Patent ID: 8315454
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. A robot apparatus comprising: data-acquiring means for acquiring data, externally and/or internally; subject-identifying means for identifying a subject performing an action, by using the data externally acquired; condition-recognizing means for recognizing external conditions and/or internal conditions, by using the data externally acquired and/or the data internally acquired; action-pattern acquiring means for acquiring an action pattern of the subject, by using the data externally acquired; storage means for storing action data representing the action of the subject, in association with condition data and subject identification data, the condition data representing conditions external and/or internal of the robot apparatus, and the subject identification data identifying the subject; and action-performing means for searching the storage means to select an action based on at least a remaining power of a power source of the robot apparatus and joint angles of the robot apparatus and performing the action, wherein the external conditions and/or internal conditions include live video data background represented by a vector formed by values of individual components of a histogram that is obtained from the live video data, wherein the actions performed by the action-performing means imitates a predetermined action of the subject, the predetermined action being habitually performed by the subject under the recognized external conditions; and wherein the action-performing means performs an action represented by the action data stored in the storage means, in accordance with the identification data and the external and/or internal condition data, when the subject-identifying means identifies the subject.