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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ryan Moody, Durham, NC (US);
Frank Agius, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/14 (2006.01); B63G 8/08 (2006.01); B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63G 8/18 (2006.01); B63G 8/24 (2006.01); B63G 8/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/08 (2013.01); B63G 2008/002 (2013.01); B63G 8/14 (2013.01); B63G 8/00 (2013.01); B63G 8/18 (2013.01); B63G 8/24 (2013.01); B63G 8/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a submersible vehicle includes, responsive to detection of a vortex ring undesirably affecting the vehicle and/or at least one vehicle condition indicating the presence of a vortex ring undesirably affecting the vehicle, initiating at least one control action to mitigate the effect of the vortex ring on the vehicle.