Patent №
US 4,750,123
Granted
1988-06-07
Filed 1985
Owner
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, A CORP. OF DE.
Lab
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AI components
2
vision · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
06771459
In a manufacturing environment, a controllable mobile apparatus such as a mobile robot is guided through the manufacturing environment by a navigation system that utilizes fixed overhead cameras having a predefined viewing area. As the robot leaves a first viewing area there is an uncertainty as to which viewing area the robot will go into so that that camera may be monitored. The uncertainty is minimized by using a plurality of rings of uncertainty which overlap the surrounding areas. The uncertainty is continuously eliminating by drawing the circle of uncertainty into smaller and smaller area.
AI classification
Ownership
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, A CORP. OF DE.
assignment · 44820825
Assignors
CHRISTIAN, DONALD J.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.