Autonomous mobile robot with safety depth camera
AssigneeRealsense, Inc.
InventorsBen Rubovitch, Gal Goren, Efraim Vitzrabin, Dan Horovitz, Mark Vaynberg
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Abstract
Various aspects of techniques, systems, and use cases may be used for using a safety depth camera for controlling an autonomous mobile robot. An example technique may include receiving infrared data from at least two infrared receivers of a safety depth camera affixed to a robotic system, determining a safety status of the robotic system related to a detected object in an environment based on the infrared data, and sending an indication to at least one of emergency braking circuitry of the robotic system or adjustable braking circuitry of the robotic system based on the safety status.
Claims13
A device comprising:
- safety control circuitry to:
- receive infrared data from at least two infrared receivers of a safety depth camera affixed to a robotic system;
- determine a safety status of the robotic system related to a detected object in an environment based on the infrared data;
- and
- send an indication to at least one of emergency braking circuitry of the robotic system or adjustable braking circuitry of the robotic system based on the safety status;
- and
- processing circuitry to:
- receive the infrared data and a color image from a camera of the safety depth camera;
- generate a depth image using the infrared data and the color image;
- and
- identify, using the depth image, a change to at least one of a planned trajectory, a map, or a location or an orientation of the robotic system within the map.
A robotic system comprising:
- a safety depth camera comprising:
- an infrared projector;
- at least two infrared receivers;
- and
- an image capture sensor;
- emergency braking circuitry;
- adjustable braking circuitry;
- safety control circuitry to:
- receive infrared data from the at least two infrared receivers;
- determine a safety status related to a detected object based on the infrared data;
- and
- send an indication to at least one of the emergency braking circuitry or the adjustable braking circuitry based on the safety status;
- and
- processing circuitry to:
- receive the infrared data and a color image from the image capture sensor;
- generate a depth image using the infrared data and the color image;
- and
- identify, using the depth image, a change to at least one of a planned trajectory, a map, or a location or an orientation of the robotic system within the map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.