US 12,245,545 B1
Autonomous vehicle site setup
Michael Odell Blanton, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US); Kristopher Charles Kozak, San Antonio, TX (US); and Marc Christopher Alban, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to RENU ROBOTICS CORP., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by RENU ROBOTICS CORP., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/882,266.
Application 17/882,266 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,226, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Application 17/882,266 is a continuation of application No. 17/029,992, filed on Sep. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,944,032.
Application 17/882,266 is a continuation of application No. 16/748,465, filed on Jan. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,510,361.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,451, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/918,161, filed on Jan. 17, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/008 (2013.01) [G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for an autonomous vehicle to perform an initial navigational setup at an operating site, the method comprising:
receiving initial location and orientation data pertaining to the autonomous vehicle;
iteratively sensing a plurality of recognizable objects and determining a plurality of fixed reference locations corresponding to each of the plurality of recognizable objects relative to the initial location and orientation data;
developing, during the initial navigational setup, an operational path plan for the autonomous vehicle to traverse the operating site based on the plurality of fixed reference locations; and
autonomously traversing the operating site based on the operational plan developed during the initial navigational setup.