Safety based road map navigation

US8626444B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Inventors

• Mo Li · Irvine, US
• Yunhao Liu · Beijing, CN
• Jiliang Wang · Beijing, CN
• Xi Zhou · Plano, US
• Jinsong Han · Hong Kong, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D1/0274
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate safety-oriented navigation through a local environment that presents emergency dynamics. The architecture can facilitate monitoring of deployed sensors constituting a sensor network, even for cases in which sensor locations are not known in advance such as for rapid or random deployment.