Visual Destination Selection for Autonomous Robot Movement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for selecting a movement destination for autonomous robots require users to input location information or character strings, which can be cumbersome and difficult for operators to navigate effectively.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus and communication system that captures images of potential movement destinations and allows users to select from these images, generating autonomous movement requests based on the selected images, enabling the robot to move to specific areas indicated by the captured images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users input location information or character strings to designate movement destinations, then the robot can autonomously move to designated locations, but the operability becomes cumbersome and difficult for operators
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses captured images as visual copies of movement destinations. Instead of requiring users to input abstract location information or character strings, the system captures and displays images of actual locations, allowing users to select destinations by choosing from visual representations. This replaces complex text-based or coordinate-based input with simple image selection, significantly improving operability while reducing input complexity.
2Measurement precision
If the system displays multiple captured images for selection, then the accuracy of destination selection improves, but the time required for selection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs visual differentiation through color changes and visual markers to highlight selected or candidate movement destinations. When users interact with the displayed captured images, the system provides visual feedback through color changes or visual indicators, allowing users to quickly identify and confirm their selection without carefully examining each image. This maintains high selection accuracy while reducing the time required for destination selection.
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AI summary
A display apparatus (400) includes: a reception unit that receives a plurality of captured images (415a-415f); a display control unit that displays, on a display, the plurality of captured images for selection (420) by a user, as a candidate of a movement destination of a mobile apparatus; an operation input unit that receives selection of one or more captured images from among the plurality of captured images being displayed; an autonomous movement request generator that generates autonomous movement request information including information on the one or more selected captured images; and a transmission unit that transmits the autonomous movement request information that causes the mobile apparatus to autonomously move to one or more movement destinations each corresponding to an area indicated by corresponding one of the one or more selected captured images.