US 12,443,181 B2
Autonomous monitoring robot systems
Michael J. Dooley, Los Gatos, CA (US); Nikolai Romanov, Oak Park, CA (US); Orjeta Taka, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Justin H. Kearns, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,368.
Application 18/307,368 is a continuation of application No. 16/564,355, filed on Sep. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,662,722.
Application 16/564,355 is a continuation of application No. 15/404,455, filed on Jan. 12, 2017, granted, now 10,471,611, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/375,842, filed on Aug. 16, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/279,560, filed on Jan. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333551 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)
CPC G05D 1/0038 (2013.01) [B25J 19/023 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous mobile robot comprising:
a body;
a drive configured to move the autonomous mobile robot about an environment;
one or more sensors configured to capture data indicative of the environment;
one or more navigation sensors configured to determine a location of the autonomous mobile robot within the environment; and
a controller electrically connected to the drive, the one or more sensors, and the one or more navigation sensors, the controller configured to perform operations comprising:
accessing data indicative of a restriction zone within the environment, wherein accessing the data indicative of the restriction zone comprises receiving, from a user computing device in wireless communication with the autonomous mobile robot, data indicative of a user selection of the restriction zone;
determining that the location of the autonomous mobile robot is within the restriction zone of the environment; and
controlling a behavior of the one or more sensors in response to determining that the location of the autonomous mobile robot is within the restriction zone, wherein controlling the behavior of the one or more sensors comprises retracting the one or more sensors into the body of the autonomous mobile robot in response to entering the restriction zone.