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US 10,948,910 B2Granted
Robotic vehicle separated payload detection and response
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMichael Franco Taveira, Ankit Maheshwari, Ankur Maheshwari, Shruti Agrawal
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Abstract
Various embodiments include methods, devices, and systems of transporting a payload using a robotic vehicle. The methods may determine whether a payload has separated from the robotic vehicle and take a corrective action in response to determining that the payload is not securely held by the robotic vehicle.
Claims30
A method of transporting a payload using a robotic vehicle, comprising:
- determining, by a processor, during a navigation of the robotic vehicle to a destination, whether the payload has separated from the robotic vehicle;
- and
- taking, by the processor, during the navigation of the robotic vehicle to the destination, a corrective action in response to determining that the payload has separated from the robotic vehicle,
- wherein the determining of whether the payload has separated from the robotic vehicle and the taking of the corrective action in response to the determining are performed by the processor repeatedly until a landing of the robotic vehicle at the destination.
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A robotic vehicle, comprising:
- a payload securing mechanism;
- and
- a processor coupled to the payload securing mechanism and configured with processor-executable instructions to:
- determine, during a navigation of the robotic vehicle to a destination, whether a payload has separated from the robotic vehicle;
- and
- take, during the navigation of the robotic vehicle to the destination, a corrective action in response to the determination that the payload has separated from the robotic vehicle,
- wherein the processor is further configured with processor-executable instructions to repeatedly determine whether the payload has separated from the robotic vehicle and take the corrective action in response to the determination until a landing of the robotic vehicle at the destination.
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A robotic vehicle, comprising:
- means for determining, during a navigation of the robotic vehicle to a destination, whether a payload has separated from the robotic vehicle;
- and
- means for taking, during the navigation of the robotic vehicle to the destination, a corrective action in response to determining that the payload has separated from by the robotic vehicle,
- wherein the means for determining repeatedly determines whether the payload has separated from the robotic vehicle and the means for taking repeatedly takes the corrective action in response to the determination until a landing of the robotic vehicle at the destination.
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A processing device configured for use in a robotic vehicle and configured to:
- determine, during a navigation of the robotic vehicle to a destination, whether a payload has separated from the robotic vehicle;
- and
- take, during the navigation of the robotic vehicle to the destination, a corrective action in response to determining that the payload has separated from the robotic vehicle,
- wherein the processing device is configured to repeatedly determine whether the payload has separated from the robotic vehicle and take the corrective action in response to the determination until a landing of the robotic vehicle at the destination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.