Inventory system with high-speed corridors for autonomous surface vehicles
US11703861B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 24, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0238
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Aspects described herein include an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) for operation within an inventory system of an environment. The ASV includes a drive system, a docking system, a plurality of sensors, and a memory storing a map of the environment. The ASV further includes one or more computer processors configured to (i) detect, using a location sensor, a location of the ASV within the environment; (ii) control the drive system to actuate the ASV toward a corridor defined in the map at a first speed setting; and control the drive system to actuate the ASV through the corridor along at least one barrier defined in the map. A second, greater speed setting is applied when (i) the location sensor indicates that the ASV is within the corridor and (ii) one or more fiducials along the at least one barrier are visually detected by one or more proximity sensors.
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