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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2019
Terraclear Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Brent Ronald Frei, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dwight Galen McMaster, Burien, WA (US);
Michael Racine, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jacobus du Preez, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
William David Dimmit, Seattle, WA (US);
Isabelle Butterfield, Bellevue, WA (US);
Clifford Holmgren, Spanaway, WA (US);
Dafydd Daniel Rhys-Jones, Tacoma, WA (US);
Thayne Kollmorgen, Eugene, OR (US);
Vivek Ullal Nayak, Seattle, WA (US);
TERRACLEAR INC., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
An object identification and collection method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a pick-up path that identifies a route in which to guide an object-collection system over a target geographical area to pick up objects, determining a current location of the object-collection system relative to the pick-up path, and guiding the object-collection system along the pick-up path over the target geographical area based on the current location. The method further includes capturing images in a direction of movement of the object-collection system along the pick-up path, identifying a target object in the images; tracking movement of the target object through the images, determining that the target object is within range of an object picker assembly on the object-collection system based on the tracked movement of the target object, and instructing the object picker assembly to pick up the target object.