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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2015
Ryan Hickman, Mountain View, CA (US);
James J. Kuffner, Jr., Mountain View, CA (US);
Anthony G. Francis, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Chaitanya Gharpure, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan Hickman, Mountain View, CA (US);
James J. Kuffner, Jr., Mountain View, CA (US);
Anthony G. Francis, Jr., San Jose, CA (US);
Chaitanya Gharpure, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application discloses systems and methods for inventorying objects. In one embodiment, a robot detects an object and sends identification data and location data associated with the detected object to a cloud computing system. The identification data may include an image of the object and/or information from a tag, code, or beacon associated with the object. In response to receiving the identification data and the location data, the cloud computing system identifies the object. The cloud computing system may also determine or create a first map associated with the identified object and a second map associated with the identified object. The first map may be associated with the current location of the object and the second map may correspond to a past location of the object. The cloud computing server may compare the first and second maps, and then send instructions to the robot based on the comparison.