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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:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 16/32 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/26 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G08G 1/202 (2013.01); G08G 5/0043 (2013.01); G08G 5/0069 (2013.01); H04B 7/18504 (2013.01); H04W 16/32 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); B64C 2201/122 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A maintenance base controls a plurality of mobile robots providing a radio coverage area. The maintenance base instructs a mobile robot of the plurality of mobile robots to maintain a formation with the other mobile robots in the plurality of mobile robots such that the radio coverage area is provided, and instructs the mobile robot to rotate positions within the formation to maintain the radio coverage area as a further mobile robot in the formation leaves the formation and another mobile robot enters the formation. The mobile robot acts in accordance with the instructions of the maintenance base.