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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:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Shankar Narayan Mohan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a computer that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to decompose a stored map of an area into a plurality of polygonal sub-areas. The instructions include instructions to generate a set of target locations in the polygonal sub-areas according to a leaky ball algorithm. The instructions include instructions to actuate a robot to move to a first one of the target locations of the set. The instructions include instructions to actuate a sensor to collect data at the first one of the target locations.