US 12,466,457 B2
Carriage with guided autonomous locomotion
Anne Hunger, Vancouver (CA); Zi Wen Huang, Vancouver (CA); Check Hay Janson Chan, Vancouver (CA); and Anderson Jia Lin Kwan, Surrey (CA)
Assigned to GlüxKind Technologies Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed by GlüxKind Technologies Inc., Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,117.
Application 18/375,117 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CA2022/050142, filed on Feb. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,668, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0034380 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B62B 5/00 (2006.01); B62B 7/08 (2006.01); B62B 9/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC B62B 5/0069 (2013.01) [B62B 5/0056 (2013.01); B62B 5/0066 (2013.01); B62B 7/08 (2013.01); B62B 9/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carriage with guided autonomous locomotion, the carriage comprising:
a compartment configured to ensconce a child;
a frame configured to statically support the compartment;
a drive motor, wherein the drive motor comprises a plurality of motors, each of which configured to either drive a drive wheel or telescope a handle of the carriage;
a drivetrain operatively coupled to the drive motor;
the drive wheel rotatably affixed to the frame, configured to contact a support surface, and operatively coupled to the drivetrain, wherein operating the drive motor causes the drive wheel to rotate;
an operating switch located on the frame and configured for selection of one or more preconfigured motions of the carriage, wherein at least one of the one or more preconfigured motions comprises a rocking motion;
an adjustable environmental sensor attached to a downward-facing surface of the frame, wherein adjusting the environmental sensor comprises an upward or downward change in an angle the adjustable environmental sensor is facing, wherein the adjustable environmental sensor is configured to sense an environmental characteristic related to an environment substantially surrounding the carriage;
an operator sensor comprising a movement sensor and an audio sensor used in tandem configured to detect a child characteristic of a child crying;
a handle bar comprising a vibrational element configured to provide haptic feedback including a physical response based on the environmental characteristic; and
a controller configured to control:
the drive motor in response to the environmental characteristic and the operating switch; and
the compartment based on the child characteristic, wherein controlling the compartment based on the child characteristic comprises playing white noise in response to the child crying.