Patents by Inventor Alex Broad

Alex Broad 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for modeling loading dock environments
    Patent number: 12544932
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for operating a mobile robot in a loading dock environment are provided. The method comprises capturing, by a camera system of the mobile robot, at least one image of the loading dock environment, and processing, by at least one hardware processor of the mobile robot, the at least one image using a machine learning model trained to identify one or more features of the loading dock environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Boston Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Broad, Karthik Ramachandran, Yi Dong
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING LOADING DOCK ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20240300110
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for operating a mobile robot in a loading dock environment are provided. The method comprises capturing, by a camera system of the mobile robot, at least one image of the loading dock environment, and processing, by at least one hardware processor of the mobile robot, the at least one image using a machine learning model trained to identify one or more features of the loading dock environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Boston Dynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Broad, Karthik Ramachandran, Yi Dong