TWM581257U - robot - Google Patents

Abstract

A robot includes an external host and a robot body. The robot body includes an input device, a storage device, a transmission device, an output device, and a processor. The input device is configured to input a biometric of a person. The storage device stores a voice or action output module. The transmission device is configured to transmit the biometric to the external host for performing an identity recognition process to determine identity of the person. The output device is configured to output voice or image. The processor is electrically connected to the input device, the storage device, the transmission device, and the output device. When the identity of the person is determined, the external host transmits a voice or action command to the transmission device, and the processor executes the voice or action output module to drive the output device to output voice or image according to the voice or action command.

Description

robot

This new type is related to a robot.

Today, the company's senior management and personnel directors often cannot take time to conduct on-site visits to employees in the organization. The employee suggestion box inside the company also flows in eight shares, which cannot truly reflect the status of the work site. This has led to the difficulty of employees' cohesiveness and low morale.

Therefore, how to collect employee opinions and encourage employees and answer employee questions in a timely manner to unite employees' centripetal force is the goal of people in related fields.

One aspect of the present invention provides a robot including an external host and a robot body. The robot body includes an input device, a storage device, a transmission device, an output device, and a processor. The input device is used to input the biometric characteristics of a person. The storage device stores a voice or motion output module. The transmission device is configured to transmit the biometrics to an external host for performing an identification process to determine the identity of the person. The output device is used to output voice or video. a processor electrically connected to the input device, the storage device, the transmission device, and the output Device. When determining the identity of the person, the external host transmits a voice or action command to the transmitting device, and the processor executes a voice or action output module to drive the output device to output the voice or image according to the voice or motion command.

In an embodiment, the robot body further includes an action mechanism electrically connected to the processor. The action mechanism includes at least one movable component. When the processor executes the voice or motion output module, the at least one movable component is driven to perform one or more actions according to the voice or the motion instruction.

In one embodiment, the storage device further stores a navigation module for performing path planning on the robot body according to a map stored in advance on the storage device, and driving the action mechanism to move the robot according to the planned path.

In an embodiment, the storage device also stores an instant messaging software for enabling personnel to instantly communicate with an external host through the robot body.

In one embodiment, the external host includes an identity recognition module, and after the biometrics are transmitted to the external host, the identity recognition module is executed to perform the identity recognition process.

In an embodiment, the external host further includes a database. The database pre-stores a plurality of to-be-matched biometrics corresponding to different identities, and the identity recognition program includes calculating a similarity between the biometrics and the plurality of to-be-compared biometrics, and determining the personnel according to the similarity calculation result Identity.

In one embodiment, the biometric features include facial features and voiceprint features.

In an embodiment, the external host includes an instruction generation module And database. When determining the identity of the person, the instruction generation module is executed to generate a voice or action instruction based on at least one personalized material of a person pre-stored in the database.

In an embodiment, the external host further includes a facial expression evaluation module, and the biometrics transmitted to the external host are facial features. The facial expression evaluation module is configured to generate a facial expression information according to the facial features, and the command generating module generates a voice or an action instruction according to the at least one personalized data and the facial expression information.

In an embodiment, the external host further includes a data query platform and a database, and the personnel can remotely connect and operate the data query platform through the input device and the output device to obtain the data stored in the database in advance.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, the robot of the present disclosure can conduct on-site visits to employees in the company and collect employee opinions. In addition, the robot can also encourage employees and answer employee questions in a timely manner according to the actual situation on site. Therefore, the robot of the present disclosure can condense the employee's centripetal force, boost the spirit of the staff, and create a good working atmosphere.

The above description will be described in detail in the following embodiments, and further explanation of the technical solutions of the present invention will be provided.

The above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of the present invention will become more apparent and understood.

10‧‧‧ Robot

20‧‧‧Method

100‧‧‧Robot body

110‧‧‧Input device

120‧‧‧Storage device

121‧‧‧Voice or motion output module

122‧‧‧Navigation module

123‧‧‧ instant messaging software

130‧‧‧Transportation device

140‧‧‧output device

150‧‧‧ processor

160‧‧‧Action institutions

200‧‧‧External host

210‧‧‧ Identity Identification Module

220‧‧‧Command generation module

230‧‧‧Face expression evaluation module

240‧‧‧Data Enquiry Platform

250‧‧‧Database

L1‧‧‧Communication link

S1~S9‧‧‧Steps

The above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of the present invention will become more apparent and understood. The description of the drawings is as follows: FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a method of operating a robot according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In order to make the description of the present invention more complete and complete, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings. On the other hand, well-known elements and steps are not described in the embodiments to avoid unnecessarily limiting the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which illustrates a block diagram of a robot 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the robot 10 includes a robot body 100 and an external host 200. The robot body 100 includes an input device 110, a storage device 120, a transmission device 130, an output device 140, and a processor 150. In the connection relationship, the processor 150 is electrically connected to the input device 110, the storage device 120, the transmission device 130, and the output device 140.

The input device 110 is used to input the biometric characteristics of an employee. Specifically, the robot body 100 disclosed herein can recognize the identity of the employee. The method of identifying the employee's identity is to input the biometric characteristics of the employee through the input device 110 and transmit it to the external host 200 for the identity recognition process. Details of the identity recognition program will be described in detail later. In some embodiments, the biometric features include facial features and voiceprint features, but are not limited thereto. For example, in some embodiments in which the biometric feature is a facial feature, the input device 110 is a camera or a camera, and the face of the employee can be photographed to obtain a facial feature for transmission to the external host 200. Alternatively, in biometrics In some embodiments of the voiceprint feature, the input device 110 is a microphone, and the voiceprint features of the employee can be input through the microphone and transmitted to the external host 200. In addition, in some other embodiments, the robot body 100 includes both camera and microphone input devices 110 to transmit the facial features and voiceprint features of the employee to the external host 200. In this way, the identification process can be performed according to both the face feature and the voiceprint feature, and the accuracy and efficiency of the recognition can be improved, compared with the identity recognition process based on only one of the face feature or the voiceprint feature.

The transmission device 130 is configured to transmit the biometrics to the external host 200 for the identity recognition process. Specifically, the external host 200 establishes a communication link L1 with the transmission device 130. Thus, the aforementioned biometrics can be transmitted through this communication link L1. In some embodiments, the transmission device 130 can be a wireless transceiver, a network card, or other communication device, but is not limited thereto.

As previously mentioned, the employee's biometrics are transmitted to the external host 200 for the identity recognition process. In detail, the external host 200 includes an identity recognition module 210 and a database 250. After the biometrics are transmitted to the external host 200, the identity recognition module 210 is executed to perform the identity recognition process. In more detail, the database 250 pre-stores a plurality of to-be-compared biometrics each corresponding to different identities, and the identity recognition program includes biometrics to be transmitted to the external host 200 and the plurality of to-be-compared biometrics. The similarity is calculated, and the employee's identity is determined based on the similarity calculation result. For example, in some embodiments, the similarity calculation can be performed according to an Euclidean distance calculation or a cosine distance calculation.

It should be understood that when the biometrics and the database 250 are When the similarity of the biometric feature is determined to satisfy the preset condition, the identified employee is determined to be the identity corresponding to the specific biometric feature to be compared. In some embodiments, the so-called "satisfying preset condition" may be that the similarity between the biometric and the specific to-be-compared biometric in the database 250 is greater than a preset similarity. The value of the preset similarity can be changed as needed. For example, the value of the preset similarity may be 90% to 100%, such as 92%, 95%, 98%, or 99%.

In order to enable the robot body 100 to respond according to the personal status of the employee, in some embodiments, the external host 200 includes an instruction generation module 220, and the database 250 also pre-stores personalized information of each employee in the company. Personalized materials include, for example, the overtime hours of the employee, leave status, medical examination information, etc., but are not limited thereto. Accordingly, when determining the identity of the identified employee, the command generation module 220 is executed to generate a voice or action command based on at least one personalized material of the employee in the database 250. Voice or motion commands can be transmitted to the transmission device 130 via the communication link L1.

The storage device 120 stores a voice or action output module 121. When a voice or motion command is transmitted to the transmission device 130, the processor 150 executes a voice or action output module 121 to drive the output device 140 to output a voice or an image according to the voice or motion command. For example, the employee may have worked overtime for many days, and the employee's overtime hours stored in the database 250 are high. Therefore, the voice or action command generated by the command generation module 220 according to the employee's personalized data may be a play music command. When the command is transmitted to the robot body 100, the voice or action output module 121 can drive the output device 140 such as the sound to play music according to the play music command. According to this, Encourage employees who work overtime for many days.

In order to more accurately determine the physical and mental condition of the employee, in some embodiments, the external host 200 includes a facial expression evaluation module 230. As previously mentioned, the robot body 100 can include an input device 110 such as a camera or camera to communicate the facial features of the employee to the external host 200. When the facial features are transmitted to the external host 200, the facial expression evaluation module 230 is executed to generate a facial expression information based on the facial features of the employee. Therefore, the command generation module 220 generates a voice or an action command according to the facial expression information in addition to the personalized information of the employee.

In some embodiments, the robot body 100 includes an action mechanism 160 , and the action mechanism 160 is electrically connected to the processor 150 . The action mechanism 160 of the robot body 100 includes at least one movable member such as a head, a hand or a leg. Accordingly, the voice or action output module 121 can drive the movable component to perform one or more actions according to voice or motion commands. In some embodiments, the one or more actions are, for example, multi-axis motion, translational motion, rotational motion, or vibration of the head, hand, or leg. Thereby, the plurality of movable members that drive the robot body 100 can perform a series of actions, imitating human movements such as shaking the head, waving the hand, dancing, and the like. For example, in the case that the identified employee works overtime for many days, the voice or action command generated by the command generating module 220 of the external host 200 may be a dance instruction. When the command is transmitted to the robot body 100, the voice or action output module 121 can drive the movable member to perform a dance according to the dance instruction.

In some embodiments, the storage device 120 of the robot body 100 further stores the navigation module 122, and the storage device 120 stores the company in advance. Indoor map. Specifically, the navigation module 122 is configured to perform path planning on the robot body 100 according to the indoor map, and drive an action mechanism 160 (eg, a scroll wheel) of the robot body 100 to move the robot body 100 according to a planned path. For example, the robot body 100 is intended to go to a designated department to recognize a specific employee. The navigation module 122 plans a route to the designated department based on the indoor map of the company, and drives the action mechanism 160 of the robot body 100 to move the robot body 100 to the designated department in accordance with the planned route. After the robot body 100 reaches the designated department, the identity recognition process is performed in the foregoing manner to determine the specific employee identity. Then, the voice or action output module 121 can drive an output device 140 such as a sound to output a recording to recognize the particular employee based on the voice or motion command.

In some embodiments, the storage device 120 of the robot body 100 also stores the instant messaging software 123. The instant messaging software 123 is used to enable the employee to instantly communicate with the external host 200 through the robot body 100. For example, the external host 200 is located in the personnel department of the company and is operated by a person in the department of a person. When the employee has a problem and wants to contact the department, the instant messaging software 123 can communicate with the colleagues of the human resources department operating the external host 200. In some embodiments, the means of instant messaging includes instant delivery of text messages, internet calls or video calls. For example, the robot body 100 may include an input device 110 such as a touch screen, a microphone, a camera, etc., so that an employee can input a text message through the touch screen and transmit it to the external host 200, or perform a network call with the external host 200 through a microphone or a camera. Or video call.

In some embodiments, the external host 200 also includes data Query platform 240. The employee can remotely connect and operate the data query platform 240 through the input device 110 and the output device 140 of the robot body 100 to obtain the data stored in the database 250 in advance. The information is, for example, information such as labor law, treatment benefits or personnel regulations for new announcements. For example, the robot body 100 includes an input device 110 such as a touch screen, and an output device 140. Employees can connect to the data enquiry platform 240 through the touch screen and click on the information to be queried. The data pre-stored in the database 250 can be displayed to the employee through the touch screen. In addition, in some embodiments, when the employee cannot obtain the information to be queried or asks a question from the data query platform 240, the information or question to be queried may be transmitted by recording or video recording through the input device 110 such as a microphone or a camera. To the external host 200, and stored in the database 250, the information or answer questions are then provided by the company's senior management or personnel supervisor.

In order to describe in detail the operation mode of the robot 10, the following description will be made with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a method 20 of operation of the robot 10. It should be understood that the steps mentioned in Figure 2 can be adjusted according to actual needs, except for the order in which they are specifically stated. They can also be performed simultaneously or partially simultaneously, and even additional steps or omissions can be added. Steps.

First, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 simultaneously, and in step S1, the patrol route and task of the robot main body 100 are set. For example, the human resources department and the senior executives determine the main tasks of the robot body 100 for this tour (such as having the robot body 100 reach a specific department and praise a specific employee).

Next, in step S2, the navigation module 122 plans a route to the designated department according to the company's indoor map, and drives the robot. The action mechanism 160 of the body 100 moves the robot body 100 to the designated department in accordance with the planned path.

Next, in step S3, the robot body 100 is moved to a specific employee, and the biometric of the specific employee is input through the input device 110 and transmitted to the external host 200. For example, the input device 110 is a camera or a camera, and the face of the employee is photographed to obtain a facial feature for transmission to the external host 200.

In step S4, the identity recognition module 210 of the external host 200 is executed to perform the identity recognition process. Specifically, the identity recognition program includes performing similarity calculation on the biometrics transmitted to the external host 200 and the plurality of to-be-compared biometrics pre-stored in the database 250, and determining the identity of the employee according to the similarity calculation result.

Next, in step S5, the instruction generating module 220 of the external host 200 generates a voice or action command according to at least one personalized data of the employee in the database 250, and transmits the voice or action command to the robot body 100. . It should be understood that when certain tasks are to be performed (eg, to recognize a particular employee), the command generation module 220 may be preset such that the command generation module 220 may generate additional voice or action instructions (eg, a play file that plays a commendation story). It is transmitted to the robot body 100.

Next, in step S6, the voice or action output module 121 is executed to drive the output device 140 or the action mechanism 160 of the robot body 100 according to the voice or motion command, so that the robot body 100 outputs voice or video or performs one or Multiple actions. For example, an output device 140 such as an audio is driven to play a recording file that recognizes the deeds. Or, at the same time, drive such as sound The output device 140 and the action mechanism 160 are caused to cause the robot body 100 to perform an action such as singing and dancing to encourage the employee.

In some embodiments, the specific employee or other employees located in the specific department may also query the data or ask questions through the robot body 100. For example, the method 20 may include steps S7 to S9.

In step S7, other employees remotely connect and operate the data query platform 240 of the external host 200 through the input device 110 and the output device 140 of the robot body 100 to acquire the data stored in the database 250 in advance.

In step S8, other employees can also use the instant messaging software 123 to communicate with the colleagues of the human resources department operating the external host 200 to ask questions.

In some embodiments in which the data to be queried cannot be obtained from the data query platform 240, as shown in step S9, other employees may also transmit the data or questions to be queried by recording or video recording through the input device 110 such as a microphone or a video camera. To the external host 200, and stored in the database 250, the information or answer questions are then provided by the company's senior management or personnel supervisor.

In summary, the new robot can conduct on-site visits to employees within the company and collect employee opinions. In addition, the robot can also encourage employees and answer employee questions in a timely manner according to the actual situation on site. Therefore, the new type of robot can unite the employees to the heart, boost the spirit of the staff, and create a good working atmosphere.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and anyone skilled in the art may not deviate from the essence of the present invention. Within the scope of God and the scope, the various modifications and refinements may be made, and the scope of protection of this new type shall be subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application.

Claims (10)

A robot comprising: an external host; and a robot body comprising: an input device for inputting a biometric of a person; a storage device for storing a voice or action output module; and a transmission device for The biometric feature is transmitted to the external host to perform an identity recognition process to determine the identity of the person; an output device for outputting a voice or an image; and a processor electrically connected to the input device, the storage The device, the transmission device, and the output device; wherein when determining the identity of the person, the external host transmits a voice or action command to the transmission device, and the processor executes the voice or action output module to A voice or motion command to drive the output device to output the voice or the image. The robot of claim 1, wherein the robot body further comprises: an action mechanism electrically connected to the processor, wherein the action mechanism comprises at least one movable component; wherein when the processor performs the voice or motion output In the module, the at least one movable component is driven to perform one or more actions according to the voice or motion command. Such as the robot of claim 2, wherein The storage device further stores a navigation module for path planning the robot body according to a map stored in advance on the storage device, and driving the motion mechanism to move the robot according to the planned path. The robot of claim 1, wherein the storage device further stores an instant messaging software for enabling the person to communicate with the external host through the robot body. The robot of claim 1, wherein the external host comprises an identity recognition module, and after the biometric is transmitted to the external host, the identity recognition module is executed to perform the identity recognition process. The robot of claim 5, wherein the external host further comprises a database, wherein the database pre-stores a plurality of to-be-matched biometrics corresponding to different identities, and the identity recognition program includes the biometrics The similarity calculations are performed on the biometrics, and the identity of the person is determined according to the similarity calculation result. The robot of claim 1, wherein the biometric feature comprises a facial feature and a voiceprint feature. The robot of claim 1, wherein the external host comprises an instruction generation module and a database, wherein when the identity of the person is determined, the instruction generation module is executed according to the pre-stored in the database. At least one personalized material of the person to generate the voice or Action instruction. The robot of claim 8 , wherein the external host further comprises a facial expression evaluation module, and the biometric feature transmitted to the external host is a facial feature, wherein the facial expression evaluation module is configured to The facial feature generates a facial expression information, and the instruction generating module generates the voice or motion instruction according to the at least one personalized material and the facial expression information. The robot of claim 1, wherein the external host further includes a data query platform and a database, and the person can remotely connect and operate the data query platform through the input device and the output device to obtain an advance Information stored in this database.