US 12,314,056 B2
Control and navigation device for an autonomously moving system and autonomously moving system
Florian Ölsner, Jena (DE); Benjamin Lewandowski, Erfurt (DE); Chris Hagen, Bad Lobenstein (DE); Ashwanth Ammapalayam Ravichandran, Bad Lobenstein (DE); Stefan Milz, Saalburg-Ebersdorf (DE); and Sukumar Karthigeyan, Bad Lobenstein (DE)
Assigned to Boehmert & Boehmert, (DE)
Filed by Spleenlab GmbH, Saalburg-Ebersdorf (DE)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/857,457.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 117 311.6 (DE), filed on Jul. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0004168 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0248 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control and navigation device for an autonomously moving system, the device comprising:
a sensor device, which is configured to acquire sensor data, and for this purpose has the following:
a LiDAR sensor device, which is configured for 360-degree acquisition;
a fisheye camera device, which is configured for 360-degree acquisition;
a radar sensor device, which is configured for 360-degree acquisition; and
a near-infrared sensor device, which is configured for 360-degree acquisition;
a data processing device with an AI-based software application, which is configured to determine control signals for navigating the autonomously moving system by means of processing of the sensor data; and
a data communication interface, which is connected to the data processing device and is configured to provide the control signals for transmission to a control device of the autonomously moving system;
wherein the sensor device, the data processing device, and the data communication interface are arranged at an assembly component, which is configured to assemble, in a detachable manner, the sensor device, the data processing device, and the data communication interface together as a common module at the autonomously moving system; and
wherein the LiDAR sensor device is arranged in a lower region of the control and navigation device, wherein the fisheye camera device has a respective fisheye camera above the LiDAR sensor device on opposite sides of the control and navigation device, wherein the near-infrared sensor device has a respective near-infrared sensor on a front face and a rear face of the control and navigation device, and wherein the radar sensor device has a respective radar sensor above each of the fisheye cameras and above each of the near-infrared sensors.