Patent ID: 11865695
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A humanoid hugging assembly for facilitating a user to receive a hug, said assembly comprising:
a humanoid animatronic having a torso and a pair of arms and a pair of hands each being disposed on a respective one of said arms, said pair of arms being positionable in a resting position having said arms extending downwardly along said torso and having a palm of each of said hands facing said torso, each of said arms being positionable in an invitation position having each of said arms extending downwardly along said torso and having said palm of each of said hands being directed forwardly with respect to said torso wherein said pair of arms is configured to visually alert a user to approach said humanoid animatronic, each of said arms being positionable in a hugging position having each of said arms being crossed in front of said torso wherein said pair of arms is configured to embrace the user;
a base being disposed on a bottom end of said torso wherein said base is configured to be positioned on a support surface having said humanoid torso being vertically oriented;
a motion sensor being integrated into said humanoid animatronic wherein said motion sensor is configured to sense motion of the user approaching said humanoid animatronic;
a motion unit being integrated into said humanoid animatronic, said motion unit being in mechanical communication with each of said arms, said motion unit being in a normally de-actuated condition having each of said arms being positioned in said resting position, said motion unit actuating each of said arms into said invitation position when said motion sensor senses motion, said motion unit actuated each of said arms into said hugging position when a predetermined duration of time has passed when motion sensor senses motion;
wherein said motion unit comprises a control circuit being integrated into the humanoid animatronic, said control circuit receiving an invitation input, said control circuit receiving a hug input, said control circuit receiving a de-actuate input, said control circuit including an electronic timer, said electronic timer counting, down a pre-determined duration of time when said control circuit receives said hug input, said control circuit receiving said de-actuate input when said electronic timer finishes counting down said pre-determined duration of time; and
wherein said motion unit includes a pair of wrist servos, each of said wrist servos being disposed in a wrist of a respective one of said arms, each of said wrist servos being electrically coupled to said control circuit, each of said wrist servos being actuated to rotate a respective one of said hands such that said palm of each of said hands faces forwardly when said control circuit receives said invitation input, each of said wrist servos being actuated to rotate said respective hand such that said palm of said respective hand faces said torso when said control circuit receives said hug input, each of said wrist servos being de-actuated when said control circuit receives said de-actuate input.