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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 11911917 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

May. 08, 2019

Mobile robot and method of controlling a mobile robot illumination system

Applicant:

Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire, GB;

Inventors:

David Finlay Wyatt, Gloucester, GB;

David Andrew Richards, Sydney, AU;

Hossein Farid Ghassem Nia, Swindon, GB;

Christopher Andrew Smith, Swindon, GB;

Assignee:

Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, GB;

Attorney:

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan L Sample

Assistant Examiner:

Byron Xavier Kasper

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/30 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/30 (2013.01); A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0215 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile robot including a vision system, the vision system including a camera and an illumination system; the illumination system including a plurality of light sources arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system for controlling the illumination system. The control system adjusts the level of illumination provided by the plurality of light sources based on an image captured by the camera; an exposure time of the camera at the time the image was captured; and robot rotation information.

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