US 12,242,277 B2
Robot guiding system and method
Heinrich Guenther Heiss, Munich (DE); and Raffaele Soloperto, Olching (DE)
Assigned to Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg (DE)
Filed by Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg (DE)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/403,459.
Claims priority of application No. 20196194 (EP), filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0083075 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G01S 7/292 (2006.01); G01S 13/28 (2006.01); G01S 13/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC G05D 1/0257 (2013.01) [G01S 7/292 (2013.01); G01S 13/288 (2013.01); G01S 13/428 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guiding system for a robot, the guiding system comprising:
a millimeter-wave radar positioning system configured to determine a position of the robot relative to a base station for charging the robot by:
emitting a radar positioning signal,
receiving a reflection of the radar positioning signal from the robot, and
determining the position of the robot using the reflection; and
a transmitter configured to emit a radar guiding signal for guiding the robot to the base station and to steer the radar guiding signal towards the determined position of the robot, wherein the millimeter-wave radar positioning system is configured to emit the radar positioning signal using the transmitter, and the positioning system is separate from the robot.