US 11,992,933 B2
Intermediation device and intermediating method using the same
Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Kobe (JP); Masayuki Kamon, Akashi (JP); Shigetsugu Tanaka, Akashi (JP); and Yoshihiko Maruyama, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hyogo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/267,464
Filed by KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hyogo (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/031697
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/032266, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-151917 (JP), filed on Aug. 10, 2018; and application No. 2019-105749 (JP), filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0291381 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 13/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 13/02 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); B25J 13/006 (2013.01); B25J 13/06 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40174 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. An intermediation device connected to a plurality of manipulation terminals and a robot through a network, the plurality of manipulation terminals including a first terminal dedicated for the robot and a second terminal non-dedicated for the robot,
wherein the robot operates according to an operating command including an individual operating command,
wherein each of the plurality of manipulation terminals is provided with a manipulation key,
wherein the intermediation device constitutes a manipulation signal converting module in the intermediation device or in each of the plurality of manipulation terminals, and
wherein, upon receiving a manipulation signal corresponding to the manipulation key from the second terminal, the manipulation signal converting module converts the manipulation signal into the individual operating command based on model names received from the second manipulation terminal and the robot and sends the converted individual operating command to the robot for causing the robot to operate according to the converted individual operating command, while upon receiving the manipulation signal corresponding to the manipulation key from the first terminal, the manipulation signal converting module sends the manipulation signal to the robot without the conversion for causing the robot to operate according to the manipulation signal from the first terminal.