Monitoring of surface touch points for precision cleaning
US11642780B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/07
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system includes a robotic device, a sensor disposed on the robotic device, and circuitry configured to perform operations. The operations include determining a map that represents stationary features of an environment and receiving, from the sensor, sensor data representing the environment. The operations also include determining, based on the sensor data, a representation of an actor within the environment, where the representation includes keypoints representing corresponding body locations of the actor. The operations also include determining that a portion of a particular stationary feature is positioned within a threshold distance of a particular keypoint and, based on thereon, updating the map to indicate that the portion is to be cleaned. The operations further include, based on the map as updated, causing the robotic device to clean the portion of the particular stationary feature.
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