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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Paul Roy, Dracut, MA (US);
Rogelio Manfred Neumann, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G05B 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for controlling the reflection of incident beams to influence navigation of an autonomous device having a navigation sensor comprising a beam emitter and a beam detector for detecting reflected emitted beams. The device comprises at least one surface having a geometry configured to direct a reflection from the emitted beam in a predetermined direction so that a suitable amount of the reflected beam can be detected by the detector.