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Mobile autonomous updating of GIS maps

US8200423B2 · kind B2 · utility

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37Claims

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Assignee

Adept Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jeanne Dietsch · Peterborough, US
William Kennedy · Issaquah, US
Matthew LaFary · Peterborough, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2011
Grant date	Jun 12, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D1/0278
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for mobile autonomous updating of GIS maps is provided, comprising an autonomous mobile data collecting platform with a map identifying one or more GIS features. The platform has at least one data collecting sensor for collecting data for at least one of the GIS features and patrols at least a portion of a region included in the map while updating its GIS position as it patrols. The autonomous mobile data collecting platform applies the at least one data collecting sensor during patrolling to collect data for at least one of the GIS features and updates the GIS map to reflect differential data collected for at least one GIS feature.

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