TWI490718B - Machine control system - Google Patents

Description

Mechanical device control system

The present invention relates to a mechanical device control system, and more particularly to a control system that allows a user to arbitrarily change the shape of a mechanical device (e.g., a robot).

In recent years, due to the advancement of technology, the application of robots has become more and more popular. In addition, mass production in the industry has led to a reduction in the price of robots, so that the general public can easily own robots. There are many robot products on the market, but most of them are fixed in shape or appearance. In other words, the user can only be forced to accept the manufacturer's design of the robot, and can not change the shape of the robot according to personal preferences. In addition, although there are a few robots on the market that allow users to change their styling, these robots only provide a fixed number of styling components, not only have limited options, but their styles are also fixed, and for the user, it still cannot produce too much. Great attraction.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a mechanical device control system that allows a user to freely change the shape of a mechanical device (e.g., a robot).

According to an embodiment, the mechanical device control system of the present invention comprises N actual patterns and a mechanical device, wherein N is a positive integer. The mechanical device comprises a main body, a display unit, a storage unit, a sensing unit and a control unit. The display unit is disposed on the surface of the main body, and the storage unit, the sensing unit and the control unit are respectively disposed in the main body, wherein the control unit is electrically connected to the display unit, the storage unit and the sensing unit. The storage unit is used to store N virtual templates, and each virtual template corresponds to one of the actual patterns. The sensing unit is configured to sense an ith actual pattern in the actual patterns, where i is a positive integer less than or equal to N. The control unit is configured to select a corresponding i-th virtual template from the virtual templates according to the i-th actual pattern sensed by the sensing unit, and control the display unit to display the i-th virtual template.

In this embodiment, the mechanical device further includes an image sensing unit disposed in the main body and electrically connected to the control unit. When a pattern is drawn on one of the input positions of the i-th actual pattern, the image sensing unit senses an image corresponding to the pattern on the i-th actual pattern, and the control unit controls the display unit according to the image, The pattern is displayed on one of the display positions of the i-th virtual template, wherein the input position of the i-th actual pattern corresponds to the display position of the i-th virtual template.

In summary, when the user wants to change the shape of the mechanical device (such as a robot), the user only needs to select an actual pattern near the mechanical device. After the sensing unit in the mechanical device senses the selected actual template, the control unit selects the corresponding virtual template according to the actual pattern sensed by the sensing unit, and controls the display unit to display the virtual template. . If the user draws a pattern on the actual pattern, the pattern will also be displayed in the corresponding position of the virtual template. Thereby, the user can use the mechanical device control system of the present invention to arbitrarily change the shape of the mechanical device.

The advantages and spirit of the present invention will be further understood from the following detailed description of the invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a mechanical device control system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the mechanical device control system 1 of FIG. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the mechanical device control system 1 includes three actual patterns 10a, 10b, 10c and a mechanical device 12. It should be noted that the mechanical device control system 1 may also include one or two or more actual patterns, and is not limited to the three figures shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 . In other words, the mechanical device control system 1 can contain N actual patterns, N being a positive integer.

In this embodiment, the mechanical device 12 can be a robot. The mechanical device 12 includes a main body 120, a display unit 122, a storage unit 124, a sensing unit 126, a control unit 128, and an image sensing unit 130. If the mechanical device 12 is a robot, the body 120 of the mechanical device 12 can include a head 1200 and a body 1202, as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the display unit 122 can be disposed on the surface of the body 1202 of the main body 120, and the storage unit 124, the sensing unit 126, the control unit 128, and the image sensing unit 130 can be selectively disposed on the body 1202 of the main body 120, respectively. Or in the head 1200. In addition, the control unit 128 is electrically connected to the display unit 122, the storage unit 124, the sensing unit 126, and the image sensing unit 130, as shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the display unit 122 can be a flexible display unit (eg, a flexible liquid crystal display) that surrounds the surface of the body 1202 of the body 120. The image sensing unit 130 can be a Charge-coupled Device (CCD) sensor or a Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) sensor. The actual patterns 10a, 10b may respectively be garment patterns corresponding to the body 1202 of the mechanical device 12, allowing the user to draw or wipe the patterned sheets (e.g., white boards) thereon. As shown in Fig. 1, the actual pattern 10a is a garment pattern of a one-piece skirt, and the actual patterns 10b and 10c are garment patterns of a short top and a suspender skirt, respectively.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 124 is configured to store three virtual templates 124a, 124b, and 124c, and each of the virtual templates 124a, 124b, and 124c respectively corresponds to one of the actual patterns 10a, 10b, and 10c. That is, the virtual template 124a corresponds to the actual template 10a, the virtual template 124b corresponds to the actual template 10b, and the virtual template 124c corresponds to the actual template 10c. It should be noted that the number of virtual templates corresponds to the number of actual patterns, and is not limited to three. In other words, if the mechanical device control system 1 includes N actual patterns, the storage unit 124 also stores N virtual patterns.

Each of the actual patterns 10a, 10b, and 10c may have a built-in radio frequency tag 100a, 100b, and 100c, and the sensing unit 126 may be a radio frequency reader for sensing the actual patterns 10a, 10b, and 10c. Radio frequency tags 100a, 100b, 100c. The storage unit 124 stores the correspondence between the radio frequency tags 100a, 100b, and 100c and the virtual patterns 124a, 124b, and 124c. In this embodiment, the radio frequency tag 100a corresponds to the virtual template 124a, the radio frequency tag 100b corresponds to the virtual template 124b, and the radio frequency tag 100c corresponds to the virtual template 124c. The control unit 128 may select a virtual template corresponding to the actual template from the virtual templates 124a, 124b, and 124c according to the radio frequency tag sensed by the sensing unit 126. For example, if the user places the actual pattern 10a in front of the sensing unit 126 of the mechanical device 12, the sensing unit 126 senses the radio frequency tag 100a. At this time, the control unit 128 selects the virtual template 124a corresponding to the actual template 10a from the virtual templates 124a, 124b, and 124c according to the radio frequency tag 100a sensed by the sensing unit 126. As shown in Fig. 1, the actual pattern 10a is a clothing version of the one-piece skirt, and the virtual pattern 124a is also a clothing version of the one-piece skirt. The control unit 128 controls the display unit 122 to display the pattern in the virtual template 124a, that is, the clothing style of the dress and the pattern in the clothing.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of an actual pattern 10a and a mechanical device 12. When the user wants to change the shape of the mechanical device 12, in addition to selecting the actual pattern, the user can also draw a pattern on the selected actual pattern, such as shape, pattern, color or a combination thereof. As shown in FIG. 3, when the user draws the pattern 14 on one of the input positions of the selected actual template 10a, the mechanical device 12 can use the sensing unit 126 to know the virtual template 124a corresponding to the actual template 10a. The mechanical device 12 first captures the entire image including the actual pattern 10a by using the image sensing unit 130. At this time, the control unit 128 captures the image of the pattern 14 from the entire image through the image recognition technology according to the sensed image and the previously selected virtual template 124a. Then, the control unit 128 controls the display unit 122 to display the pattern 14 on one display position of the display unit 122 according to the corresponding positional relationship between the virtual template 124a and the display unit 122, so as to change the appearance of the mechanical device 12. In a practical application, when the user draws a plurality of different patterns at any position on the actual template 10a, the control unit 128 captures the pattern information according to the sensed image and through the virtual template 124a, and through the virtual The relative position between the pattern 124a and the display unit 122 controls the display unit 122 to display the pattern drawn by the user. Thereby, the user can arbitrarily draw or wipe the drawn pattern on the actual pattern 10a, thereby changing the shape of the mechanical device 12 as desired.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is a schematic diagram of two actual patterns 10b, 10c and a mechanical device 12. If the user uses the combined garment pattern, such as the actual patterns 10b and 10c, the corresponding virtual templates 124b and 124c and the display unit 122 have a display relationship between the upper layer and the lower layer. That is, the virtual template 124c will be displayed on top of the virtual template 124b. The upper and lower layer relationships of the combined templates (eg, virtual templates 124b and 124c) are defined within control unit 128. If the virtual templates 124b and 124c are taken as an example, the number of the virtual template displayed last time may be recorded in the control unit 128. If the virtual template 124b is displayed last time and the virtual template 124c is to be displayed this time, the virtual sample is displayed. The overlapping areas of the 124b and 124c will be dominated by the pattern of the virtual template 124c; if the virtual template 124c is displayed last time and the virtual template 124b is to be displayed this time, the overlapping areas of the virtual templates 124b and 124c are still in the virtual template. The pattern of 124c is mainly; if the virtual template 124a is displayed last time and the virtual template 124b or 124c is to be displayed this time, since the virtual template 124b or 124c is not combined with the virtual template 124a, the display unit is cleared first. 122 The pattern currently displayed again shows the pattern of the virtual template 124b or 124c. In short, only consider the relationship between the previous time and the virtual template. If there is no combination, the pattern currently displayed by the display unit 122 is cleared and the current virtual pattern is displayed; if there is a combination relationship The two template overlaps show the pattern of the virtual template belonging to the upper layer.

In this embodiment, the display color of the back of the mechanical device 12 can be dominated by the most likely color on the actual pattern. For example, if the color with the highest probability on the actual pattern is white, the back of the mechanism 12 will display white.

Furthermore, the present invention can also provide a signal transmitter (not shown) in each of the actual patterns 10a, 10b, 10c, and a signal receiver (not shown) is provided in the mechanism 12. For example, when the user selects the actual template 10a, the actual template 10a can form a communication in a wired or wireless manner by the signal transmitter, the signal receiver and the control unit 128 of the mechanical device 12. When a pattern is drawn on the input position of the actual pattern 10a, the control unit 128 can control the display unit 122 to instantly display the pattern on the virtual pattern 124a on the corresponding display position. Therefore, the mechanical device 12 does not need to be equipped with the image sensing unit 130 described above.

Please refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of actual patterns 20a, 20b, 20c according to another embodiment of the present invention. The main difference between the actual patterns 20a, 20b, and 20c and the actual patterns 10a, 10b, and 10c described above is that a plurality of infrared emitters 200a, 200b, and 200c are built in each of the actual patterns 20a, 20b, and 20c, respectively. The infrared emitters 200a, 200b, 200c have different arrangements, respectively. The storage unit 124 stores the correspondence between the arrangement of the infrared emitters 200a, 200b, and 200c and the virtual patterns 124a, 124b, and 124c. In this embodiment, the arrangement of the infrared emitters 200a corresponds to the virtual template 124a, the arrangement of the infrared emitters 200b corresponds to the virtual template 124b, and the arrangement of the infrared emitters 200c corresponds to the virtual template 124c. At this time, the sensing unit 126 may be an infrared sensor for sensing the arrangement of the infrared emitters 200a, 200b, and 200c of the actual patterns 20a, 20b, and 20c. The foregoing control unit 128 selects a corresponding virtual template from the virtual templates 124a, 124b, and 124c according to the arrangement of the infrared emitters 200a, 200b, and 200c.

Please refer to FIG. 6. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the mechanical device control system 3 according to another embodiment of the present invention. The main difference between the mechanical device control system 3 and the aforementioned mechanical device control system 1 is that the function of the sensing unit 126 of the mechanical device control system 1 is replaced by the image sensing unit 130 in the mechanical device control system 3. In this embodiment, the user can place the actual pattern 10a, 10b or 10c in front of the image sensing unit 130, and then use the image sensing unit 130 to sense the same version of the actual pattern 10a, 10b or 10c. At this time, the control unit may select a corresponding virtual template from the virtual templates 124a, 124b, and 124c by using the image recognition technology to compare the template image with each of the virtual patterns 124a, 124b, and 124c. It should be noted that when the user draws a plurality of different patterns at any position on the actual template 10a, 10b or 10c, the control unit 128 also controls the display unit 122 according to the sensed image to display the virtual template 124a. A plurality of different patterns of 124b or 124c are displayed at corresponding positions in the display unit 122. The related principle of action is as described above and will not be described here.

In summary, when the user wants to change the shape of the mechanical device (such as a robot), the user only needs to select an actual pattern near the mechanical device. After the sensing unit or the image sensing unit in the mechanical device senses the selected actual template, the control unit selects the corresponding virtual template according to the actual pattern sensed by the sensing unit or the image sensing unit. And the control display unit displays this virtual template. If the user draws a pattern on the actual pattern, the pattern will also be displayed in the corresponding position of the virtual template. Thereby, the user can use the mechanical device control system of the present invention to arbitrarily change the shape of the mechanical device.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made to the scope of the present invention should be within the scope of the present invention.

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1 is a schematic diagram of a mechanical device control system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a functional block diagram of the mechanical device control system in Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of an actual pattern and mechanical device.

Figure 4 is a schematic illustration of two actual patterns and mechanical devices.

Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of an actual pattern in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a functional block diagram of a mechanical device control system in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (12)

A mechanical device control system for displaying various clothing patterns, comprising: N actual patterns, N being a positive integer; and a mechanical device comprising: a main body; a display unit disposed on the surface of the main body; a unit, disposed in the main body, for storing N virtual templates, each of the virtual patterns respectively corresponding to one of the actual patterns; a sensing unit disposed in the main body for sensing Measuring an i-th actual pattern in the actual patterns, i is a positive integer less than or equal to N; and a control unit disposed in the body and electrically connected to the display unit, the storage unit, and the sensing a unit, configured to select a corresponding i-th virtual template from the virtual template according to the i-th actual template sensed by the sensing unit, and control the display unit to display the i-th virtual sample The version, wherein the pattern displayed by the i-th virtual template is substantially the same as the pattern on the i-th actual template. The mechanical device control system of claim 1, wherein the mechanical device further comprises an image sensing unit disposed in the body and electrically connected to the control unit, wherein a pattern is drawn on the i-th actual pattern When the image is sensed, the image sensing unit senses that the i-th actual pattern corresponds to one of the images, and the control unit controls the display unit according to the image, and displays the pattern on the i-th One of the virtual templates displays the location, which corresponds to the location. The mechanical device control system of claim 1, wherein each of the actual templates has a built-in radio frequency tag, and the sensing unit is a radio frequency reader for sensing the i-th actual sample. The radio frequency tag of the version, the control unit selects the corresponding i-th virtual template from the virtual templates according to the radio frequency tag. The mechanical device control system of claim 1, wherein each of the actual patterns respectively has a plurality of infrared emitters built in, and the sensing unit is an infrared sensor for sensing the ith actual sample. The arrangement of the infrared emitters of the version, the control unit selects the corresponding i-th virtual template from the virtual patterns according to the arrangement of the infrared emitters. The mechanical device control system of claim 1, wherein the sensing unit is an image sensing unit for sensing the same version of the i-th actual pattern, the control unit is compared to the template image The virtual templates are selected to select the corresponding i-th virtual template from the virtual templates. The mechanical device control system of claim 5, wherein when a pattern is drawn on an input position of the i-th actual template, the image sensing unit senses that the i-th actual pattern corresponds to the pattern One image, and the control unit controls the display unit according to the image, and displays the pattern on one of the i-th virtual patterns In the position shown, the input position corresponds to the display position. The mechanical device control system of claim 1, wherein the i-th actual pattern forms communication with the control unit, and when a pattern is drawn on an input position of the i-th actual template, the control unit controls The display unit instantly displays the pattern on one of the display positions of the i-th virtual template, and the input position corresponds to the display position. The mechanical device control system of clause 6 or 7, wherein the pattern is selected from one of the group consisting of: shape, pattern, color, and combinations thereof. The mechanical device control system of claim 1, wherein the mechanical device is a robot. The mechanical device control system of claim 1, wherein the display unit is a flexible display unit. The mechanical device control system of claim 1, wherein the control unit defines a display relationship between the at least two virtual templates and the display unit, and when the sensing unit simultaneously senses at least two virtual When at least two actual patterns of the template, the control unit controls the display unit to simultaneously display the at least two virtual patterns according to the display relationship, and the at least two virtual patterns partially overlap on the display unit. The mechanical device control system of claim 11, wherein one of the at least two virtual templates has an upper display relationship with the display unit, and the other of the at least two virtual templates and the display There is a lower layer display relationship between the units, and the virtual template having the upper display relationship is displayed on the virtual template having the lower display relationship.