Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-calibrating sensors and actuators for unmanned vehicles
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Application No.: US15691643Application Date: 2017-08-30
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Publication No.: US10012981B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Kareem Shehata , Prasenjit Mukherjee , Anthony Tod , Teyvonia Thomas , Yan Ma
- Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
- Agent Kuyler Neable
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
An apparatus, method, and system of self-calibrating sensors and actuators for unmanned vehicles is provided, which includes an unmanned vehicle comprising: a chassis; a propulsion system; one or more sensors configured to sense features around the chassis; a memory; a communication interface; and a processor configured to: operate the propulsion system in a guided calibration mode; automatically switch operation of the propulsion system to an autonomous calibration mode when a degree of certainty on a calibration of one or more of sensor data and a position of the chassis is above a first threshold value associated with safe operation of the propulsion system in the autonomous calibration mode; thereafter, operate the propulsion system in the autonomous calibration mode; and, automatically switch operation of the propulsion system to an operational mode when the degree of certainty is above a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180004200A1 SELF-CALIBRATING SENSORS AND ACTUATORS FOR UNMANNED VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2018-01-04
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