control method and device thereof. The action control method of the robot comprises the steps that a control instruction is received, wherein the controlinstruction is used for indicating the robot to execute an preset action; the control instruction is input to a preset model, and an output result is obtained, wherein the output result comprises a behavior emotion pattern corresponding to the preset action executed by the robot, and the preset model is obtained at least based on emotion evaluation parameters fed back by a user in a training manner; and according to the output result, the robot is controlled to execute the preset action according to the behavior emotion pattern. By means of the robot and the action method and device thereof, the problem that the robot behavior expression is singular and cannot meet user demands is solved.

A method and system for restricting operation of at least one function of a communication device based upon the physical location of the device. Global position coordinates are leveraged to ascertain the location of the device and to restrict functionality of the device. One or more alternative solutions are presented as a substitute for the restricted functionality.

The invention belongs to the technical field of exterior trimming parts, and provides a wave transmission performance testing method and device suitable for an ACC millimeter wave label. The device mainly comprises a control computer, pulse radar, a horn antenna, an action control device, a horizontal angle regulator, an inclination angle regulator, an upper position regulator, a lower position regulator, a front position regulator, a rear position regulator, a left position regulator, a right position regulator, a label fixing jig, an angle reflector and a positioning clamp. On the premise ofgreatly reducing the test instrument installation space and the device cost and in the state of each angle combination of products in the horizontal and the inclined directions, for a traditional testing method, the device is simpler, lower in device cost, wider in test area and more comprehensive, and is closer to the use state of the actual vehicle, can perform large-scale testing for the angleerrors between wave transmitting and receiving while testing the wave transmission attenuation, and is more comprehensive and reliable.

The invention provides an action control method and apparatus, which belong to the field of artificial intelligence. The method comprises steps: the states of N dimensions of an artificial intelligence device are acquired; based on a state activated fuzzy subset and a control model for each of the N dimensions, a plurality of discrete decisions are obtained, wherein one state activated fuzzy subset refers to a fuzzy subset with the state membership degree not to be zero, each fuzzy subset includes a state interval corresponding to the same discrete decision in one dimension, the membership degree is used to indicate the degree of the state belonging to the fuzzy subset, and the control model is used to output a corresponding discrete decision according to an input state; based on the stateof each dimension and the membership degree between the activated fuzzy subsets, the plurality of discrete decisions are weighted and summed to obtain a continuous decision; and based on the continuous decision, the artificial intelligence device is controlled to execute a corresponding action. The outputted decision is a continuous quantity, smooth control on the artificial intelligence device can be ensured, and the smoothness of the action is ensured.

The invention discloses an action control method of an under-actuated biped robot with high real-time performance and engineering practicability, comprising the following steps of (1) establishing an action control mathematical model of the under-actuated biped robot; (2) selecting a synchronous variable of the under-actuated biped robot and marking the synchronous variable as theta (q); (3) carrying out computation to obtain the virtual constraint output of the under-actuated biped robot and recording the virtual constraint output as hd (theta (q)), actual output as h0 (q); (4) obtaining an error, marking the error as y which is determined by the expression of y=ho (q)-hd (theta (q)), carrying out feedback correction to modify the synchronous variable in the step (2) and making y incline to zero; (5) calculating y by a multi-model controller; (6) selecting one control variable from the control variables obtained in the step (5) according to the working condition of the under-actuated biped robot and recording the control variable as vi; (7) substituting the control variable vi obtained in the step (6) into the following expression to output an actual control variable after computation; and (8) repeating the steps from (2) to (7).