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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventor:
Michael Calder, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
Features are disclosed for providing guidance regarding robotic traffic density to humans working in the same physical area as robots. Through analysis of the planned and/or historical routes of the robotic traffic, traffic densities can be identified for the physical area. The densities may be used to generate a heat map or other visual display for presentation to human workers. This allows the workers to move through the physical area with a better understanding of where robot traffic is dense and how to best avoid interrupting those assets.