公开(公告)号：US10112302B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-30

申请号：US14843416

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited

Inventor： Ze Ji ,  Christopher Andrew Smith

IPC: H04N7/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06F19/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G06K9/46 ,  H04N5/225

Abstract: A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and at least one light source arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system, the control system comprising a feature detection unit for detecting features within images captured by the vision system; wherein the level of illumination provided by the light source is adjusted in response to the number of features detected by the feature detection unit.

公开(公告)号：US11911917B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US16972369

申请日：2019-05-08

Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited

Inventor： David Finlay Wyatt ,  David Andrew Richards ,  Hossein Farid Ghassem Nia ,  Christopher Andrew Smith

IPC: G01S7/48 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/497 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J13/08 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/74 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G01S17/89 ,  H04N23/73 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L11/40 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/10

CPC classification number: B25J9/1697 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/10 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A mobile robot including a vision system, the vision system including a camera and an illumination system; the illumination system including a plurality of light sources arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system for controlling the illumination system. The control system adjusts the level of illumination provided by the plurality of light sources based on an image captured by the camera; an exposure time of the camera at the time the image was captured; and robot rotation information.

公开(公告)号：US10144342B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US14843442

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited

Inventor： Ze Ji ,  Christopher Andrew Smith

IPC: G01C22/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  B60Q1/24 ,  B60R1/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and two or more light sources each arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; wherein the two or more light sources are arranged to illuminate separate areas surrounding the robot corresponding to different sections of an image captured by the camera, and the level of illumination provided by each of the light sources is independently adjustable.