US 8,706,297 B2
METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A DESIRED AREA OF CONFINEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS ROBOT AND AUTONOMOUS ROBOT IMPLEMENTING A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE SAMEGeneral
US 8,706,297 B2
METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A DESIRED AREA OF CONFINEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS ROBOT AND AUTONOMOUS ROBOT IMPLEMENTING A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE SAME
Tech Center:
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security and License and Review
Examiner:
Muhammad Shafi
Art Unit:
3667 Computerized Vehicle Controls and Navigation, Radio Wave, Optical and Acoustic Wave Communication, Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
Agent:
The Belles Group, P.C.
Inventors:
Michael Todd Letsky
Assignee:
Priority:
06/18/10
Filed:
04/20/12
Granted:
04/22/14
Expiration:
06/18/29
Abstract
A method of establishing an area of confinement and an autonomous robot for performing a task within the area of confinement. In one aspect, the invention can be a method of defining an area of confinement for an autonomous robot comprising: a) positioning the autonomous robot at a first location point P1, the autonomous robot comprising a location tracking unit, and recording the first location point P1 within a memory device; b) moving the autonomous robot from the first location point P1 to a plurality of location points P2-N and recording each of the plurality of location points P2-N within the memory device; and c) defining, with a central processing unit, a first closed-geometry comprising the first location point P1 and the plurality of location points P2-N as a perimeter of the area of confinement within the memory device.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G05G05D1/0242G05DA47L2201/06A47LA01D2101/00A01D