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公开(公告)号：US20170038776A1
公开(公告)日：2017-02-09
申请号：US14883698
申请日：2015-10-15
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS, INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Yan Ma , Alex Bencz
CPC classification number: G05D1/0278 , G05D1/0022 , G05D1/0274 , G05D2201/0201 , G05D2201/0216
Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for implementation of variable references frames in unmanned vehicles is provided, which includes an unmanned vehicle comprising: a chassis; a propulsion system configured to move the chassis; sensor(s) configured to sense features around the chassis; a memory storing a global reference frame associated with an environment within which the chassis is to move; a communication interface; and a processor configured to: receive, using the interface, a command to move to a given coordinate in the global reference frame; control the propulsion system to move the chassis to the given coordinate; when the chassis is at the given coordinate, determine, using the sensor(s), that a given feature is detected; and, when so: automatically cease controlling the propulsion system according to the global reference frame; automatically move the chassis according to a local reference frame defined with reference to a point associated with the given feature.
Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于在无人驾驶车辆中实现可变参考帧的系统，方法和装置，其包括：无人驾驶车辆，包括：底盘; 配置成移动所述底盘的推进系统; 传感器被配置为感测机箱周围的特征; 存储与所述底盘要移动的环境相关联的全局参考帧的存储器; 通信接口; 以及处理器，被配置为：使用所述接口接收移动到所述全局参考帧中的给定坐标的命令; 控制推进系统将底盘移动到给定坐标; 当底盘处于给定坐标时，使用传感器确定检测到给定特征; 并且如果这样：根据全局参考框架自动停止对推进系统的控制; 根据参考与给定特征相关联的点定义的本地参考框架自动移动机箱。
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公开(公告)号：US12298146B2
公开(公告)日：2025-05-13
申请号：US17864623
申请日：2022-07-14
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Jason Scharlach , Andrew Clifford Blakey , Simon Drexler , James Dustin Servos
Abstract: Systems and methods for a stand-alone self-driving material-transport vehicle are provided. A method includes: displaying a graphical map on a graphical user-interface device based on a map stored in a storage medium of the vehicle, receiving a navigation instruction based on the graphical map, and navigating the vehicle based on the navigation instruction. As the vehicle navigates, it senses features of an industrial facility using its sensor system, and locates the features relative to the map. Subsequently, the vehicle stores the updated map including the feature on the vehicle's storage medium. The map can then be shared with other vehicles or a fleet-management system.
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公开(公告)号：US12099368B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-24
申请号：US17574981
申请日：2022-01-13
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： Smriti Chopra , Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Shahab Kaynama , Pavel Bovbel , Andrei Petru Ionescu , Jason Mercer
CPC classification number: G05D1/0293 , G05D1/0297 , G07C5/008 , H04W4/44 , H04W4/46 , H04L67/12 , H04W4/02 , H04W4/023 , H04W4/027
Abstract: Systems and methods for providing inter-vehicle communication are disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a fleet management system, operating data from one or more self-driving vehicles via a communication network, and operating the fleet management system to determine a characteristic of a set of vehicles of one or more self-driving vehicles satisfies at least one communication condition. In response to determining the set of vehicles satisfies the at least one communication condition, the fleet management system can operate to select a stored data portion from a manager storage unit based at least on the characteristic of the set of vehicles; and transmit the data portion to the set of vehicles via the communication network. A method of providing inter-vehicle communication between one or more self-driving vehicles is also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US12073357B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-27
申请号：US18096647
申请日：2023-01-13
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Simon Drexler , Roydyn Clayton
IPC: G06F7/00 , G05B19/418 , G05D1/00 , G06Q10/087
CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 , G05B19/4184 , G05B19/41865 , G05B19/41895 , G05D1/0238 , G05D1/0291 , G05D1/0297 , Y02P90/02
Abstract: Systems and methods for autonomous provision replenishment are disclosed. Parts used in a manufacturing process are stored in an intermediate stock queue. When the parts are consumed by the manufacturing process and the number of parts in the queue falls below a threshold, a provision-replenishment signal is generated. One or more self-driving material-transport vehicles, a fleet-management system, and a provision-notification device.
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公开(公告)号：US20240270240A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-15
申请号：US18645748
申请日：2024-04-25
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Yvan Geoffrey Rodrigues , Matthew Lord , Ivor Wanders , Jason Mercer , James Servos , Roydyn Clayton
IPC: B60W30/09 , B60W30/165 , G01C21/34 , G01C21/36
CPC classification number: B60W30/09 , B60W30/165 , G01C21/343 , G01C21/3667
Abstract: The various embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods for operating one or more self-driving vehicles. In some embodiments, the self-driving vehicles may include a vehicle processor being operable to: control the vehicle to navigate an operating environment in an initial vehicle navigation mode; monitor for one or more trigger conditions indicating a possible change for the vehicle navigation mode; detect a trigger condition; determine a prospective vehicle navigation mode associated with the detected trigger condition; determine whether to change from the initial vehicle navigation mode to the prospective vehicle navigation mode; and in response to determining to change from the initial vehicle navigation mode to the prospective vehicle navigation mode, adjust one or more vehicle attributes corresponding to the prospective vehicle navigation mode, otherwise continue to operate the vehicle in the initial vehicle navigation mode.
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公开(公告)号：US11906961B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-20
申请号：US17220111
申请日：2021-04-01
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Kareem Shehata , Prasenjit Mukherjee , Anthony Tod , Teyvonia Thomas , Yan Ma
CPC classification number: G05D1/0011 , G05D1/024 , G05D1/0246 , G05D2201/0216
Abstract: Systems and methods of unmanned vehicles having self-calibrating sensors and actuators are provided. The unmanned vehicle comprises a communication interface and a processor for controlling a propulsion system of the vehicle and receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle. The processor is configured to operate in a guided calibration mode by controlling the propulsion system according to commands received from an external guided control system, while processing the sensor data to determine a degree of certainty on a calibration the sensor data and a position of the vehicle. The processor determines that the degree of certainty is above a threshold value associated with safe operation of the propulsion system in an autonomous calibration mode, and subsequently switch operation of the propulsion system to the autonomous calibration mode based on the determination that the degree of certainty is above the threshold value.
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公开(公告)号：US11898849B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-13
申请号：US18066629
申请日：2022-12-15
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： James Dustin Servos , Ryan Christopher Gariepy
CPC classification number: G01C21/206 , G01C21/32 , G01C21/3837 , G05D1/0246 , G06V20/56 , G05D1/0274
Abstract: Systems and methods for updating an electronic map of a facility are disclosed. The electronic map includes a set of map nodes. Each map node has a stored image data associated with a position within the facility. The method includes collecting image data at a current position of a self-driving material-transport vehicle; searching the electronic map for at least one of a map node associated with the current position and one or more neighboring map nodes within a neighbor threshold to the current position; comparing the collected image data with the stored image data of the at least one of the map node and the one or more neighboring map nodes to determine a dissimilarity level. The electronic map may be updated based at least on the collected image data and the dissimilarity level. The image data represents one or more features observable from the current position.
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公开(公告)号：US11556136B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-17
申请号：US17153133
申请日：2021-01-20
Applicant: CLEARPATH ROBOTICS INC.
Inventor： Ryan Christopher Gariepy , Andrew Dobson , Nir Rikovitch , William John Alexander Torrens , Roydyn Clayton
IPC: G05D1/02 , G05B19/418
Abstract: Systems and methods for flexible conveyance in an assembly-line or manufacturing process are disclosed. A fleet of self-driving vehicles and a fleet-management system can be used to convey workpieces through a sequence of workstations at which operations are performed in order to produce a finished assembly. An assembly can be transported to a first workstation using a self-driving vehicle, where an operation is performed on the assembly. Subsequently, the assembly can be transported to a second workstation using the self-driving vehicle. The operation can be performed on the assembly while it is being conveyed by the self-driving vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US11520333B1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-06
申请号：US17835420
申请日：2022-06-08
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： Simon Drexler , Ryan Christopher Gariepy
Abstract: Systems and methods for operating robotic equipment in a controlled zone are presented. The system comprises one or more self-driving material-transport vehicles having at least one sensor, non-transitory computer-readable media, and a processor in communication with the at least one sensor and media. The media stores computer instructions that configure the processor to move the vehicle towards the controlled zone in a normal mode of operation, capture environmental data associated with the controlled zone using the at least one sensor, determine environmental-change data based on comparing the captured environmental data with known-good environmental data, and operating the vehicle in a safe mode of operation based on the environmental-change data.
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50.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11422569B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-23
申请号：US16118590
申请日：2018-08-31
Applicant: Clearpath Robotics Inc.
Inventor： Utsav Pardasani , Daniel Cantor , David William Bergsma , Kenneth James Sherk , Matthew Kingston Bedard , Matthew Allen Rendall , Ryan Christopher Gariepy
IPC: G05D1/02 , G05D1/00 , G05B19/418
Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a mission for a self-driving material-transport vehicle are presented. The system comprises at least one self-driving material-transport vehicle, at least one programmable logic controller, at least one field instrument, and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium in communication with at least one processor. An application signal is received from the programmable logic controller based on an activation signal from the field instrument. A mission is generated by the application signal and a mission template, and the mission is transmitted to the self-driving material-transport vehicle. In some cases, the application signal may be based on OPC-UA, and the mission and/or mission template may be based on a REST protocol.
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