James Lester Case

US Patent:

20190152059, May 23, 2019

Filed:

Jan 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/251926

Inventors:

- Bedford MA, US
Gabriel Francis Brisson - Albany CA, US
Enrico Di Bernardo - Glendora CA, US
Paolo Pirjanian - Pasadena CA, US
Dhiraj Goel - Pasadena CA, US
James Philip Case - Los Angeles CA, US
Michael Dooley - Pasadena CA, US

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
G05D 1/02
B25J 5/00

Abstract:

A robot configured to navigate a surface, the robot comprising a movement mechanism; a logical map representing data about the surface and associating locations with one or more properties observed during navigation; an initialization module configured to establish an initial pose comprising an initial location and an initial orientation; a region covering module configured to cause the robot to move so as to cover a region; an edge-following module configured to cause the robot to follow unfollowed edges; a control module configured to invoke region covering on a first region defined at least in part based at least part of the initial pose, to invoke region covering on least one additional region, to invoke edge-following, and to invoke region covering cause the mapping module to mark followed edges as followed, and cause a third region covering on regions discovered during edge-following.

US Patent:

20170197314, Jul 13, 2017

Filed:

Mar 16, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/461106

Inventors:

- Bedford MA, US
Gabriel Francis Brisson - Albany CA, US
Enrico Di Bernardo - Glendora CA, US
Paolo Pirjanian - Pasadena CA, US
Dhiraj Goel - Pasadena CA, US
James Philip Case - Los Angeles CA, US
Michael Dooley - Pasadena CA, US

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
G05D 1/02
B25J 5/00

Abstract:

A robot configured to navigate a surface, the robot comprising a movement mechanism; a logical map representing data about the surface and associating locations with one or more properties observed during navigation; an initialization module configured to establish an initial pose comprising an initial location and an initial orientation; a region covering module configured to cause the robot to move so as to cover a region; an edge-following module configured to cause the robot to follow unfollowed edges; a control module configured to invoke region covering on a first region defined at least in part based at least part of the initial pose, to invoke region covering on least one additional region, to invoke edge-following, and to invoke region covering cause the mapping module to mark followed edges as followed, and cause a third region covering on regions discovered during edge-following.

US Patent:

20160101523, Apr 14, 2016

Filed:

Oct 12, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/880610

Inventors:

- Bedford MA, US
Gabriel Francis Brisson - Albany CA, US
Enrico Di Bernardo - Glendora CA, US
Paolo Pirjanian - Glendale CA, US
Dhiraj Goel - Pasadena CA, US
James Philip Case - Los Angeles CA, US
Michael Dooley - Pasadena CA, US

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
B25J 5/00

Abstract:

A robot configured to navigate a surface, the robot comprising a movement mechanism; a logical map representing data about the surface and associating locations with one or more properties observed during navigation; an initialization module configured to establish an initial pose comprising an initial location and an initial orientation; a region covering module configured to cause the robot to move so as to cover a region; an edge—following module configured to cause the robot to follow unfollowed edges; a control module configured to invoke region covering on a first region defined at least in part based at least part of the initial pose, to invoke region covering on least one additional region, to invoke edge-following, and to invoke region covering cause the mapping module to mark followed edges as followed, and cause a third region covering on regions discovered during edge-following.

US Patent:

20140222279, Aug 7, 2014

Filed:

Apr 11, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/251390

Inventors:

- Bedford MA, US
Gabriel Francis Brisson - Albany CA, US
Enrico Di Bernardo - Glendora CA, US
Paolo Pirjanian - Glendale CA, US
Dhiraj Goel - Pasadena CA, US
James Philip Case - Los Angeles CA, US
Michael Dooley - Pasadena CA, US

Assignee:

iRobot Corporation - Bedford MA

International Classification:

G05D 1/02

US Classification:

701 25, 901 1, 901 46

Abstract:

A robot configured to navigate a surface, the robot comprising a movement mechanism; a logical map representing data about the surface and associating locations with one or more properties observed during navigation; an initialization module configured to establish an initial pose comprising an initial location and an initial orientation; a region covering module configured to cause the robot to move so as to cover a region; an edge-following module configured to cause the robot to follow unfollowed edges; a control module configured to invoke region covering on a first region defined at least in part based at least part of the initial pose, to invoke region covering on least one additional region, to invoke edge-following, and to invoke region covering cause the mapping module to mark followed edges as followed, and cause a third region covering on regions discovered during edge-following.

Address:

3100 Ponderosa Way, Antioch, CA 94509

VIN:

1FMCU493X9KB02571

Make:

FORD

Model:

ESCAPE HYBRID

Year:

2009