Patent · US Active

Systems and methods for performing occlusion detection

US10391630B2 · kind B2 · utility

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40References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

iRobot Corporation · US

Inventors

Philip Fong · Pasadena, US
Jason Meltzer · Los Angeles, US
Marc Barnada Rius · la Cellera de Ter, ES

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 25, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/47
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile robot configured to navigate an operating environment, that includes a machine vision system comprising a camera that captures images of the operating environment using a machine vision system; detects the presence of an occlusion obstructing a portion of the field of view of a camera based on the captured images, and generate a notification when an occlusion obstructing the portion of the field of view of the camera is detected, and maintain occlusion detection data describing occluded and unobstructed portions of images being used by the SLAM application.

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