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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:
Nov. 26, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2017
Applicant:

X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin William Watts, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Kurt Konolige, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/936 (2013.01); G01S 17/023 (2013.01); G01S 17/87 (2013.01); G05D 1/0248 (2013.01); G05D 1/0251 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example system includes one or more laser sensors on a robotic device, where the one or more laser sensors are configured to produce laser sensor data indicative of a first area within a first distance in front of the robotic device. The system further includes one or more stereo sensors on the robotic device, where the stereo sensors on the robotic device are configured to produce stereo sensor data indicative of a second area past a second distance in front of the robotic device. The system also includes a controller configured to receive the laser sensor data, receive the stereo sensor data, detect one or more objects in front of the robotic device based on at least one of the laser sensor data and the stereo sensor data, and provide instructions for the robotic device to navigate based on the one or more detected objects.


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