Communicative self-guiding automation
US10814487B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/10
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A self-guiding automaton includes sensors, a hardware processor, and a memory storing a self-guidance software code. The hardware processor executes the self-guidance software code to detect a location and/or travel path of one or more human being(s) in a pedestrian environment using the sensors, and identify a self-guided path forward in the pedestrian environment based on the location and/or travel path of each human being(s). The self-guidance software code also determines a social cue for communicating the self-guided path forward to the human being(s), detects any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s) using the sensors, determines a pedestrian safety score of the self-guided path forward based on the location and/or travel path and any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s), and moves the automaton along the self-guided path forward if the pedestrian safety score satisfies a safety threshold.
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