Patents by Inventor Amos Albert

Amos Albert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10548306
    Abstract: A device for damaging weed is provided, the device having a working tool, which is designed to damage the weed; a classification unit, which has positional data of the weed and/or which is designed to detect weeds; a localization unit, which is designed to ascertain a relative position between the working tool and the weed; and a manipulator unit, which is designed to correspondingly position the working tool as a function of the ascertained relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Amos Albert, Andreas Michaels
  • Publication number: 20180160673
    Abstract: A device for damaging weeds, the device having a pressure-conveyance unit, which is designed to convey a fluid under pressure, and a fluid-dispensing unit, which is fluidically connected to the pressure-conveyance unit and is furthermore developed to dispense the pressurized fluid to the weed in order to damage the weed, the fluid-dispensing unit including at least one valve that has a piezo-actuator or an electroactive polymer actuator or a magnetoresistive actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Amos Albert, Andreas Michaels, Christian Glunk, Simon Boeck
  • Publication number: 20180139947
    Abstract: A device for damaging weed is provided, the device having a working tool, which is designed to damage the weed; a classification unit, which has positional data of the weed and/or which is designed to detect weeds; a localization unit, which is designed to ascertain a relative position between the working tool and the weed; and a manipulator unit, which is designed to correspondingly position the working tool as a function of the ascertained relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Amos Albert, Andreas Michaels
  • Patent number: 9878427
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a drive device in a housing. The drive device is intended to drive a tool accommodated in a tool-accommodating region. An adjusting motion of the hand-held power tool by the user is detected via a sensor device. A controlled variable for setting the drive device is generated in an open-loop or closed-loop control device in the hand-held power tool according to the detected adjusting motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fuchs, Amos Albert, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Istvan Szell
  • Patent number: 9632489
    Abstract: An autonomous working device, in particular an autonomous lawn mower, is configured to travel across a surface that is to be worked. The working device includes a processing unit configured to divide the surface that is to be worked into at least two dynamic partial surfaces to be traveled across separately by the working device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Amos Albert
  • Patent number: 9439348
    Abstract: An autonomous working device, in particular an autonomous lawn mower, comprising a computing unit. The autonomous working device is configured to cover a surface to be treated in strips. The computing unit is configured to adjust an overlap of the strips according to at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Amos Albert
  • Patent number: 9380742
    Abstract: An autonomous implement comprising at least one drive unit including at least one drive wheel, at least one sensor unit configured to detect at least one characteristic value, at least one location-determining unit configured to detect at least one characteristic value, and at least one evaluating unit. The at least one evaluating unit is configured to determine a slip of the at least one drive wheel from the at least one characteristic value detected by the at least one sensor unit and the at least one characteristic value detected by the at least one location-determining unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Amos Albert
  • Patent number: 9276644
    Abstract: A system has a boundary conductor unit, which is intended to emit a boundary signal, and an at least partially independent mobile unit, which is intended to detect a boundary provided by the boundary conductor unit by means of cross-correlation. It is proposed that the mobile unit has at least one receiving unit which is intended to receive data transmitted by means of the boundary signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Amos Albert
  • Patent number: 9258942
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for processing a surface by means of a robotic vehicle, wherein the robotic vehicle has a control system in which data concerning the outline of the surface to be processed are stored, wherein locating means are present, which determine the position of the robotic vehicle, in particular in relation to the surface to be processed, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: dividing the surface to be processed into individual segments; classifying each individual segment into a property class; and moving to and processing each individual segment in succession, each individual segment being processed with a processing strategy corresponding to its property class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Amos Albert
  • Patent number: 9104206
    Abstract: A self-controlling vehicle, designed for the autonomous movement in an area, is disclosed. The self-controlling vehicle includes driving means for movement and navigation means, wherein the navigation means are designed for the position determination along a closed path surrounding an operating space of the area. The navigation means are designed for creating successive path sectional data, the path sectional data for route sections of the path has assigned orientation information, in particular angle information, and the navigation means are assigned with autocorrelation means, which are designed such that they determine from a sequence of path sectional data corresponding to a movement along the path by determining auto correlation data whether and/or that the vehicle has driven completely along the surrounding path and/or a sequence of route sections already driven is driven again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Amos Albert
  • Publication number: 20140371975
    Abstract: An autonomous implement comprising at least one drive unit including at least one drive wheel, at least one sensor unit configured to detect at least one characteristic value, at least one location-determining unit configured to detect at least one characteristic value, and at least one evaluating unit. The at least one evaluating unit is configured to determine a slip of the at least one drive wheel from the at least one characteristic value detected by the at least one sensor unit and the at least one characteristic value detected by the at least one location-determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Amos Albert
  • Patent number: 8892352
    Abstract: A method for detecting a position with respect to a mobile working machine includes providing a current signal in a boundary conductor, which surrounds the defined area, in accordance with a boundary signal that is provided, the boundary signal corresponding to a pseudo-accident signal; and receiving a detection signal of a magnetic field. The method further includes generating a reconstructed boundary signal from the detection signal; providing a reference signal which has a bit pattern corresponding to the boundary signal provided; carrying out a correlation method in order to determine a time-based correlation offset between the reference signal and the reconstructed boundary signal and a correlation value between the reference signal and the reconstructed boundary signal, which are displaced in relation to each other by the correlation offset determined; and determining a position inside or outside the defined area as a function of the correlation value determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Petereit, Amos Albert
  • Publication number: 20140324246
    Abstract: An autonomous working device, in particular an autonomous lawn mower, is configured to travel across a surface that is to be worked. The working device includes a processing unit configured to divide the surface that is to be worked into at least two dynamic partial surfaces to be traveled across separately by the working device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Amos Albert
  • Publication number: 20140316634
    Abstract: An autonomous working device, in particular an autonomous lawn mower, comprising a computing unit. The autonomous working device is configured to cover a surface to be treated in strips. The computing unit is configured to adjust an overlap of the strips according to at least one parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Amos Albert
  • Publication number: 20140242907
    Abstract: A system has a boundary conductor unit, which is intended to emit a boundary signal, and an at least partially independent mobile unit, which is intended to detect a boundary provided by the boundary conductor unit by means of cross-correlation. It is proposed that the mobile unit has at least one receiving unit which is intended to receive data transmitted by means of the boundary signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Amos Albert
  • Publication number: 20140048298
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a drive device in a housing. The drive device is intended to drive a tool accommodated in a tool-accommodating region. An adjusting motion of the hand-held power tool by the user is detected via a sensor device. A controlled variable for setting the drive device is generated in an open-loop or closed-loop control device in the hand-held power tool according to the detected adjusting motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fuchs, Amos Albert, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Istvan Szell
  • Publication number: 20130345922
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for processing a surface by means of a robotic vehicle, wherein the robotic vehicle has a control system in which data concerning the outline of the surface to be processed are stored, wherein locating means are present, which determine the position of the robotic vehicle, in particular in relation to the surface to be processed, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: dividing the surface to be processed into individual segments; classifying each individual segment into a property class; and moving to and processing each individual segment in succession, each individual segment being processed with a processing strategy corresponding to its property class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Amos Albert
  • Publication number: 20130154688
    Abstract: A method for detecting a position with respect to a mobile working machine includes providing a current signal in a boundary conductor, which surrounds the defined area, in accordance with a boundary signal that is provided, the boundary signal corresponding to a pseudo-accident signal; and receiving a detection signal of a magnetic field. The method further includes generating a reconstructed boundary signal from the detection signal; providing a reference signal which has a bit pattern corresponding to the boundary signal provided; carrying out a correlation method in order to determine a time-based correlation offset between the reference signal and the reconstructed boundary signal and a correlation value between the reference signal and the reconstructed boundary signal, which are displaced in relation to each other by the correlation offset determined; and determining a position inside or outside the defined area as a function of the correlation value determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Petereit, Amos Albert
  • Patent number: 8447454
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling driving means which are designed to steer and move a robot vehicle (3) that is designed as a lawn mowing vehicle. The driving means are controlled so that the robot vehicle (3) travels through several sections (2) of a working area (8) in a specific movement pattern according to a section travel strategy with the help of dead reckoning such that two adjoining course sections (5) overlap with a predefined probability transversely to the direction of travel of the robot vehicle (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Amos Albert
  • Publication number: 20120179321
    Abstract: A self-controlling vehicle, designed for the autonomous movement in an area, is disclosed. The self-controlling vehicle includes driving means for movement and navigation means, wherein the navigation means are designed for the position determination along a closed path surrounding an operating space of the area. The navigation means are designed for creating successive path sectional data, the path sectional data for route sections of the path has assigned orientation information, in particular angle information, and the navigation means are assigned with autocorrelation means, which are designed such that they determine from a sequence of path sectional data corresponding to a movement along the path by determining auto correlation data whether and/or that the vehicle has driven completely along the surrounding path and/or a sequence of route sections already driven is driven again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Biber, Amos Albert