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US 2018/0004216 A1Published application
Methods and Systems for Autonomously Tracking a Target Object
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorsAhmet Mufit Ferman, Basil Isaiah Jesudason, Darin Joseph Haines
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for autonomously tracking a target object.
Claims23
A method for tracking a target device, the method comprising:
- establishing a connection between a target device and a learner device;
- establishing a spatial relationship between the learner device and the target device;
- receiving location information, at the learner device, from the target device;
- receiving heading information, at the learner device, from the target device;
- adjusting the location information for the spatial relationship;
- storing the adjusted location information and the heading information at the learner device in a location storage;
- computing a distance between the target device and the learner device;
- and
- when the computed distance meets a desired-separation condition:
- retrieving a next location information and the associated heading information from the location storage;
- and
- navigating the learner device toward the next location identified by the next location information using the retrieved associated heading information.
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A target-following system comprising:
- a learner device;
- a target device;
- and
- a server system, wherein the server system operates to:
- establish a connection between the learner device and the target device;
- receive learner-device location information and associated supplementary information from the learner device;
- receive target-device location information and associated supplementary information from the target device;
- compute a learner-device desired location corresponding to a target-device location;
- and
- transmit the learner-device desired location to the learner device.
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A method for tracking a target device, the method comprising:
- establishing a connection between a target device and a learner device;
- establishing a spatial relationship between the learner device and the target device;
- determining location information describing the location of the target device;
- and
- transmitting location information, from the target device, to the learner device;
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A method for tracking a target device, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a target device, a request to perform a route-instruction operation;
- sending a query for operation mode;
- receiving a mode of operation;
- when the mode of operation is “replay:”
- sending a query for a replay-file name;
- receiving a filename of a replay file;
- obtaining location information from the replay file corresponding to filename;
- and
- transmitting the location information to a learner device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.