Zone engine for providing context-augmented map layer

US11256259B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Locus Robotics Corp. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Whitaker · Canton, US
• Bradley Powers · Lowell, US
• Michael C. Johnson · Alameda, US
• Sean Johnson · Danvers, US
• Thomas Moore · Edinburgh, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 19, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2022
• Expiry date: May 22, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/08
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for contextually mapping zones within a space for regulating robotic navigation within the space include defining, by at least one fiducial marker positioned within the space, a zone within the space, associating a rule with the zone, the rule at least partially dictating operation of one or more robots within the zone, and operating the one or more robots within the zone consistent with the rule.