US 12,093,045 B2
Method and system for operating a mobile robot
Kristjan Korjus, Tallinn (EE); Joonatan Samuel, Tallinn (EE); and Andre Veski, Tallinn (EE)
Assigned to STARSHIP TECHNOLOGIES OÜ, Tallinn (EE)
Appl. No. 17/283,494
Filed by STARSHIP TECHNOLOGIES OÜ, Tallinn (EE)
PCT Filed Oct. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/077775
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/078900, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18200330 (EP), filed on Oct. 15, 2018; and application No. 18200374 (EP), filed on Oct. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0397187 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC G05D 1/0212 (2013.01) [G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0255 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a robot traveling in an environment, the method comprising:
the robot sensing the environment and thereby creating sensor data;
generating at least one probabilistic finding based on the sensor data, wherein the probabilistic finding is expressed as an object score and wherein the object score indicates a probability of detection of an object;
setting at least one detection threshold; and,
based on the at least one detection threshold, transforming the at least one probabilistic finding based on the sensor data to at least one discrete finding,
wherein the method is for operating a robot crossing a road,
wherein
the robot is configured to be controlled by at least one human operator when crossing the road, and wherein
setting the at least one detection threshold is based on a level of supervision by the at least one human operator when crossing the road.