Abstract: A server 20 for monitoring of the state of use of an oxygen concentrator 10 that concentrates oxygen in air and supplies it to a user, comprises a communication unit 25, and a processing unit 21 that uses the communication unit 25 to receive operation data indicating the state of operation of the oxygen concentrator 10 and usage data for the state of use by the user using the oxygen concentrator 10, measured by a measuring apparatus 11, 12, while also generating message information when either or both the usage data and operation data fail to satisfy the monitoring conditions, and sending the message information together with the usage data and operation data, using the communication unit 25.

Abstract: A mobile entity includes: a position decision unit configured to determine a position of itself; an environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire environment information at the position; and a motion determination unit configured to determine whether a motion scheduled to be performed holds based on the environment information. The environment information includes at least one of environment information related to a vocal apparatus and environment information related to a display device.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a moving body capable of moving within a preset range of movement acquires an image from the environment surrounding the location of the moving body, and determines entry determination conditions for obtaining a result of an entry determination as to whether or not the moving body is allowed to enter a region identified by the location of the moving body and the image. A management terminal outputs the entry determination conditions and the image to an output device, and receives modification information relating to the entry determination conditions from an input device. A server uses the modification information received by the input device of the management terminal to perform learning, including updating of the entry determination conditions, thereby setting the movement range of the moving body, the movement of which is controlled in accordance with the entry determination result.

Abstract: A mobile entity includes: a position decision unit configured to determine a position of itself; an environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire environment information at the position; and a motion determination unit configured to determine whether a motion scheduled to be performed holds based on the environment information. The environment information includes at least one of environment information related to a vocal apparatus and environment information related to a display device.

Abstract: A server 20 for monitoring of the state of use of an oxygen concentrator 10 that concentrates oxygen in air and supplies it to a user, comprises a communication unit 25, and a processing unit 21 that uses the communication unit 25 to receive operation data indicating the state of operation of the oxygen concentrator 10 and usage data for the state of use by the user using the oxygen concentrator 10, measured by a measuring apparatus 11, 12, while also generating message information when either or both the usage data and operation data fail to satisfy the monitoring conditions, and sending the message information together with the usage data and operation data, using the communication unit 25.

Abstract: In order to make learning efficient for a robot, a robot operation device is provided with operation information input units for generating operation information specifying a state of a robot on the basis of an operation by an operator, a control unit for controlling the robot on the basis of the operation information, a non-operation information collecting unit for collecting non-operation information which is information that relates to the operator and does not affect the state of the robot, an action analysis unit for estimating the state of the operator on the basis of the non-operation information, and an action learning unit for learning the operation of the operator on the basis of the operation information and the estimation result of the action analysis unit.

Abstract: A mobile robot system includes an outside world sensor, a traveling unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to provide a history map data. Based on environment information obtained from the outside world sensor, a mobile object appearance point at which no mobile body exists at present but there is the possibility that a mobile body may appear in the future is recognized. In recognizing a door as the mobile object appearance location, if part of an object being obtained from the outside world sensor and having a width equal to or greater than a predetermined width set in advance belongs to an object movement position recorded in the velocity history map, then the part is recognized as a door.

Abstract: An optical velocity measuring apparatus which can restrict the effect of rotational motion of a moving object and estimate a velocity of its own with high accuracy, for a moving object with no wheels or a moving object of which the wheels slip includes an imager, provided in a moving object, for imaging a traveling surface such that a shift amount of each pixel at a time when an imaging target surface has shifted varies depending on a position of the pixel within an image, and the optical velocity measuring apparatus acquires a pixel shift amount gradient, which is a change in the shift amount of each pixel with respect to a predetermined axis, from a plurality of images captured by an image capturing device in a time series and a velocity of the moving object from the pixel shift amount gradient is acquired.

Abstract: A mobile robot system capable of estimating the occurrence of various risks within its environment and executing appropriate processing to achieve an objective is provided. The mobile robot system includes an environment recognition unit for recognizing an external environment, a travelling unit, and a travelling control unit which controls the travelling unit on the basis of environment information from the environment recognition unit. The mobile robot system also includes a calculation unit which generates a travelling command to the travelling control unit, a potential risk area recognition unit, and a risk occurrence condition detection unit. When a risk occurrence condition is satisfied, the calculation unit calculates a degree of influence of the occurring risk on achievement of an objective quantitatively in each stage. When the possibility of achieving the object is low, a movement planning unit replans a moving route to raise the possibility of achieving the objective.

Abstract: In order to make learning efficient for a robot, a robot operation device is provided with operation information input units for generating operation information specifying a state of a robot on the basis of an operation by an operator, a control unit for controlling the robot on the basis of the operation information, a non-operation information collecting unit for collecting non-operation information which is information that relates to the operator and does not affect the state of the robot, an action analysis unit for estimating the state of the operator on the basis of the non-operation information, and an action learning unit for learning the operation of the operator on the basis of the operation information and the estimation result of the action analysis unit.

Abstract: An optical velocity measuring apparatus which can restrict the effect of rotational motion of a moving object and estimate a velocity of its own with high accuracy, for a moving object with no wheels or a moving object of which the wheels slip includes an imager, provided in a moving object, for imaging a traveling surface such that a shift amount of each pixel at a time when an imaging target surface has shifted varies depending on a position of the pixel within an image, and the optical velocity measuring apparatus acquires a pixel shift amount gradient, which is a change in the shift amount of each pixel with respect to a predetermined axis, from a plurality of images captured by the imaging means in a time series and a velocity of the moving object from the pixel shift amount gradient is acquired.

Abstract: A control device capable of providing smooth movement even in a crowded environment is to be provided. The control device includes a movement processing section (101) that creates a movement plan that is information relating to movement of an autonomous mobile apparatus (1); a movement control section (21) that moves the autonomous mobile apparatus (1) according to the movement plan created by the movement processing section (101); a congestion degree estimating section (102) that calculates the degree of congestion in a movement direction of the autonomous mobile apparatus (1); a visual field estimating section (103) that estimates a visual field of a moving obstacle when the degree of congestion on an immediately front side of the autonomous mobile apparatus (1) is a predetermined value or higher; and an attention calling control section (104) that calls attention using an attention calling device (15) to enter the estimated visual field.

Abstract: According to the present device, a mobile robot system capable of estimating the occurrence of various risks within its environment and executing appropriate processing to achieve an objective is to be provided. A mobile robot system includes: an environment recognition unit for recognizing an external environment; a travelling unit; a travelling control unit which controls the travelling unit on the basis of environment information from the environment recognition unit; a calculation unit which generates a travelling command to the travelling control unit; a potential risk area recognition unit; and a risk occurrence condition detection unit. The calculation unit includes an objective setting unit, an occurring risk attribute recognition unit, and an own location recognition unit, and also includes a movement planning unit.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile device, an autonomous movement system, and an autonomous movement method, each having an obstacle avoidance capability, are provided. The autonomous mobile device includes an avoidance pattern determination unit for determining the travel pattern of the local device according to the state of motion, relative to the autonomous movement device, of a mobile obstacle other than the autonomous movement device; and a travel controller for causing the autonomous movement device to travel according to the travel pattern determined by the avoidance pattern determination unit. One of avoidance patterns is selected in accordance with a relative velocity to a mobile obstacle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile robot system which predicts, in an environment in which mobile objects such as people come and go, a place at which the possibility that a mobile object may appear is high and a potential mobile object and can efficiently avoid collision with a mobile object. The mobile robot system includes an outside world sensor that measures a position of an object in a surrounding environment, a traveling unit that displaces an own position, and a control unit that controls the traveling unit.

Abstract: When a moving body is remotely operated, a delay in transmission of an image and information acquired from the moving body becomes a problem since immediate transmission of an operation to the moving body cannot be expected. When a frame rate is decreased or a resolution is reduced to decrease the amount of image data to prevent transmission delay of the image data, it is difficult to grasp motions of other moving bodies. As a result, when a certain amount of time is required to transmit a camera image and a moving obstacle, the movement of the obstacle and the movement of the moving body are estimated. The estimated image is generated based on a current image, and is presented to an operator via a monitor. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce instability and a risk associated with transmission delay to safely operate the moving body.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an inverted pendulum moving apparatus that may address various kinds of disturbance forces and a control method therefor. The apparatus has one or more wheels coaxially arranged and a center of gravity of parts other than the wheel located above an axle, includes an inversion control part that discriminates a cause of a disturbance force based on a wheel rotation speed of the wheel and the disturbance force and determines output torque to the wheel based on the determination result.

Abstract: The invention is directed to detecting a boundary position between a foot and a lower leg of a person in an image acquired by an imaging unit, the boundary position being a substantial boundary part, in a lower limb, between the foot, which is a part from a malleolus to a tip part, and the lower leg; detecting a feature quantity that makes it possible to classify a ground and a part other than the ground in the image; setting, in a peripheral region around the boundary position, a plurality of local regions having positional information and/or direction information relative to the boundary position, and determining whether each of the local regions is the ground or the part other than the ground by using the feature quantity unique to the ground; determining a foot region from the local region determined as the part other than the ground; and estimating a direction of the foot of the person from the local region classified as the foot region and from the information.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inverted pendulum-type moving body having a pair of wheels suspended from the moving body, using a floor as a traveling plane, and is provided on the same plane vertical to its travelling direction, a driving mechanism for rotating these wheels, posture measurement means for measuring an inclination angular velocity of its upper body that a straight line connecting a center-of-gravity position of a body of the moving body and an axle of the one pair of wheels makes with a vertical direction, and a mechanism control part for maintaining an inverted state of the moving body by controlling the driving mechanism, by having a velocity planning device for performing a movement plan so that the upper body angular velocity and the upper body angle may be in a relationship of quadratic function when a velocity change is needed.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an inverted pendulum moving apparatus that may address various kinds of disturbance forces and a control method therefor. The apparatus has one or more wheels coaxially arranged and a center of gravity of parts other than the wheel located above an axle, includes an inversion control part that discriminates a cause of a disturbance force based on a wheel rotation speed of the wheel and the disturbance force and determines output torque to the wheel based on the determination result.