公开(公告)号：US12019452B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17042840

申请日：2019-03-26

申请人： JABIL INC.

发明人： Howard Cochran ,  Charles Martin

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G05D1/20 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G06T7/593 ,  G06V20/10

CPC分类号： G05D1/0238 ,  B25J9/1666 ,  B25J9/1676 ,  B25J19/023 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/20 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G06T7/593 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G05D1/0248 ,  G06T2207/10028

摘要： An apparatus, system and method of operating an autonomous mobile robot having a height of at least one meter. The robot body; at least two three-dimensional depth camera sensors affixed to the robot body proximate to the height, wherein the sensors are directed toward a floor surface and, in combination, comprise a substantially 360 degree field of view of the floor surface around the robot body; and a processing system for receiving pixel data within the field of view of the sensors; obtaining missing or erroneous pixels from the pixel data; comparing the missing or erroneous pixels to a template, wherein the template comprises at least an indication of ones of the missing or erroneous pixels indicative of the robot body and a shadow of the robot body; and outputting an indication of obstacles in or near the field of view based on the comparing.

公开(公告)号：US20240208642A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US17927322

申请日：2021-05-21

申请人： NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY

发明人： Russell PHILLIPS ,  Paul Damian MOONEY

IPC分类号： B64C27/24 ,  B64C39/12 ,  B64D27/10 ,  B64D27/31 ,  B64D27/33 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G05D109/25

CPC分类号： B64C27/24 ,  B64C39/12 ,  B64D27/10 ,  B64D27/31 ,  B64D27/33 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G05D2109/254

摘要： This invention relates to a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, a method of controlling a VTOL aircraft, and a control system for controlling the VTOL aircraft. The aircraft comprises an airframe having a wing extending along a transverse axis and attached to a fuselage extending between a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, and an empennage or canard. An array of electric rotors is fixedly mounted to the airframe. Front and rear internal combustion engines are pivotably mounted to the fuselage and are displaceable between lift positions in which the front and rear rotors are oriented to provide vertical lift to the aircraft for vertical flight and propulsion positions in which the front and rear rotors are oriented to provide forward thrust to the aircraft for horizontal flight. The front and rear rotors provide a majority, or all, of the vertical lift to the aircraft during vertical flight.

公开(公告)号：US20240319731A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18614044

申请日：2024-03-22

申请人： DEKA Products Limited Partnership

发明人： Dean KAMEN ,  Sai Sravan MANNE ,  John M. KERWIN ,  Boris V.P. BIDAULT ,  Benjamin V. HERSH ,  Edward H. AMES ,  Qingtian LI ,  Rishabh BHATIA

IPC分类号： G05D1/22 ,  G05D1/69

CPC分类号： G05D1/22 ,  G05D1/69

摘要： Disclosed is a method of controlling of a robot including evaluating whether a requestor of control over the robot has a privilege to do so, and if so, then recognizing the authority of the requestor. Disclosed is method of controlling a robot including selecting a point and/or a route for the robot and invoking a control that enables transmitting instructions to which a robot may respond by traveling to the point and/or along the route.

公开(公告)号：US20240255950A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18565404

申请日：2022-08-19

申请人： MERLIN LABS, INC.

发明人： Alexander Naiman ,  Cynthia Comer ,  Molly Connolly

IPC分类号： G05D1/22 ,  G05D101/15 ,  G05D109/20 ,  G05D111/20 ,  G10L15/16

CPC分类号： G05D1/22 ,  G10L15/16 ,  G05D2101/15 ,  G05D2109/20 ,  G05D2111/20

摘要： The method can include: determining sensor information with an aircraft sensor suite: based on the sensor information, determining a flight command using a set of models: validating the flight command S130; and facilitating execution of a validated flight command. The method can optionally include generating a trained model. However, the method S100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable elements. The method can function to facilitate aircraft control based on autonomously generated flight commands. The method can additionally or alternatively function to achieve human-in-the-loop autonomous aircraft control, and/or can function to generate a trained neural network based on validation of autonomously generated aircraft flight commands.

公开(公告)号：US20240315159A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18735270

申请日：2024-06-06

申请人： Kubota Corporation

发明人： Shunsuke MIYASHITA ,  Toru TAMBO ,  Mitsuaki NAGAO

IPC分类号： A01B69/04 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G05D109/10 ,  G06V20/10

CPC分类号： A01B69/008 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G05D2109/10

摘要： An agricultural machine includes an image recognition system to detect a row region including at least one of a crop and a ridge on a ground surface of a field, traveling equipment including a wheel responsible for steering, a controller configured or programmed to control the traveling equipment, and a start switch to give a command to start row-following travel where the controller is configured or programmed to control the traveling equipment to travel along the row region as detected by the image recognition system.

公开(公告)号：US20240219903A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18408719

申请日：2024-01-10

申请人： Skydio, Inc.

发明人： Brett Michael Bethke ,  Bernard J. Michini ,  Jonathan Anders Lovegren ,  Patrick Michael Bouffard

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G05D1/221 ,  G05D1/222 ,  G05D1/228 ,  G05D1/49 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U101/30

CPC分类号： G05D1/0016 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G05D1/221 ,  G05D1/222 ,  G05D1/228 ,  G05D1/49 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  B64D47/08 ,  B64U10/13 ,  B64U2101/30 ,  B64U2201/10 ,  B64U2201/104 ,  B64U2201/20

摘要： Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for unmanned aerial vehicle modular command priority determination and filtering system. One of the methods includes enabling control of the UAV by a first control source that provides modular commands to the UAV, each modular command being a command associated with performance of one or more actions by the UAV. Modular commands from a second control source requesting control of the UAV are received. The second control source is determined to be in control of the UAV based on priority information associated with each control source. Control of the UAV is enabled by the second control source, and modular commands are implemented.

公开(公告)号：US20240176355A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18529301

申请日：2023-12-05

申请人： ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC

发明人： Kameshwar Durvasula ,  William Londono Correa

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  E04H4/16 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G05D1/221 ,  G05D1/223 ,  G05D1/249 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N23/66 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/90 ,  H04N23/50

CPC分类号： G05D1/0246 ,  E04H4/1654 ,  G05D1/22 ,  G05D1/221 ,  G05D1/223 ,  G05D1/249 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N23/66 ,  G06T7/001 ,  G06T7/90 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  H04N23/555

摘要： A pool cleaning system for cleaning debris from a submerged surface of a swimming pool includes a self-propelled pool cleaner having rotatably-mounted supports for supporting and guiding the cleaner on the pool surface; an electric motor for enabling the rotation of the rotatably-mounted supports on the pool surface; at least one camera to capture imagery of the pool surface; a controller, in electronic communication with the at least one camera, to determine a cleanliness characteristic of the pool surface on which the cleaner has passed based on the camera imagery and generate a control signal to direct movement of the cleaner based on the cleanliness characteristic of the pool surface, and a portable electronic device configured to present a graphic on a display, the graphic depicting the submerged surface of the pool and those portions of the surface that remain uncleaned as the cleaner traverses the pool surface.