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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2022
Megnath Ramesh, Waterloo, CA;
Francis Christopher Imeson, Kitchener, CA;
Stephen Smith, Kitchener, CA;
Baris Fidan, Kitchener, CA;
Megnath Ramesh, Waterloo, CA;
Francis Christopher Imeson, Kitchener, CA;
Stephen Smith, Kitchener, CA;
Baris Fidan, Kitchener, CA;
Abstract
A system and method of minimum turn coverage of arbitrary non-convex regions. Coverage planning is the task of generating a path that ensures the tool carried by the robot covers all regions of interest. The number of turns in the path can affect the time to cover the region and the quality of coverage (tools like cameras and cleaning attachments commonly have poor performance around turns). In recent turn-minimizing coverage methods, the region is partitioned to be covered by the least number of rectangles of width equal to the tool's width. The partitioning problem is typically solved using heuristics that have no optimality guarantees. A linear programming (LP) approach is disclosed to generate an axis-parallel coverage plan that minimizes the number of turns taken by the robot. The LP method solves this problem optimally in polynomial time. Coverage plans are generated for real regions using the LP method.
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