Service robot recovery from a blocked path
AssigneeBear Robotics, Inc.
InventorKonstantin Stulov
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for recovering travel of a service robot. The method includes detecting a first obstacle in a first path to a destination of the service robot, performing an orientation operation to align a camera of the service robot with the first obstacle, capturing an image of the first obstacle, processing the image to identify an obstacle type of the first obstacle, and based on an identification of the first obstacle as a person obstacle type, generating a communication requesting assistance.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method to recover travel of a service robot, the method comprising:
- detecting a first obstacle in a first travel path to a destination of the service robot;
- performing an orientation operation to align a camera of the service robot with the first obstacle;
- capturing an image of the first obstacle;
- processing the image to identify an obstacle type of the first obstacle;
- and
- based on an identification of the first obstacle as a person obstacle type, generating a communication requesting assistance.
A computing apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the apparatus to:
- detect a first obstacle in a first travel path to a destination of a service robot;
- perform an orientation operation to align a camera of the service robot with the first obstacle;
- capture an image of the first obstacle;
- process the image to identify an obstacle type of the first obstacle;
- and
- based on an identification of the first obstacle as a person obstacle type, generate a communication requesting assistance.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- detect a first obstacle in a first travel path to a destination of a service robot;
- perform an orientation operation to align a camera of the service robot with the first obstacle;
- capture an image of the first obstacle;
- process the image to identify an obstacle type of the first obstacle;
- and
- based on an identification of the first obstacle as a person obstacle type, generate a communication requesting assistance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.