US 11,835,949 B2
Autonomous device safety system
Søren E. Nielsen, Odense SOE (DK)
Assigned to MOBILE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS A/S, Odense Soe (DK)
Filed by Mobile Industrial Robots A/S, Odense SØ (DK)
Filed on Nov. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/102,999.
Prior Publication US 2022/0163965 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); B60Q 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC G05D 1/0088 (2013.01) [B60Q 5/006 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G05D 1/106 (2019.05); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a positioning surveillance system (PSS) to identify locations of objects that are movable throughout a space, the PSS being configured to identify the locations without requiring a line-of-sight between the objects;
a control system to determine distances based on the locations of the objects in the space and to communicate information to an autonomous vehicle comprising one of the objects that is based on at least one of the distances, the information being communicated to the autonomous vehicle in 20 milliseconds (ms) or less, the information corresponding to a risk level, the risk level being based on a risk of collision of the autonomous vehicle with a first object among the objects; and
the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle comprising a transceiver to receive the information, the autonomous vehicle being configured to control a speed of travel of the autonomous vehicle based on the risk level when the autonomous vehicle is not within a line-of-sight of the first object, the autonomous vehicle comprising a vision system composing one or more sensors, and the autonomous vehicle being configured to control the speed of travel based on information from the one or more sensors when the autonomous vehicle is within the line-of-sight of the first object.