Center of gravity determination by force measurements
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMark VAYNBERG, Mika HAUTAMAKI, Gregory HEIFETS, Timo HERRANEN, Dan HOROVITZ
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Abstract
A device of a vehicle; the device may include: an interface configured to receive sensor data representing force measurements from two force sensors; and a processor configured to: instruct a carrier structure controller to adjust an orientation of a carrier structure; and determine a vertical center of gravity location for a load applying force to the two sensors based on stored sensor positions of the two sensors and the sensor data representing the force measurements.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- an interface configured to receive sensor data representing force measurements from two force sensors;
- a processor configured to:
- instruct a carrier structure controller to adjust an orientation of a carrier structure;
- and
- determine a vertical center of gravity location, for a load applying force to the two force sensors, based on stored sensor positions of the two force sensors and the sensor data representing the force measurements.
A vehicle comprising:
- a device comprising:
- an interface configured to receive sensor data representing force measurements from two force sensors;
- a processor configured to:
- instruct a carrier structure controller to adjust an orientation of a carrier structure;
- determine a vertical center of gravity location for a load applying force to the two sensors based on stored sensor positions of the two force sensors and the sensor data representing the force measurements;
- the carrier structure configured to carry the load;
- and
- the two force sensors coupled to the interface.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, if executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive sensor data representing force measurements from two force sensors;
- instruct a carrier structure controller to adjust an orientation of a carrier structure;
- determine a vertical center of gravity location, for a load applying force to the two sensors, based on stored sensor positions of the two force sensors and the sensor data representing the force measurements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.