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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Andries Bron, Eindhoven, NL;
Lolke Klaas Salverda, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of guiding a mobile robot, comprising: providing a transmitter (), and having said transmitter transmit a guide signal () into a spatially bounded guide signal reception field (); providing a mobile robot () including two mutually adjacently disposed guide signal sensors (), each configured to generate a reference signal that reflects its reception of the guide signal; and moving the robot along a boundary portion () of the guide signal reception field while, based on said reference signals, maintaining a tracking state in which a first of said guide signal sensors () is positioned substantially on a first side of said boundary portion, and a second of said guide signal sensors () is positioned substantially on an opposite, second side of said boundary portion (). Also disclosed is a system implementing the method.