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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Aaron Hoy, San Jose, CA (US);
Derek King, Seattle, WA (US);
Steffen Fuchs, San Jose, CA (US);
Vishnu Sudheer Menon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Dymesich, New York, NY (US);
Robert Isaiah Chatman, III, Campbell, CA (US);
Jenna Guergah, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Brian Richard Cairi, Huntington, NY (US);
Melonee Wise, San Jose, CA (US);
Alison Cheng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Katrin Beauchaud, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A method includes: capturing, via a navigational sensor of a mobile automation apparatus, three-dimensional point cloud data depicting a portion of an aisle containing a support structure, the support structure having a forward plane facing into the aisle; generating, from the point cloud data, a two-dimensional projection in a facility coordinate system; retrieving, from a stored map, an expected location of the forward plane of the support structure in the facility coordinate system; selecting, from the projection, a subset of regions satisfying a positional criterion relative to the location of the forward plane; determining, based on the selected subset of regions from the projection, an actual location of the forward plane of the support structure in the facility coordinate system; and providing the actual location of the forward plane to a navigational controller of the mobile automation apparatus.