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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:
Mar. 16, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Justin Miller, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Sanghyun Hong, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Jianbo Lu, Northville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06K 9/00389 (2013.01); G06K 9/00664 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for enhanced human-robot interactions. A device such as a robot may send one or more pulses. The device may identify one or more reflections associated with the one or more pulses. The device may determine, based at least in part on the one or more reflections, a cluster. The device may associate the cluster with an object identified in an image. The device may determine, based at least in part on an image analysis of the image, a gesture associated with the object. The device may determine, based at least in part on the gesture, a command associated with an action. The device may to perform the action.


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