公开(公告)号：US10814487B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-27

申请号：US15877192

申请日：2018-01-22

Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Inventor： Michael R. Honeck ,  Shelley O. Short ,  Jerry Rees ,  Kyle G. Freeman ,  Cory J. Rouse ,  Jeremy A. Mika ,  Michael Fusco

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W4/33 ,  H04W4/024 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A self-guiding automaton includes sensors, a hardware processor, and a memory storing a self-guidance software code. The hardware processor executes the self-guidance software code to detect a location and/or travel path of one or more human being(s) in a pedestrian environment using the sensors, and identify a self-guided path forward in the pedestrian environment based on the location and/or travel path of each human being(s). The self-guidance software code also determines a social cue for communicating the self-guided path forward to the human being(s), detects any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s) using the sensors, determines a pedestrian safety score of the self-guided path forward based on the location and/or travel path and any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s), and moves the automaton along the self-guided path forward if the pedestrian safety score satisfies a safety threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20190224850A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US15877192

申请日：2018-01-22

Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Inventor： Michael R. Honeck ,  Shelley O. Short ,  Jerry Rees ,  Kyle G. Freeman ,  Cory J. Rouse ,  Jeremy A. Mika ,  Michael Fusco

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  H04W4/33 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W4/024 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A self-guiding automaton includes sensors, a hardware processor, and a memory storing a self-guidance software code. The hardware processor executes the self-guidance software code to detect a location and/or travel path of one or more human being(s) in a pedestrian environment using the sensors, and identify a self -guided path forward in the pedestrian environment based on the location and/or travel path of each human being(s). The self-guidance software code also determines a social cue for communicating the self-guided path forward to the human being(s), detects any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s) using the sensors, determines a pedestrian safety score of the self-guided path forward based on the location and/or travel path and any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s), and moves the automaton along the self-guided path forward if the pedestrian safety score satisfies a safety threshold.