Abstract:
Système permettant d'éviter des obstacles dans la trajectoire d'un véhicule, comprenant un assemblage capteur (24) possédant un champ de vision (575) avec une pluralité de secteurs (576, 578, 580) permettant de détecter la distance d'objets à l'intérieur de chaque secteur. Le système comprend en outre un élément (528) qui permet d'identifier des secteurs comportant des obstacles où des objets sont détectés avec une portée prédéterminée et qui sélectionne un secteur dégagé ayant un alignement proche de la direction du chemin pour déterminer autour de l'objet un chemin dégagé proche du chemin original.
Abstract in simplified Chinese:本发明系揭露一种利用超音波与电脑视觉侦测之自动导航设备及其导航方法,首先让一用户带领一自动导航设备,使自动导航设备学习并规划一航行路径,接着使自动导航设备独立导航,且于此时可利用超音波与电脑视觉侦测周围环境,并借此比对航行路径,以校正自动导航设备之实际航行路线,本发明可让不会使用电脑的普罗大众,不必接触电脑,也能使用自动移动设备作交互,加以本发明是利用电脑视觉及超音波侦测,更能降低制造商在硬件方面的成本。
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Basisfahrzeug (10) für ein Aufklärungsfahrzeug (22), das einen Antrieb (18) zur Fortbewegung des Basisfahrzeugs (10) sowie eine Steuerung zur unbemannten Fortbewegung des Basisfahrzeugs (10) umfasst. Außerdem umfasst das Basisfahrzeug (10) eine Energietransfereinheit (12) zum Transferieren von Energie an mindestens ein unbemanntes Aufklärungsfahrzeug (22) und eine Kommunikationseinheit mit einer Drahtlosschnittstelle zumindest zum Austausch von Positionsdaten des Basisfahrzeugs (10) mit dem mindestens einen Aufklärungsfahrzeug (22). Ferner betrifft die Erfindung ein Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Basisfahrzeugs (10) sowie ein System mit mindestens einem Basisfahrzeug (10) und mindestens einem Aufklärungsfahrzeug (22).
Abstract:
Control units (10) for use with unmanned vehicles (12) include an input device (50) that moves in response to a user input, sensors (70) coupled to the input device (50), and a controller (16). The sensors (70) generate outputs related to the movement of the input device (50). The controller (16) determines a target displacement of the unmanned vehicle (12) based on the outputs of the sensors (70), and generates a control input related to the target displacement. The control input, when received by the unmanned vehicle (12), causes the unmanned vehicle (12) to substantially attain the target displacement. The position of the vehicle (12) is thus controlled by directly controlling the displacement of the vehicle (12).
Abstract:
A cleaning robot is provided. The cleaning robot includes a main body, a moving assembly to move the main body around a home, an imaging unit to obtain images around the main body, a controller to generate a map of the home using the obtained images, and a communication unit to transmit the generated map to a home monitoring apparatus. A procedure to match location and type information of electric devices to a two-Dimensional (2D) or three-Dimensional (3D) map of the home may be automated. As described above, the map of the home may be realistically generated by utilizing a map generated by the cleaning robot and inconvenience experienced by a user to manually register electric devices located in each room of the home may be solved by automatically registering the electric devices.
Abstract:
Destination positional information regarding a position of a destination with respect to a moving device and topographical characteristics information regarding characteristics of topography in the surroundings of the moving device are acquired. Weight information for calculating a value correlation information that correlates with the value of a path to the destination from the destination positional information and the topographical characteristics information is stored in a storage portion. The value correlation information regarding one or a plurality of paths to the destination is calculated based on the weight information, the destination positional information and the topographical characteristics information. The value of the one or the plurality of paths to the destination is estimated based on the value correlation information.
Abstract:
A solution for estimating the pose of a platform, such as a vehicle, is provided. Data from a plurality of types of sensing devices located on the platform can be used to independently calculate a plurality of preliminary estimates corresponding to the pose. A plurality of estimates corresponding to the pose can be generated using the preliminary estimates and at least one covariance matrix. One or more entries in the covariance matrix are adjusted based on an uncertainty for the corresponding preliminary estimate. The uncertainty can vary based on time, distance, and/or velocity of the platform.
Abstract:
An operator control unit having a user interface that allows a user to control a remote vehicle, the operator control unit comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the remote vehicle; a receiver unit configured to receive data from the remote vehicle, the data received from the remote vehicle comprising image data captured by the remote vehicle; and a display unit configured to display a user interface comprising the image data received from the remote vehicle and icons representing a plurality of controllable elements of the remote vehicle, and configured to allow the user to input a control command to control at least one of the plurality of controllable elements. Inputting a control command to control the at least one controllable element comprises selecting the icon representing the at least one controllable element, and inputting an action for the at least one controllable element.