US 12,135,560 B2
System and method for establishing virtual boundaries for robotic devices
Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Henderson, NV (US)
Assigned to AI Incorporated, Toronto (CA)
Filed by Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Henderson, NV (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/360,657.
Application 18/360,657 is a continuation of application No. 17/567,463, filed on Jan. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,755,027.
Application 17/567,463 is a continuation of application No. 16/719,254, filed on Dec. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,243,545, issued on Feb. 8, 2022.
Application 16/719,254 is a continuation of application No. 14/850,219, filed on Sep. 10, 2015, granted, now 10,545,504, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/167,217, filed on May 27, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/141,799, filed on Apr. 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0376044 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0234 (2013.01) [Y10S 901/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for centrally aligning a robot with an electronic device, comprising:
transmitting, with at least one transmitter, a first signal;
receiving, with a first receiver and a second receiver, the first signal;
detecting, with a controller coupled to the first receiver and the second receiver, the robot is centrally aligned with the electronic device when the first receiver and the second receiver simultaneously receive the first signal, wherein a virtual line passing through a center of the robot and a center of the electronic device is aligned with a midpoint between the first receiver and the second receiver; and
executing, with the robot, a particular movement type when the robot is aligned with the electronic device.