Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-propelled robotic tool navigation
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Application No.: US16069040Application Date: 2017-01-04
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Publication No.: US10852738B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Björn Mannefred , Stefan Grufman
- Applicant: HUSQVARNA AB
- Applicant Address: SE Huskvarna
- Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
- Current Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Huskvarna
- Agency: Burr & Forman, LLP
- Priority: SE1650022 20160111
- International Application: PCT/SE2017/050006 WO 20170104
- International Announcement: WO2017/123136 WO 20170720
- Main IPC: G05D1/02
- IPC: G05D1/02 ; B25J13/08 ; G06F19/00 ; A01D34/00 ; A47L9/28 ; A01D101/00

Abstract:
A method of navigating a self-propelled robotic tool comprises transmitting a wireless signal (66) along a first signal path between the robotic tool (14) and a first wireless interface of a base station (16) remote from the robotic tool (14); transmitting a wireless signal (66) along a second signal path between the robotic tool (14) and a second wireless interface of the base station (16), said second wireless interface being spatially separated from the first wireless interface by a separation distance; upon receipt, comparing the signal transmitted along the first signal path with the signal transmitted along the second signal path to obtain a propagation time difference between the signal transmitted along the first signal path and the signal transmitted along the second signal path, said propagation time difference defining a path length difference between said first and second signal paths; and calculating, based on the separation distance and the path length difference, a value representative of a bearing (φ) from the base station (16) to the robotic tool (14).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190025847A1 SELF-PROPELLERED ROBOTIC TOOL NAVIGATION Public/Granted day:2019-01-24
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