US 11,758,597 B2
System and method for optimizing wireless coverage in infrastructure-less logistics and warehousing operations
Adnan Aijaz, Bristol (GB); and Anthony Portelli, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,360.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386395 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing coverage of a wireless network of a plurality of mobile robots in an environment, wherein each robot comprises an optical sensor module, a microprocessor and a wireless communication module, the method comprising:
receiving, by a first robot in the network, signals from a second robot in the network;
determining, by the first robot based on the signals, that the first robot or second robot do not fulfil a network coverage condition;
selecting, by the first robot, at least two landmarks in the environment; and
performing, by the first robot, a movement based on an angle between the two landmarks with respect to the first robot, so as to improve the network coverage condition.