Dynamic camera adjustments in a robotic vacuum cleaner
AssigneeiRobot Corporation
InventorsEllen B. Cargill, Lihu Chiu
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Abstract
A method of operating an autonomous mobile cleaning robot using image processing can include producing, using a front-facing camera of the robot, an imaging output based on an optical field of view of the front-facing camera, the imaging output. A first portion of the imaging output and a second portion of the imaging output can be determined. An image capture parameter of the front-facing camera can be adjusted based on the upper portion of the imaging output and the lower portion of the imaging output.
Claims20
A method of operating an autonomous mobile cleaning robot using image processing, the method comprising:
- producing, using a front-facing camera of the robot, an imaging output based on an optical field of view of the front-facing camera, the imaging output including a first frame and a second frame;
- monitoring an upper portion of the imaging output and a lower portion of the imaging output;
- and
- adjusting an image capture parameter of the front-facing camera based on the upper portion of the imaging output and the lower portion of the imaging output.
A method of operating an autonomous mobile cleaning robot using image processing, the method comprising:
- producing, using a front-facing camera of the robot, an imaging output based on an optical field of view of the front-facing camera;
- monitoring a lead portion of the imaging output and a follower portion of imaging output;
- and
- adjusting an image capture parameter of the front-facing camera based on the lead portion and the follower portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.