Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pairing a beacon with a mobile robot
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Application No.: US14807485Application Date: 2015-07-23
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Publication No.: US11115798B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Andrew Beaulieu , Brian Yamauchi , Erik Steltz
- Applicant: iRobot Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W8/00
- IPC: H04W8/00 ; A01D34/00 ; G01S1/02 ; G01S1/68 ; A01D101/00

Abstract:
A method performed by a mobile lawn mowing robot includes pairing a beacon with the mobile lawn mowing robot. Pairing the beacon with the mobile lawn mowing robot includes determining a distance between the beacon and the mobile lawn mowing robot and confirming that the beacon is within a pairing distance from the mobile lawn mowing robot based on a comparison of the determined distance to a pairing distance. Pairing the beacon with the mobile robot lawn mowing robot further includes, subsequent to confirming that the beacon is within the pairing distance from the mobile lawn mowing robot, pairing the beacon with the mobile lawn mowing robot, and, following pairing, detecting wideband or ultra-wideband signals from the beacon, and using the wideband or ultra-wideband signals to enable navigation over an area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170026818A1 PAIRING A BEACON WITH A MOBILE ROBOT Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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