# US 11,110,600 B2 · Airport robot and operation method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,110,600 B2 - Document ID: US11110600B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/339,233 - Filed: 2017-09-01 - Published: 2019-07-25 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2016-10-10 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Sunho Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11110600B2 ## CPC - B25J 9/163: {learning, adaptive, model based, rule based expert control} - B25J 9/1664: {characterised by motion, path, trajectory planning} - B25J 11/00: Manipulators not otherwise provided for - B25J 19/02: Sensing devices - G05D 1/0274: {using mapping information stored in a memory device (navigation using map-matching G01C21/30)} - G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083) - G08B 7/066: {guiding along a path, e.g. evacuation path lighting strip} - G05B 2219/50391: Robot - G05D 1/0248: {in combination with a laser (lasers per se H01S)} - G06Q 90/20: {Destination assistance within a business structure or complex} - G08G 5/51: for control when on the ground, e.g. taxiing or rolling - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract A robot may include an application processor (AP) configured to set a movement path through which driving is to be performed for a preset time, a display unit configured to display guidance information representing a movement path, and a driving driver configured to drive along the movement path, thereby guiding passengers to a destination, such as an airplane boarding position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An airport robot comprising: a processor configured to set a movement path through which driving is to be performed for a prescribed time by the airport robot, based on airplane flight information; a motor configured to provide a force to drive the airport robot along the movement path; and a display configured to present guidance information, wherein the guidance information includes at least a portion of the airplane flight information corresponding to the movement path along which the airport robot drives and a movement path map presenting information associated with the movement path, and wherein the processor is configured to set the movement path so that the airport robot shuttles between a check-in counter and a boarding gate for a prescribed length of time with respect to a departure estimation time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The airport robot of claim 1, wherein the processor further receives change information identifying a change to the airplane flight information, and re-sets the movement path based on the received change information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The airport robot of claim 2, wherein the re-set movement path includes a portion of the movement path set before receiving the change information and a path through which the airport robot drives at positions requiring guidance based on the change information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The airport robot of claim 3, wherein the display is further configured to present an updated movement path map that includes the portion of the movement path set before receiving the change information, the path through which the airport robot drives at the positions requiring guidance based on the change information, and a current position associated with the airport robot. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The airport robot of claim 1, wherein the airplane flight information includes one or more of an airline name, a flight identifier, the departure estimation time, the boarding gate, or a destination associated with a flight. ### Claim 6 A system comprising: a computer configured to store airplane flight information, set a movement path for an airport robot based on the airplane flight information, and transmit the set movement path to the airport robot; and the airport robot configured to receive the movement path from the computer and drive based on the movement path, wherein the computer further sets the movement path so that the airport robot drives at positions associated with boarding of an airplane for a prescribed time with respect to a departure estimation time included in the airplane flight information, and wherein the computer is configured to set the movement path so that the airport robot shuttles between a check-in counter and a boarding gate for a prescribed length of time with respect to the departure estimation time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the computer estimates a length of time for which the airport robot drives through the movement path, based on an estimated number of passengers identified in the airplane flight information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein, when the estimated number of passengers is equal to or greater than a prescribed reference number, the computer estimates the length of time, for which the airport robot drives through the movement path, to be the prescribed time or more, and when the estimated number of passengers is less than the prescribed reference number, the computer estimates the time, for which the airport robot drives through the movement path, to be less than the prescribed time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the computer further determines a first time when the number of airplanes estimated to depart is equal to or greater than a prescribed reference number and a second time when the number of airplanes estimated to depart is less than the prescribed reference number, and sets a time for which the airport robot drives through the movement path, based on the departure estimation time included in the airplane flight information and the number of airplanes estimated to depart. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein, when the departure estimation time is within the first time, the computer sets the time, for which the airport robot drives through the movement path, to be the prescribed time or more, and when the departure estimation time is within the second time, the computer sets the time, for which the airport robot drives through the movement path, to be less than the prescribed time. ### Claim 11 An operating method for an airport robot exchanging data with a computer, the operating method comprising: receiving a movement path from the computer; driving along the movement path; and displaying guidance information while the airport robot is driving through the movement path, wherein the guidance information includes at least a portion of airplane flight information corresponding to the movement path along which the airport robot drives and a movement path map providing information associated with the movement path, and wherein the movement path is set so that the airport robot shuttles between a check-in counter and a boarding gate for a prescribed length of time with respect to a departure estimation time. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The operating method of claim 11, comprising: acquiring information about an adjacent place while driving through the movement path, the adjacent place being adjacent to a portion of the movement path; transmitting the acquired information about the adjacent place to the computer; receiving a re-set movement path from the computer, the computer identifying the re-set movement path based on the information about the adjacent place; and driving along the re-set movement path and not the movement path, wherein the information about the adjacent place includes at least one of congestion information or in-airport movement prohibition area information about the adjacent place. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The operating method of claim 12, wherein acquiring the information about the adjacent place includes: sensing voices of persons through a microphone included in the airport robot; and acquiring the congestion information based on sensing the voices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The operating method of claim 12, wherein acquiring the information about the adjacent place includes: sensing persons located in areas at an airport through a sensor included in the airport robot; and acquiring the congestion information based on sensing the persons located at the areas of the airport. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The operating method of claim 12, further comprising outputting guidance information representing the re-set movement path. ### Claim 16 An operating method for a computer exchanging data with an airport robot, the operating method comprising: storing airplane flight information; setting a movement path in an airport robots robot based on the airplane flight information; and transmitting the set movement path to the airport robot, wherein setting the movement path includes setting the movement path so that the airport robot shuttles between a check-in counter and a boarding gate for a prescribed length of time with respect to a departure estimation time. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The operating method of claim 16, further comprising: receiving position information about an in-airport movement prohibition area; re-setting the movement path for the airport robot, based on the position information about the in-airport movement prohibition area; and transmitting the re-set movement path to the airport robot. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The operating method of claim 16, wherein: the airplane flight information includes information identifying one or more of an airline name, a flight identifier, the departure estimation time, a destination, the check-in counter, or the boarding gate associated with a flight. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The operating method of claim 17, wherein re-setting the movement path includes: determining whether the movement prohibition area is included in the set movement path; and re-setting the movement path so that the in-airport movement prohibition area is not included in the re-set movement path. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The operating method of claim 17, further comprising receiving change information corresponding to a modification of the airplane flight information, wherein re-setting the movement path includes re-setting the movement path in the airport robot based on the change information and the position information about the in-airport movement prohibition area.