公开(公告)号：US20190176333A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US15840643

申请日：2017-12-13

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Joseph George Hager, IV ,  Michael R. Honeck ,  Jeremy Andrew Mika

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06T17/05

Abstract: A system for improving navigation of robots in a space with a plurality of pedestrians or other movable objects or obstacles. The system includes a traffic analysis assembly that has a traffic sensor(s) sensing movement of the obstacles in the space. The traffic analysis assembly further includes a processor running a flow module that processes (such as the Gunnar-Farneback optical flow algorithm) output from the traffic sensor to generate traffic analysis results, which include density values for the obstacles in the space and motion information for the obstacles in the space (e.g., speed and direction). The system includes a robot with a controller running a navigation module selecting a navigation route between a current location of the robot and a target location in the space using the traffic analysis result. The workspace is configured such that the obstacles such as pedestrians have unregulated flow patterns in the space.

公开(公告)号：US11590660B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US16447909

申请日：2019-06-20

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Kyle G. Freeman ,  Michael Fusco ,  Jeremy Andrew Mika ,  Michael Richard Honeck ,  Jon Hayes Snoddy ,  Shelley Short ,  Cory Rouse ,  Raymond J. Scanlon ,  Clifford Wong ,  Lance Duane Updyke ,  Jeremie Papon ,  Daniel Pike

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  A63G31/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G05B19/406 ,  G05B19/4155 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G01S17/89

Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.

公开(公告)号：US10688662B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15840643

申请日：2017-12-13

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Joseph George Hager, IV ,  Michael R. Honeck ,  Jeremy Andrew Mika

IPC: G05B19/18 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06T17/05 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A system for improving navigation of robots in a space with a plurality of pedestrians or other movable objects or obstacles. The system includes a traffic analysis assembly that has a traffic sensor(s) sensing movement of the obstacles in the space. The traffic analysis assembly further includes a processor running a flow module that processes (such as the Gunnar-Farneback optical flow algorithm) output from the traffic sensor to generate traffic analysis results, which include density values for the obstacles in the space and motion information for the obstacles in the space (e.g., speed and direction). The system includes a robot with a controller running a navigation module selecting a navigation route between a current location of the robot and a target location in the space using the traffic analysis result. The workspace is configured such that the obstacles such as pedestrians have unregulated flow patterns in the space.

公开(公告)号：US11890747B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US16447910

申请日：2019-06-20

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Jeremy Andrew Mika ,  Michael Richard Honeck ,  Kyle G. Freeman ,  Michael Fusco

IPC: G05B19/406 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B25J11/00 ,  A63G31/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G05B19/4155 ,  G01S17/89

CPC classification number: B25J11/0005 ,  A63G31/02 ,  B25J9/163 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  G05B19/406 ,  G05B19/4155 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G05B2219/50193 ,  G05B2219/50391

Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.

公开(公告)号：US11072073B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16871881

申请日：2020-05-11

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Joseph George Hager, IV ,  Michael R. Honeck ,  Jeremy Andrew Mika

IPC: G05B19/18 ,  G05B15/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G06T17/05 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A system for improving navigation of robots in a space with a plurality of pedestrians or other movable objects or obstacles. The system includes a traffic analysis assembly that has a traffic sensor(s) sensing movement of the obstacles in the space. The traffic analysis assembly further includes a processor running a flow module that processes (such as the Gunnar-Farneback optical flow algorithm) output from the traffic sensor to generate traffic analysis results, which include density values for the obstacles in the space and motion information for the obstacles in the space (e.g., speed and direction). The system includes a robot with a controller running a navigation module selecting a navigation route between a current location of the robot and a target location in the space using the traffic analysis result. The workspace is configured such that the obstacles such as pedestrians have unregulated flow patterns in the space.

公开(公告)号：US11154991B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16447912

申请日：2019-06-20

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Jeremy Andrew Mika ,  Michael Richard Honeck ,  Michael Fusco

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  A63G31/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G05B19/406 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05B19/4155 ,  G01S17/89

Abstract: An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.

公开(公告)号：US20200276710A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-03

申请号：US16871881

申请日：2020-05-11

Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.

Inventor： Joseph George Hager, IV ,  Michael R. Honeck ,  Jeremy Andrew Mika

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  G06T17/05 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A system for improving navigation of robots in a space with a plurality of pedestrians or other movable objects or obstacles. The system includes a traffic analysis assembly that has a traffic sensor(s) sensing movement of the obstacles in the space. The traffic analysis assembly further includes a processor running a flow module that processes (such as the Gunnar-Farneback optical flow algorithm) output from the traffic sensor to generate traffic analysis results, which include density values for the obstacles in the space and motion information for the obstacles in the space (e.g., speed and direction). The system includes a robot with a controller running a navigation module selecting a navigation route between a current location of the robot and a target location in the space using the traffic analysis result. The workspace is configured such that the obstacles such as pedestrians have unregulated flow patterns in the space.