US 12,015,879 B2
Contextual automated surveillance by a mobile robot
Travis J. Deyle, San Jose, CA (US); Erik Schluntz, Mountain View, CA (US); Peregrine Badger, San Mateo, CA (US); Sarvagya Vaish, Albany, CA (US); and Michael J. O'Kelly, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to COBALT ROBOTICS INC., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Cobalt Robotics Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,801.
Application 17/370,801 is a continuation of application No. 16/059,037, filed on Aug. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,082,667.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337168 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/185 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile robot, comprising:
a motorized base configured to move the mobile robot within a building;
a wireless transceiver configured to communicatively couple to a remote security system;
a camera system configured to capture images of the mobile robot's surroundings; and
a controller configured to:
identify a pre-determined individual in an image captured by the camera system;
configure the mobile robot to monitor the identified individual;
while the individual is being monitored by the mobile robot, determine that the individual triggers a security condition comprising moving within a threshold distance of a boundary defining an area to which the individual does not have access;
in response to the individual moving within the threshold distance of the boundary, cause the mobile robot to 1) project an indication of the boundary on the ground and 2) warn the individual not to cross the boundary and perform a security operation without human operator intervention; and
in response to determining that the individual has crossed the boundary, perform an enhanced security operation determined to be more likely than the performed security operation to eliminate the security condition.