公开(公告)号：US20240033146A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18485121

申请日：2023-10-11

Applicant: Ambulatus Robotics LLC

Inventor： Jess H. LONNER ,  Hashem ASHRAFIUON

IPC: A61G5/04 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J5/00 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/58 ,  G01S17/88 ,  B25J15/00

CPC classification number: A61G5/041 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D1/028 ,  B25J11/009 ,  B25J13/086 ,  B25J5/007 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/58 ,  G01S17/88 ,  B25J15/0019 ,  G05D2201/0206

Abstract: Disclosed is a robotic mobile support system configured to autonomously follow a subject with impaired mobility from a close but safe distance behind the subject and react to movements of the subject's torso and upper body to provide dynamic support for the subject and stop the subject from falling. The system comprises a mobile base vehicle, a robotic arm installed on the mobile base vehicle, and a LIDAR sensor for detecting the distance to a subject and the direction/speed of the subject. The robotic arm comprises one or more adjustable rear and side soft supports configured to support the subject and stop the subject from falling. The system can also comprise an onboard computer configured to process LIDAR data to control the movement of the mobile base vehicle and the robotic arm to stop the subject from falling.

公开(公告)号：US11842590B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17402727

申请日：2021-08-16

Applicant: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.

Inventor： Ole-Petter Skaaksrud ,  Frank Mayfield ,  Daniel Gates

IPC: B25J5/00 ,  G07C9/27 ,  B25J9/08 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G08G1/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  B60Q5/00 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  G06Q10/0833 ,  H04B1/3822 ,  G06Q10/0836 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06Q10/0875 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  B60P3/00 ,  B65G67/24 ,  H02J9/00 ,  B65D88/52 ,  B65D90/02 ,  B65D90/08 ,  B65D90/18 ,  G06Q10/0837 ,  B60G17/015 ,  G06Q10/0832 ,  G01C21/34 ,  H04W52/32 ,  B60C5/00 ,  G07C9/37 ,  G07C9/00 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  H04W84/20

CPC classification number: G07C9/27 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/08 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/163 ,  B25J9/1666 ,  B25J9/1679 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B60C5/005 ,  B60G17/0152 ,  B60P3/007 ,  B60Q5/005 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B65D88/524 ,  B65D90/023 ,  B65D90/08 ,  B65D90/18 ,  B65G1/1373 ,  B65G67/24 ,  G01C21/3438 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/021 ,  G05D1/027 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  G05D1/0223 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0276 ,  G05D1/0287 ,  G05D1/0295 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  G06Q10/0832 ,  G06Q10/0833 ,  G06Q10/0836 ,  G06Q10/0837 ,  G06Q10/0838 ,  G06Q10/0875 ,  G06Q30/0633 ,  G07C9/00182 ,  G07C9/00563 ,  G07C9/00571 ,  G07C9/00857 ,  G07C9/37 ,  G08G1/202 ,  H02J9/00 ,  H04B1/3822 ,  H04W52/322 ,  B60W2554/00 ,  G05B2219/39172 ,  G05B2219/50391 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0216 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G07C2009/0092 ,  H04W84/20

Abstract: A detachable modular mobile autonomy module (MAM) for a modular autonomous bot apparatus includes a housing with latching points, an autonomous controller, location circuitry, external sensors monitoring an environment external to the MAM and providing sensor data to the controller, multi-element light panels on the housing driven by the controller; and a modular component power and data bus. The bus has a bottom side modular component electronics interface disposed on the housing that mates to a corresponding interface on another proximately-attached modular component of the bot. The MAM receives sensor data from the external sensors, receives outside sensor data from additional sensors disposed on a mobility unit of the bot, generates steering and propulsion control output signals based on location data from the location circuitry, external sensor data, mobility unit sensor data, and destination information data maintained by the controller, and generates transport and delivery information for the light panels.

公开(公告)号：US11829145B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-28

申请号：US17211141

申请日：2021-03-24

Applicant: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.

Inventor： Eric Bergman ,  Jessica Steuber ,  David Yuds ,  Jonathan Leclerc

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G07C9/29 ,  B62D61/12 ,  G07C9/10 ,  G07C9/22 ,  B60B19/00 ,  B60B19/12

CPC classification number: G05D1/0212 ,  B62D61/12 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0276 ,  G07C9/10 ,  G07C9/22 ,  G07C9/29 ,  B60B19/003 ,  B60B19/12 ,  G05D2201/0206

Abstract: A delivery robot is provided for the delivery of home dialysis supplies to a home dwelling of a home dialysis patient. The delivery robot can be an autonomous delivery robot. The delivery robot can have an outdoor set of wheels or other traction devices, and an indoor set of wheels or other traction devices. The delivery robot can be configured to switch between an outdoor configuration for traversing an outdoor surface, and an indoor configuration for traversing an inside surface, inside the home of the home dialysis patient. A network is also provided and can include a robot delivery vehicle, a warehouse, a remote computer within the patient's home, or a combination thereof. Methods of delivering home dialysis supplies are also provided that utilize the delivery robot and network.

公开(公告)号：US11783657B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17381505

申请日：2021-07-21

Applicant: FEDEX CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.

Inventor： Ole-Petter Skaaksrud ,  Frank Mayfield ,  Daniel Gates

IPC: B60Q5/00 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B25J9/08 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G08G5/00 ,  B65D90/18 ,  G07C9/37 ,  B65G67/24 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  B65D90/08 ,  G07C9/27 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G08G1/00 ,  G06Q10/0833 ,  H04B1/3822 ,  G06Q10/0836 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B65G1/137 ,  G06Q10/0875 ,  G06Q30/0601 ,  B60P3/00 ,  H02J9/00 ,  B65D88/52 ,  B65D90/02 ,  G06Q10/0837 ,  B60G17/015 ,  G06Q10/0832 ,  G01C21/34 ,  H04W52/32 ,  B60C5/00 ,  G07C9/00 ,  H04W84/20

CPC classification number: G07C9/27 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/08 ,  B25J9/162 ,  B25J9/163 ,  B25J9/1666 ,  B25J9/1679 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B60C5/005 ,  B60G17/0152 ,  B60P3/007 ,  B60Q5/005 ,  B60W10/04 ,  B60W10/20 ,  B60W30/09 ,  B65D88/524 ,  B65D90/023 ,  B65D90/08 ,  B65D90/18 ,  B65G1/1373 ,  B65G67/24 ,  G01C21/3438 ,  G05D1/0011 ,  G05D1/0022 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/021 ,  G05D1/027 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  G05D1/0223 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0276 ,  G05D1/0287 ,  G05D1/0295 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06Q10/083 ,  G06Q10/0832 ,  G06Q10/0833 ,  G06Q10/0836 ,  G06Q10/0837 ,  G06Q10/0838 ,  G06Q10/0875 ,  G06Q30/0633 ,  G07C9/00182 ,  G07C9/00563 ,  G07C9/00571 ,  G07C9/00857 ,  G07C9/37 ,  G08G1/202 ,  H02J9/00 ,  H04B1/3822 ,  H04W52/322 ,  B60W2554/00 ,  G05B2219/39172 ,  G05B2219/50391 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0216 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G07C2009/0092 ,  H04W84/20

Abstract: A modular autonomous cart assembly for transporting an item being shipped is described with a sensor-equipped mobility base that carries the item(s), a modular cart handle, a sensor-equipped modular mobile cart autonomy control module detachably attached to the modular handle, all sharing a modular common power and data transport bus. The autonomous controller of the modular control module is programmatically adapted operative to establish a secure connection to a wireless mobile courier node, locate the courier node and the cart assembly, receive sensor data from the base and control module sensors, generate steering and propulsion control commands using the locations and sensor data and send them to a controller on the mobility base so that the assembly can autonomously track and follow the current location of the courier node as the courier node moves and while maintaining a predetermined follow distance from the current location of the courier node.

公开(公告)号：US20230236601A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18074649

申请日：2022-12-05

Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Kei YOSHIKAWA ,  Shiro ODA ,  Susumu SHIMIZU ,  Takeshi MATSUI

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06V40/10 ,  G06V20/52 ,  H04N23/667

CPC classification number: G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0094 ,  G05D1/0212 ,  G06V20/52 ,  G06V40/10 ,  H04N23/667 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0209

Abstract: A control system is configured to control a system including a plurality of cameras installed in a facility, and perform a group classification process for recognizing a feature of a person photographed by the camera and classifying the person into a predetermined first or second group based on the feature. When there is or isn’t a person belonging to the first group, the control system selects a first operation mode and a second operation mode different from the first operation mode, respectively. When the control system selects the second operation mode, it performs the process so as to make either one of the number of cameras to be operated among the plurality of cameras and the number of cameras used as an information source in classification in the process among the plurality of cameras less than the number of cameras that are used when the first operation mode is selected.

公开(公告)号：US11685186B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16458240

申请日：2019-07-01

Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH

Inventor： Florian Dietrich ,  Franz Dirauf ,  Boban Jovic ,  Hans-Juergen Mueller

IPC: B60B19/00 ,  A61B50/13 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  A61B6/03

CPC classification number: B60B19/003 ,  A61B6/4405 ,  A61B50/13 ,  G05D1/021 ,  A61B6/032 ,  G05D2201/0206

Abstract: An embodiment relates to an omnidirectional chassis for a gantry of a computed tomography device. The omnidirectional chassis includes a first pair of omnidirectional wheels; and a first wheel suspension for the first pair of omnidirectional wheels. The first wheel suspension includes a connecting unit to connect the first wheel suspension to a rack; a swivel unit connected to the connecting unit via a first swivel bearing and swivel-mounted about a first swivel axis relative to the connecting unit; and a tandem unit, connected to the swivel unit via a second swivel bearing and swivel-mounted about a second swivel axis. In an embodiment, the first pair of omnidirectional wheels is coupled to the tandem unit such that, on a swivel movement of the tandem unit about the second swivel axis, one omnidirectional wheel of the first pair of omnidirectional wheels is relatively raised and another omnidirectional wheel is relatively lowered.

公开(公告)号：US20180259959A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-13

申请号：US15470177

申请日：2017-03-27

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Takashi YAMADA ,  Atsunobu KATO ,  Dongdong WANG

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  A61G5/10 ,  A61G5/04

CPC classification number: A61G5/04 ,  A61G5/10 ,  A61G2203/20 ,  A61G2203/30 ,  A61G2203/72 ,  G05D1/0282 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q50/30

Abstract: A management device, comprising a controller that controls communication between a movable first terminal device and a second terminal device in which a moving range is narrower than the first terminal device, and a detector that detects that the first terminal device arrives at a target point by movement, wherein in a case where the detector detects the arrival at the target point, the controller ends the communication between the first terminal device and the second terminal device

公开(公告)号：US20180252535A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15910507

申请日：2018-03-02

Applicant: Stryker Corporation

Inventor： Krishna S. Bhimavarapu ,  Darren G. Schaaf

IPC: G01C21/20 ,  A61G1/02 ,  G01P15/00 ,  G01C19/00 ,  G01R33/02 ,  G01P3/46 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G01C5/00

CPC classification number: G01C21/206 ,  A61G1/0281 ,  A61G1/04 ,  A61G2203/20 ,  A61G2203/30 ,  A61G2203/36 ,  A61G2203/42 ,  G01C5/00 ,  G01C19/00 ,  G01C21/165 ,  G01P3/00 ,  G01P3/465 ,  G01P15/00 ,  G01R33/02 ,  G01S5/0036 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S19/13 ,  G05D2201/0206

Abstract: Techniques for generating a virtual map of a facility are disclosed. A server is coupled over a network to sensors equipped on patient transport apparatuses being located in the facility. The sensors produce readings as the patient transport apparatuses move in the facility. The server is configured to receive the readings over the network and to generate the virtual map of the facility based on analysis of the readings.

公开(公告)号：US20180164829A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15580527

申请日：2015-06-10

Applicant: Doog Inc.

Inventor： Akira Oshima ,  Hiroyasu Kuniyoshi

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  A61G5/04

CPC classification number: G05D1/0244 ,  A61G5/04 ,  A61G5/043 ,  A61G5/10 ,  A61G5/1051 ,  A61G2203/14 ,  A61G2203/16 ,  A61G2203/20 ,  A61G2203/22 ,  A61G2203/72 ,  G05D1/0236 ,  G05D1/024 ,  G05D1/0248 ,  G05D2201/0206

Abstract: A movable object includes a sensing device for detecting traveling-route reflector on a travel surface so that a region outside a floor projection region of the movable object, in particular the traveling-route reflector forward, can be detected. Detecting the traveling-route reflector across a wide range of areas allows traveling control, such as gradual deceleration before entering a curve, speed regulation based on a turning radius at the curve so that centrifugal force on a rider or load is not too great. Also the movable object can detect a branch point or an intersection beforehand, decelerate, and notify the user for user's instruction regarding the traveling direction. Furthermore, for a movable object autonomously traveling with an item mounted thereon, a single sensing device detects the traveling-route reflector and also serves as a safety sensor for avoiding collision with any other objects therearound.

公开(公告)号：US20180150078A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15816057

申请日：2017-11-17

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： YOSHIHIRO SUGISHITA ,  MASATSUGU FUJITA ,  TATSUO SAKAI

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0214 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0206 ,  G05D2201/0211 ,  G05D2201/0216

Abstract: An autonomous mobile device includes a communicator, a map information storage, a mover, a path generator, and a moving controller. The communicator receives first mark information stored in a mark information storage from a mark management server device. The map information storage stores map information concerning a delivery area. The mover moves the autonomous mobile device. The path generator sets a first object to which a first mark is attached as a first delivery destination, and generates a path from a moving start position of the autonomous mobile device to the first delivery destination based on the first mark information and the map information. The moving controller controls the mover to move the autonomous mobile device to the first delivery destination based on the path.