CPC B25J 9/1689 (2013.01) [B25J 19/023 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A tele-presence system, comprising:
a boom attached to a fixed structure at a first location; and,
a robot face coupled to said boom, said robot face including a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker, and a robot microphone, wherein the robot face is configured to:
communicate with a remote control station at a second location via a network;
display an image captured by a camera of the remote control station on the robot monitor;
transmit an image captured by the robot camera to the remote control station for display on a monitor of the remote control station;
reproduce, via the robot speaker, a sound captured by a microphone of the remote control station;
transmit a sound captured by the robot microphone to the remote control station for reproduction by a speaker of the remote control station;
pan relative to the boom in response to input from a user received via a user input device of the remote control station; and,
tilt relative to the boom in response to input from a user received via a user input device of the remote control station.
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11. A tele-presence system that can be implemented with a medical table, comprising:
a robot face at a first location, the robot face includes a monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker and a robot microphone; and
an attachment mechanism that attaches said robot face to the medical table; wherein the robot face is configured to:
communicate with a remote control station at a second location via a network;
display an image captured by a camera of the remote control station on the robot monitor;
transmit an image captured by the robot camera to the remote control station for display on a monitor of the remote control station;
reproduce, via the robot speaker, a sound captured by a microphone of the remote control station;
transmit a sound captured by the robot microphone to the remote control station for reproduction by a speaker of the remote control station;
pan relative to the medical table in response to input from a user received via a user input device of the remote control station; and,
tilt relative to the medical table in response to input from a user received via a user input device of the remote control station.
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