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US 9,436,926 B2Granted
Entryway based authentication system
AssigneeSavioke, Inc.
InventorsSteve Cousins, Jonathan Binney, Chad Rockey, Adrian Canoso
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Abstract
A system can include at least one robot configured to autonomously navigate from a first location to a destination zone, the at least one robot having a generally cylindrical shape and including a storage container for storing at least one item for delivery, a plurality of image based depth sensor mounted proximate a top end of the robot, and a controller configured to navigate to the destination zone and to authenticate a delivery target for the item.
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A system, comprising:
- at least one robot configured to autonomously navigate from a first location to a destination zone, the at least one robot having a generally cylindrical shape and including
- a storage container for storing at least one item for delivery,
- a plurality of image based depth sensors mounted proximate a top end of the robot, and
- a controller configured to navigate to the destination zone and to authenticate a delivery target for the item and to authenticate the delivery target in response to at least the detection, by the robot, of an open door at the destination zone.
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A method, comprising:
- storing at least one item in a storage container of a robot having a generally cylindrical shape;
- delivering the at least one item to a destination zone with the robot via autonomous navigation, the autonomous navigation including determining the presence of obstacles in the robot's path with at least one forward facing image based depth sensor;
- attempting to authenticate a delivery target for the item by the robot detecting an open door at the destination zone;
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- when the delivery target is authenticated, presenting the item to the delivery target by operation of the robot.
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A robot for delivering items to a destination zone, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical shape;
- lockable storage container;
- at least two image based depth sensor mounted proximate a top end of the robot having different vertical field of view orientations;
- a controller configured to determine if a door in front of the robot has been opened;
- and
- an authentication system to authenticate a delivery target for the item in response to the robot detecting the opening of a door at a destination zone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.