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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2022
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Aaron Hoy, San Jose, CA (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A method includes: maintaining a map of occupied regions of a facility; controlling a sensor of a mobile apparatus to capture sensor data within a field of view (FOV); based on a current location of the mobile apparatus in the facility, identifying an unobservable occupied region, located outside the FOV, in the map; selecting, from the map, a first reference occupied region having a first reference identifier, and a second reference occupied region having a second reference identifier; generating a first connection score associating the unobservable occupied region with the first reference occupied region, and a second connection score associating the unobservable occupied region with the second reference occupied region; selecting a handling operation for the unobservable occupied region, based on the first and second connection scores; updating the map according to the selected handling operation; and controlling a locomotive assembly of the mobile apparatus according to the updated map.