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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert John Rencher, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Guijun Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
John W. Glatfelter, Ridley Park, PA (US);
Roland Nelson Freeman, North Charleston, SC (US);
David Wayne Nelson, Bellevue, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for directing movement of a physical object within a three-dimensional (3D) navigable region of an environment. Generally, the apparatus divides the navigable region into geometric segments, and assigns a sequence of the geometric segments from a location to a destination to, and for movement of, the physical object. That is, the apparatus assigns a next geometric segment to the physical object moving in a current geometric segment in the sequence. The next geometric segment is then analyzed based on operational parameters of the physical object and a condition of the environment. In at least one increment, the next geometric segment is adjusted and reassigned to the physical object based thereon. Thereafter, the apparatus directs the physical object to move from the current geometric segment into the next geometric segment so assigned, or into the next geometric segment so reassigned in the at least one increment.