Visual identifiers for docking and zoning an autonomous mower
US11934196B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D2111/10
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A lawn vehicle network includes a charging station having a visual identifier, a lawn vehicle having a battery, a blade system, a drive system whose output effects lawn vehicle forward movement, a processor board connected to both systems, the processor board capable of processing image data and sending commands to both systems, and a vision assembly connected to the processor board and able to transmit image data to the processor board, and the processor board, having received the image data, able to, if the image data represent a first object, maintain the drive system's output at the time of that determination, if the image data represent a second object, change the drive system's output at the time of that determination, and if the image data represent the visual identifier, maintain the drive system's output or send a shutoff command to the vision assembly at the time of that determination.
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