公开(公告)号：US20230131425A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US17509257

申请日：2021-10-25

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： AMIT MORAN ,  DORON BEN-DAVID ,  NATY SHEMER ,  SVETLANA POTYAGYLO ,  ITAY GABIZON

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06T7/60

Abstract: A method for estimating a location of a mobile robot in an area, the area having multiple passive beacons, the method including capturing images by an image sensor of the mobile robot, where the multiple passive beacons have substantially identical patterns, identifying patterns of at least one passive beacon of the multiple passive beacons from the captured images, selecting a specific passive beacon of the multiple passive beacons to estimate a location of the mobile robot, extracting the mobile robot's location from the location of the specific passive beacon, computing the mobile robot's direction by a pattern of the specific passive beacon.

公开(公告)号：US11232714B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-25

申请号：US17229913

申请日：2021-04-14

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： Doron Ben-David ,  Amit Moran

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02

Abstract: A system for securing an aerial vehicle to a lower portion of a docking station, including a docking station having a top section located in an upper portion of the docking station, the top section having an interface configured to hang the docking station above the ground and a bottom section located in a lower portion of the docking station, the docking station having a latching mechanism located on the bottom section, configured to secure the aerial vehicle to the docking station, the system also including the aerial vehicle having a docking member configured to dock the aerial vehicle into the docking station and to release the aerial from the latching mechanism of the docking station, and a processing module configured to control the operation of the docking member.

公开(公告)号：US20190366542A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-05

申请号：US15993624

申请日：2018-05-31

Applicant: Indoor Robotics Ltd.

Inventor： Doron Ben-David ,  Amit Moran

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: The subject matter discloses a mobile robot configured to map an area, comprising a body, two or more distance sensors, configured to collect distance measurements between the mobile robot and objects in the area, a rotating mechanism mechanically coupled to the body and to the two or more distance sensors, said rotating mechanism is configured to enable rotational movement of the two or more distance sensors and a processing module electrically coupled to the two or more distance sensors and to the rotating mechanism. The processing module is configured to process the distance measurements collected by the two or more distance sensors and to instruct the rotating mechanism to adjust a velocity of the rotational movement, said velocity is adjusted according to the distance measurements collected by the two or more distance sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20240201690A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18080883

申请日：2022-12-14

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： NATAN SHEMER ,  RUBEN MERGUI

IPC: G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0238 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0274

Abstract: A method for identifying objects by a mobile robot moving in a space by obtaining a map of the space, the map including objects and objects' locations in the space, moving the robot inside the space, localizing the moving robot in the space, capturing an image in the space using an image sensor of the mobile robot, identifying an object from the captured image, computing a relative direction of the object from the camera's direction at the time of capturing the image, and determining that the object that appears in the image is the same object that appears on the map based on the relative direction, the robot's location when capturing the image, and the object's location on the map.

公开(公告)号：US20220084421A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17536135

申请日：2021-11-29

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： DORON BEN-DAVID ,  AMIT MORAN

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00

Abstract: A system for securing an aerial vehicle to a lower portion of a docking station, including a docking station having a top section located in an upper portion of the docking station, the top section having an interface configured to hang the docking station above the ground and a bottom section located in a lower portion of the docking station, the docking station having a latching mechanism located on the bottom section, configured to secure the aerial vehicle to the docking station, the system also including the aerial vehicle having a docking member configured to dock the aerial vehicle into the docking station and to release the aerial from the latching mechanism of the docking station, and a processing module configured to control the operation of the docking member.

公开(公告)号：US20210056856A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US17089755

申请日：2020-11-05

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： DORON BEN-DAVID ,  AMIT MORAN

IPC: G08G5/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02

Abstract: A system for securing an aerial vehicle to a lower portion of a docking station, including a docking station having a top section located in an upper portion of the docking station, the top section having an interface configured to hang the docking station above the ground and a bottom section located in a lower portion of the docking station, the docking station having a latching mechanism located on the bottom section, configured to secure the aerial vehicle to the docking station, the system also including the aerial vehicle having a docking member configured to dock the aerial vehicle into the docking station and to release the aerial from the latching mechanism of the docking station, and a processing module configured to control the operation of the docking member.

公开(公告)号：US20240054630A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US17884592

申请日：2022-08-10

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： AMIT MORAN ,  OFIR BAR LEVAV ,  DORON BEN-DAVID

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06V10/62 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: G06T7/0006 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06V10/62 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G06T2207/10032 ,  G06V2201/10 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/141

Abstract: Monitoring a storage system for placing physical goods in an indoor environment using an aerial vehicle by receiving a command to check a status of the storage system, moving towards a storage system based on the command, capturing an image of the storage system using a sensor carried by the aerial device, analyzing the captured image to identify irregularities in a structure or position of the storage system, and reporting irregularities of the storage system to a third party.

公开(公告)号：US11783719B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17536135

申请日：2021-11-29

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： Doron Ben-David ,  Amit Moran

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  B64C39/02 ,  G08G5/00 ,  G08G5/02 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64U70/00

CPC classification number: G08G5/025 ,  B64C39/024 ,  G05D1/106 ,  G08G5/0069 ,  B64U70/00

Abstract: A system for securing an aerial vehicle to a lower portion of a docking station, including a docking station having a top section located in an upper portion of the docking station, the top section having an interface configured to hang the docking station above the ground and a bottom section located in a lower portion of the docking station, the docking station having a latching mechanism located on the bottom section, configured to secure the aerial vehicle to the docking station, the system also including the aerial vehicle having a docking member configured to dock the aerial vehicle into the docking station and to release the aerial from the latching mechanism of the docking station, and a processing module configured to control the operation of the docking member.

公开(公告)号：US11782456B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17008669

申请日：2020-09-01

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： Doron Ben-David ,  Amit Moran ,  Hadar Isserlis ,  Itay Gabizon

IPC: B64F1/00 ,  B64F1/12 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U101/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/102 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64F1/007 ,  B64F1/125 ,  B64U70/00 ,  B64U2101/00

Abstract: A docking system for docking an aerial vehicle, including an interface configured to secure the docking system to a stationary element located above the ground, a housing, mechanically coupled to the interface, a docking magnetic member located in the housing, the docking magnetic member is configured to attract an aerial magnetic member of the aerial vehicle, a docking element mechanically coupled to the housing, where the docking element defines a minimal distance between the docking magnetic member and the aerial vehicle when the aerial vehicle docks in the docking system, and a maneuver mechanism for adjusting a distance between the docking element and the docking magnetic member.

公开(公告)号：US20220019236A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16930423

申请日：2020-07-16

Applicant: INDOOR ROBOTICS LTD.

Inventor： DORON BEN-DAVID ,  AMIT MORAN

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B60L58/10 ,  G05B19/4155

Abstract: A computerized system including multiple mobile robots, each mobile robot has a set of skills, multiple dock stations, each of the multiple dock stations is configured to dock one or more of the multiple mobile robots, an interface for receiving a mission to be executed by at least one of the multiple mobile robots, a processor communicating with the multiple mobile robots, said processor determines which of the multiple mobile robots is assigned to perform the mission based on a set of values that matches the mission.