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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Gur Kimchi, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Isaacs, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amir Navot, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian C. Beckman, Newcastle, WA (US);
Frederik Schaffalitzky, Kirkland, WA (US);
Scott A. Green, North Bend, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes an automated mobile vehicle that includes one or more distance determining elements configured to detect the presence of objects and to cause the automated mobile vehicle to alter its path to avoid the object. For example, a distance determining element may be incorporated into one or more of the motors of the automated mobile vehicle and configured to determine a distance to an object. Based on the determined distance, a path of the automated mobile vehicle may be altered.