18 results about "Simultaneous localisation and mapping" patented technology

Some aspects include a method for operating a wheeled device, including: capturing, by a primary sensor coupled to the wheeled device, primary sensor data indicative of a plurality of radial distances to objects; transforming, by a processor of the wheeled device, the plurality of radial distances from a perspective of the primary sensor to a perspective of the wheeled device; generating, by the processor, a partial map of visible areas in real-time at a first position of the wheeled device based on the primary sensor data and some secondary sensor data, wherein: the partial map is a bird's eye view; and the processor iteratively completes a full map of the environment based on new sensor data captured by sensors as the wheeled device performs work within the environment and new areas become visible to the sensors; and executing, by the wheeled device, a movement path to a second position.

The present invention relates to a method for sensing. The method comprises the step of identifying a second set of locations (2) of points of at least one object (3) in a scene (4) within a second time window (T2), with respect to a first reference point (28), such as preferably a first viewpoint. The method further comprises the step of converting said second set of locations (2) to a second set of 3D positions (6). The method further comprises the step of determining a transformation to said second set of 3D positions (6), such that said transformed second set of 3D positions (6) is a best fit to a first set of 3D positions (5), wherein said first set of 3D positions (5) is denser than said second set of 3D positions (6), and wherein said first set of 3D positions (5) is within a first time window (T1) prior to said second time window (T2), and wherein said second time window (T2) is shorter than said first time window (T1), preferably at least two times shorter.