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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.:

US 11148292 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2020

Controller for inspection robot traversing an obstacle

Applicant:

Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Edward A. Bryner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Kevin Y. Low, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Joshua D. Moore, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Dillon R. Jourde, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Mark J. Loosararian, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Edwin H. Cho, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Katherine Virginia Denner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

Gecko Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:

GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates

Primary Examiner:

McDieunel Marc

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01); G01B 17/02 (2006.01); G01B 17/06 (2006.01); G01B 17/08 (2006.01); G01J 3/50 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2021.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1669 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/0015 (2013.01); B25J 9/102 (2013.01); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1602 (2013.01); B25J 9/1617 (2013.01); B25J 9/1633 (2013.01); B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B25J 9/1666 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01); B25J 19/0029 (2013.01); B25J 19/02 (2013.01); G01B 11/0616 (2013.01); G01B 11/24 (2013.01); G01B 11/303 (2013.01); G01B 17/025 (2013.01); G01B 17/06 (2013.01); G01B 17/08 (2013.01); G01J 3/50 (2013.01); G01K 13/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0272 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract

Controllers for inspection robots traversing an obstacle are described. In an embodiment a controller may include an obstacle sensory data circuit to interpret obstacle sensory data provided by an obstacle sensor of an inspection robot, an obstacle processing circuit to determine refined obstacle data, and an obstacle notification circuit to generate and provide obstacle notification data to a user interface device. The controller may further include a user interface circuit to interpret a user request value from the user interface device, and to determine an obstacle response command value in response to the user request value; and an obstacle configuration circuit to provide the obstacle response command value to the inspection robot during the interrogating of the inspection surface.

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