SIDEWALK MESSAGING OF AN AUTONOMOUS ROBOT

• US 20150202770A1
• Filed: 05/03/2014
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Fatdoor Incorporated
• Inventors: Patron, Anthony, Colin, Youenn, Bertrand, Blaise, Pho, Vinh, Abhyanker, Raj
• Application Number:
  US14/269,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20150202770A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 5/007 mounted on wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 9/0003 Home robots, i.e. small robots for domestic use
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0011 associated with a remote control arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/024 in combination with a laser lasers per se H01S
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/384 using social networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/386 using messaging services or messaging apps using mobile network messaging services for payment, e.g. SMS G06Q20/3255
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0265 Vehicular advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 901/01 Mobile robot
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 901/47 Optical
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 901/50 Miscellaneous

Abstract

A method, device and system of sidewalk messaging of an autonomous robot are disclosed. In one embodiment, an autonomous robot includes a motherboard comprising a processor communicatively coupled with a memory, a sensory fusion circuitry to execute a command of a sensory fusion algorithm, and a communication circuitry to bi-directionally communicate an instruction between a central server and the autonomous robot. A sidewalk lighting circuitry executes a projection command of a sidewalk messaging algorithm. The sidewalk lighting circuitry autonomously projects a relevant projection of at least one of an operational status message, a directional message, and an advertisement message on a ground of a sidewalk area immediately in front of a present trajectory of the autonomous robot based on the projection command generated by applying the sidewalk messaging algorithm to instructions of at least one of the sensory fusion circuitry, the central server, and the communication circuitry.

Claims

1. An autonomous robot, comprising:

a motherboard comprising a processor communicatively coupled with a memory;

a sensory fusion circuitry to execute a command of a sensory fusion algorithm using the processor communicatively coupled with the memory of the motherboard;

a communication circuitry to bi-directionally communicate an instruction between a central server communicatively coupled with the autonomous robot and the autonomous robot; and

a sidewalk lighting circuitry to execute a projection command of a sidewalk messaging algorithm using the processor communicatively coupled with the memory of the motherboard,

wherein the sidewalk lighting circuitry autonomously projects a relevant projection of at least one of an operational status message, a directional message, and an advertisement message on a ground of a sidewalk area immediately in front of a present trajectory of the autonomous robot based on the projection command generated by applying the sidewalk messaging algorithm to instructions of at least one of the sensory fusion circuitry, the central server, and the communication circuitry,

thereby informing pedestrians walking adjacent to the relevant projection of at least one of the operational status message, the directional message, and the advertisement message when the autonomous robot is autonomously traversing a sidewalk on which the relevant projection is located.

2. The autonomous robot of claim 1 wherein the autonomous robot is at least one of a two-wheeled transportation device, a three-wheeled transportation device, and a four-wheeled transportation device.

3. The autonomous robot of claim 1 wherein the autonomous robot to include a rectangular storage container that is substantially above an area formed by wheels of the autonomous robot without extending directionally outward from the area formed by wheels of the autonomous robot.

4. The autonomous robot of claim 3 wherein at least some of the wheels of the autonomous robot to be self-propelled wheels that provide communications with at least one of the central server and a neighboring robot through the communication circuitry, and which include a motor, a controller, a transmission, and a built-in battery directly enclosed in a casing of each self-propelled wheel.

5. The autonomous robot of claim 4:

wherein the rectangular storage container to include a set of compartments, each compartment of the set of compartments designed to store a good of a merchant being transported autonomously to a customer of the good, and

wherein at least some of the set of compartments are at least one of a heated compartment, a cooled compartment, a humidity regulated compartment and a temperature regulated compartment.

6. The autonomous robot of claim 1:

wherein a base platform of the autonomous robot to include a detachable storage means through which a rectangular storage container is detachable from the base platform, and wherein the rectangular storage container is customizable based on a merchant for whom the good is autonomously transported through the autonomous robot, and

wherein the autonomous robot to automatically detect at least one of a weight and a merchant name when the rectangular storage container customized for the merchant is coupled with the base platform, and to trigger the relevant projection of at least one of the operational status message, the directional message, and the advertisement message when the rectangular storage container customized for the merchant is coupled with the base platform through the detachable storage means.

7. The autonomous robot of claim 1 further comprising:

a sidewalk detection sensor of the autonomous robot to provide a sidewalk detection sensing through which the autonomous robot detects a gradation rise caused by a sidewalk start location and a gradation drop caused by a sidewalk end location; and

a telescopic riser coupled to a base of the autonomous robot to automatically displace a set of front wheels to rise and fall based on the detected one of the gradation rise caused by the sidewalk start location and the gradation drop caused by the sidewalk end location to provide mechanical stability for the item in a rectangular storage container of the autonomous robot.

8. A robot, comprising:

a motherboard comprising a processor communicatively coupled with a memory;

a sensory fusion circuitry to execute a command of a sensory fusion algorithm using the processor communicatively coupled with the memory of the motherboard;

a communication circuitry to bi-directionally communicate an instruction between a central server communicatively coupled with the robot and the robot; and

a sidewalk lighting circuitry to execute a projection command of a sidewalk messaging algorithm using the processor communicatively coupled with the memory of the motherboard,

wherein the sidewalk lighting circuitry automatically projects a relevant projection of at least one of an operational status message, a directional message, and an advertisement message on a ground of a sidewalk area immediately in front of a present trajectory of the robot based on the projection command generated by applying the sidewalk messaging algorithm to instructions of at least one of the sensory fusion circuitry, the central server and the communication circuitry,

thereby informing pedestrians walking adjacent to the relevant projection of at least one of the operational status message, the directional message, and the advertisement message when the robot is traversing a surface on which the relevant projection is located, and

wherein the robot is at least one of a two-wheeled transportation device, a three-wheeled transportation device, and a four-wheeled transportation device.

9. The robot of claim 8 wherein the robot is an autonomous robot.

10. The robot of claim 8 wherein the robot to include a rectangular storage container that is substantially above an area formed by wheels of the robot without extending directionally outward from the area formed by wheels of the robot.

11. The robot of claim 10 wherein at least some of the wheels of the robot to be self-propelled wheels that provide communications with at least one of the central server and a neighboring robot through the communication circuitry, and which include a motor, a controller, a transmission, and a built-in battery directly enclosed in a casing of each self-propelled wheel.

12. The robot of claim 10:

wherein the rectangular storage container to include a set of compartments, each compartment of the set of compartments designed to store a good of a merchant being transported to a customer of the good, and

wherein at least some of the set of compartments are at least one of a heated compartment, a cooled compartment, a humidity regulated compartment and a temperature regulated compartment.

13. The robot of claim 12

wherein a base platform of the robot to include a detachable storage means through which the rectangular storage container is detachable from the base platform, and wherein the rectangular storage container is customizable based on the merchant for whom the good is transported through the robot, and

wherein the robot to detect at least one of a weight and a merchant name when the rectangular storage container customized for the merchant is coupled with the base platform, and to trigger the relevant projection of at least one of the operational status message, the directional message, and the advertisement message when the rectangular storage container customized for the merchant is coupled with the base platform through the detachable storage means.

14. The robot of claim 8 further comprising:

a sidewalk detection sensor of the robot to provide a sidewalk detection sensing through which the robot detects a gradation rise caused by a sidewalk start location and a gradation drop caused by a sidewalk end location; and

a telescopic riser coupled to a base of the robot to automatically displace a set of front wheels to rise and fall based on the detected one of the gradation rise caused by the sidewalk start location and the gradation drop caused by the sidewalk end location to provide mechanical stability for the item in a rectangular storage compartment of the robot.

15. A method of an autonomous robot, comprising:

executing, through a sensory fusion circuitry, a command of a sensory fusion algorithm using a processor communicatively coupled with a memory of a motherboard of the autonomous robot;

bi-directionally communicating an instruction, using a communication circuitry, between a central server communicatively coupled with the autonomous robot and the autonomous robot; and

executing a projection command of a sidewalk messaging algorithm using a sidewalk lighting circuitry working in concert with the processor communicatively coupled with the memory of the motherboard,

wherein the sidewalk lighting circuitry autonomously projects a relevant projection of at least one of an operational status message, a directional message, and an advertisement message on a ground of a sidewalk area immediately in front of a present trajectory of the autonomous robot based on the projection command generated by applying the sidewalk messaging algorithm to instructions of at least one of the sensory fusion circuitry, the central server, and the communication circuitry,

thereby informing pedestrians walking adjacent to the relevant projection of at least one of the operational status message, the directional message, and the advertisement message when the autonomous robot is autonomously traversing a sidewalk on which the relevant projection is located.

16. The method of the autonomous robot of claim 15:

wherein the autonomous robot is at least one of a two-wheeled transportation device, a three-wheeled transportation device, and a four-wheeled transportation device, and

wherein at least some of the wheels of the autonomous robot to be self-propelled wheels that provide communications with at least one of the central server and a neighboring robot through the communication circuitry, and which include a motor, a controller, a transmission, and a built-in battery directly enclosed in a casing of each self-propelled wheel.

17. The method of the autonomous robot of claim 15 further comprising:

including a rectangular storage container that is substantially above an area formed by wheels of the autonomous robot without extending directionally outward from the area formed by wheels of the autonomous robot.

18. The autonomous robot of claim 17 further comprising:

including in the rectangular storage container a set of compartments, each compartment of the set of compartments designed to store a good of a merchant being transported autonomously to a customer of the good,

wherein at least some of the set of compartments are at least one of a heated compartment, a cooled compartment, a humidity regulated compartment and a temperature regulated compartment.

19. The method of the autonomous robot of claim 17 further comprising:

including a detachable storage means on a base platform of the autonomous robot through which the rectangular storage container is detachable from the base platform, wherein the rectangular storage container is customizable based on a merchant for whom the good is autonomously transported through the autonomous robot;

automatically detecting at least one of a weight and a merchant name when the rectangular storage container customized for the merchant is coupled with the base platform; and

triggering the relevant projection of at least one of the operational status message, the directional message, and the advertisement message when the rectangular storage container customized for the merchant is coupled with the base platform through the detachable storage means.

20. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

periodically determining, through the processor, a current location of the autonomous robot;

communicating the current location of the autonomous robot to the central server; and

automatically activating a set of light emitting diodes encompassing the autonomous robot when a light sensor detects that an environmental brightness is below a threshold luminosity.