Patents by Inventor Abel Bengt

Abel Bengt 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).

  • Method for safeguarding the work area of a mobile logistics robot using adaptive protection zones
    Patent number: 11833693
    Abstract: A method for the protection of a work area of a mobile logistics robot in changing work environments, the method including controlling the mobile logistics robot using a control system, scanning the current work environment using a sensor system, monitoring the current work environment using a safety system, in which the control system autonomously defines a planned safe work area in a new work environment, and the safety system autonomously verifies and monitors the defined work area as a clear protection zone, and in the event of a breach of the clear protection zone by the entry of an object into the clear protection zone, the mobile logistics robot is automatically placed in a safe status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: STILL GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Schuthe, Abel Bengt, Ralf Koenig
  • Method for Safeguarding the Work Area of a Mobile Logistics Robot Using Adaptive Protection Zones
    Publication number: 20210370512
    Abstract: A method for the protection of a work area of a mobile logistics robot in changing work environments, the method including controlling the mobile logistics robot using a control system, scanning the current work environment using a sensor system, monitoring the current work environment using a safety system, in which the control system autonomously defines a planned safe work area in a new work environment, and the safety system autonomously verifies and monitors the defined work area as a clear protection zone, and in the event of a breach of the clear protection zone by the entry of an object into the clear protection zone, the mobile logistics robot is automatically placed in a safe status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis Schuthe, Abel Bengt, Ralf Koenig