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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
May. 16, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark B Kadonoff, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph K Siberz, Salem, NH (US);
Austin Franklin, Littleton, MA (US);
Robert W George, II, Windham, NH (US);
Paul J Peng, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Denning Mobile Robotics, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364513 ; 901-1 ; 901 46 ; 901 47 ; 180168 ; 180212 ;
Abstract
A system for avoiding obstacles in the path of a vehicle including a sensor assembly having a field of view with a plurality of sectors for detecting the distance of objects within each sector. The system further includes an element for identifying obstructed sensors in which objects are detected within a predetermined range and a device for selecting an unobstructed sector close in alignment to the direction of the path to designate around the object a clear path which is close to the original path.