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US 12,393,205 B2Granted
System and method for navigation support for a motorized mobile system
AssigneeLuci Mobility, Inc.
InventorsJered H. Dean, Barry G. Dean, Dan A. Preston, Christian Prather, Alexandra Ernst, Rupak Dasgupta
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Abstract
A system and method for providing precise navigation for a motorized mobile system (MMS) in data deprived environments, the system comprising at least one camera that is operably configured to generate one or more of an image of objects in a field-of-view of the sensors, wherein the object is identified and used to enhance navigation or operation of the MMS.
Claims32
A motorized mobile system comprising:
- an optical sensor capturing an image of a fiducial located proximate to the motorized mobile system, the fiducial located within a field of view of the optical sensor;
- a tangible storage medium storing instructions and one or more identifiers associated with one or more fiducials;
- and
- a processor executing the instructions to:
- generate, based on the captured image of the fiducial, a data report;
- verify the fiducial with the stored one or more identifiers associated with one or more fiducials to indicate a ramp structure associated with the fiducial;
- determine a relative location of an edge of the ramp structure from the data report;
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- alter one or more operating modes of the motorized mobile system in response to the determined location of the edge of the ramp structure.
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A method for controlling a motorized mobile system comprising:
- generating, by a processor of the motorized mobile system and based on an image of a fiducial located proximate to the motorized mobile system captured by an optical sensor, a data report, the fiducial located within a field of view of the optical sensor;
- comparing a portion of the image of the fiducial to one or more identifiers associated with one or more fiducials;
- verifying the fiducial corresponds to an identifier of the one or more identifiers to indicate a ramp structure associated with the fiducial;
- determining a relative location of an edge of the ramp structure from the data report;
- and
- altering one or more operating modes of the motorized mobile system in response to the determined location of the edge of the ramp structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.