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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Anki, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tian Yu Tommy Liu, Berkeley, CA (US);

Boris Sofman, San Francisco, CA (US);

Hanns W. Tappeiner, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mark Palatucci, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Anki, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 17/26 (2006.01); A63H 18/16 (2006.01); A63H 17/395 (2006.01); A63H 30/04 (2006.01); A63H 17/32 (2006.01); A63H 17/40 (2006.01); A63H 17/44 (2006.01); A63H 18/02 (2006.01); A63H 18/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 17/26 (2013.01); A63H 17/32 (2013.01); A63H 17/395 (2013.01); A63H 17/40 (2013.01); A63H 17/44 (2013.01); A63H 18/02 (2013.01); A63H 18/12 (2013.01); A63H 18/16 (2013.01); A63H 30/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drivable surface includes a plurality of segments that can be arranged according to any desired configuration. One or more mobile agents are configured to automatically explore the drivable surface so as to ascertain the positions, orientations, and/or configurations of the various segments, as well as how they are connected to one another. The information collected during such exploration can be transmitted to a host device or other location, where a virtual representation of the drivable surface can be constructed based on the collected information.


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