Patent · US Active

Systems and methods for performing occlusion detection

US9751210B2 · kind B2 · utility

42Cited by

35References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

iRobot Corporation · US

Inventors

Philip Fong · Pasadena, US
Jason Meltzer · Los Angeles, US
Marc Barnada Rius · Antsla, EE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 2015
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 2, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S901/47
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile robot configured to navigate an operating environment, that includes a machine vision system comprising a camera that captures images of the operating environment using a machine vision system; detects the presence of an occlusion obstructing a portion of the field of view of a camera based on the captured images, and generate a notification when an occlusion obstructing the portion of the field of view of the camera is detected, and maintain occlusion detection data describing occluded and unobstructed portions of images being used by the SLAM application.

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