Patents Assigned to STANLEY ROBOTICS
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Patent number: 12631039Abstract: A method for loading a four-wheeled vehicle using a transporter comprising wedging arms that are arranged so as to be positioned on either side of the tread of a wheel of the vehicle to be loaded, and wheel clamping detection means, the method comprising the following steps: —a step of moving the transporter until a wedging arm comes into contact with the tread of a tire, —a step of moving the transporter along the longitudinal axis of the transporter for a predetermined distance or until a predetermined force is detected, —a step of stopping the transporter from moving and generating a signal representative of the mobility state of the vehicle: moving or stationary.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: Stanley RoboticsInventors: Aurélien Cord, Anthony Trouble, Thomas Ravasi, Louis-Marie Dallen
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Patent number: 12469386Abstract: A system for managing a motor vehicle parking area comprises a plurality of physical media bearing a unique identifier selected from among the group consisting of a barcode optical identifier, a QR code, or an RFID tag. Each physical medium is arranged on or in a motor vehicle. The system further comprises at least one camera for filming the vehicles, an analysis means running a program for analyzing the images sent by the camera to extract the unique identifiers, and a means for wireless communication between the analysis means and at least one human or robotic conveyor moving or transporting the vehicles associated with the unique identifiers, so as to send to the at least one conveyor a digital message indicating the destination address of the vehicle. A method may be employed using the system to manage the motor vehicle parking area.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 11, 2025Assignee: STANLEY ROBOTICSInventors: Aurélien Cord, Mathieu Lips
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Patent number: 12386361Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing a fleet of autonomous parking robots by a supervisor. Each autonomous robot comprises a computer and a memory for storing a digital map of the parking space and geolocation means, environment sensors and means for telecommunication with the supervisor. The supervisor comprises a computer and a memory for storing a digital map of the parking space, as well as means for telecommunication with the robots, a record of a unique identifier of each of the robots, and a computer for computing the trajectories of the autonomous robots.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 12, 2025Assignee: Stanley RoboticsInventors: Aurélien Cord, Clément Boussard, Thibaut Pierret
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Patent number: 11981554Abstract: A conveyor for moving four-wheeled vehicles comprises a telescopic frame provided with tire-chock arms movable between a retracted position and a position in which they engage with the treads of the wheels. The conveyor comprises a propulsion unit made up of a front frame to which two lateral subunits are secured, each comprising a motorized and directional wheel, which can be oriented independently of one another and a means for coupling the telescopic frame with the front frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Stanley RoboticsInventors: Aurélien Cord, Clément Boussard
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Publication number: 20210381266Abstract: A method for managing an automatic parking lot involves determining a target space depending on an expected departure date of the vehicle, using a computation including allocating, to a new vehicle entering the lot, a target storage space according to the following rule: selection of spaces corresponding to one of the following criteria: o in the case where a row comprises at least one available proximal space, in front of a vehicle associated with a departure date after the departure date of the entering vehicle, o in the case where a row comprises at least one distal proximal space, positioning in a row the last vehicle of which is associated with a departure date before the departure date of the entering vehicle, allocating the target space to one of the selected spaces—otherwise allocating a space in a temporary storage zone including lanes of consecutive spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Stanley RoboticsInventors: Aurélien Cord, Clément Boussard, Olivier Laromiguiere, Guillaume Giffo
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Patent number: 10590669Abstract: The disclosure relates to a conveyor for moving four-wheel vehicles. The conveyor includes a chassis having stowable extensions movable between a position in which the extensions make it possible to move the chassis under the vehicle and a position in which the extensions make contact with the treads of the wheels. The chassis is telescopic and includes two segments that each have a pair of arms. At least one of the arm pairs is hinged so as to enable movement between a position perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the chassis with an extension at least equal to the track width of the vehicle and a folded-up position that is to occupy a width less than the distance between the inner flanks of the wheels of the vehicle. The segments are movable between a position where the arms are not in contact with the wheels and a position where each arm makes contact with the tread of one of the wheels so as to raise or lower the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Stanley RoboticsInventors: Clément Boussard, Aurélien Cord
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Publication number: 20180142488Abstract: The disclosure relates to a conveyor for moving four-wheel vehicles. The conveyor includes a chassis having stowable extensions movable between a position in which the extensions make it possible to move the chassis under the vehicle and a position in which the extensions make contact with the treads of the wheels. The chassis is telescopic and includes two segments that each have a pair of arms. At least one of the arm pairs is hinged so as to enable movement between a position perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the chassis with an extension at least equal to the track width of the vehicle and a folded-up position that is to occupy a width less than the distance between the inner flanks of the wheels of the vehicle. The segments are movable between a position where the arms are not in contact with the wheels and a position where each arm makes contact with the tread of one of the wheels so as to raise or lower the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: STANLEY ROBOTICSInventors: Clément BOUSSARD, Aurélien CORD