Patent №
US 7,155,308
Granted
2006-12-26
Filed 2003
Owner
IROBOT CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
10453202
A robot obstacle detection system including a robot housing which navigates with respect to a surface and a sensor subsystem having a defined relationship with respect to the housing and aimed at the surface for detecting the surface. The sensor subsystem includes an optical emitter which emits a directed beam having a defined field of emission and a photon detector having a defined field of view which intersects the field of emission of the emitter at a region. A circuit in communication with a detector redirects the robot when the surface does not occupy the region to avoid obstacles. A similar system is employed to detect walls.
AI classification
Ownership
IROBOT CORPORATION
assignment · 141500455
Assignors
JONES, JOSEPH L.
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