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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Neato Robotics, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sarath Kumar Suvarna, Fremont, CA (US);
Bryant Pong, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NEATO ROBOTICS, INC., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1666 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0263 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a virtual boundary is provided in the global coordinates of the area map and is converted into a plurality of line segments corresponding to a plurality of partial maps. In one embodiment, a physical boundary indicator is used during a training/mapping run, with the location added to the area map and the physical boundary indicator later moved. In one embodiment, the virtual boundary changes over time to change cleaning areas, act as a gate, change associated cleaning mode, etc. In one embodiment, virtual areas with boundaries are selected by a user.