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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Gregory P. Linkowski, Dearborn, MI (US);

Ling Zhu, Canton, MI (US);

Meghna Menon, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Geoffrey Horowitz, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Mario Anthony Santillo, Canton, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1666 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes generating a workspace model having one or more digital robots, one or more digital sensors, and a digital transport system. The method includes simulating, for a task of the one or more digital robots, a sensor operation of the one or more digital sensors within the workspace model based on sensor characteristics of the one or more digital sensors. The method includes identifying, for the task of the one or more digital robots, an undetectable area within the workspace model based on the simulated sensor operation. The method includes selectively positioning, by a transport system, a set of sensors from among the one or more sensors based on the undetectable areas associated with the task.


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