Patents by Inventor Eric J. Burbank

Eric J. Burbank 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).

  • MOBILE CLEANING ROBOT WITH VARIABLE CLEANING FEATURES
    Publication number: 20240008704
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body movable within an environment and can define a suction duct. The cleaning assembly can be connected to the body and can be configured to at least partially define, together with a floor surface of the environment, a debris port connected to the suction duct. The cleaning assembly can be engageable with a surface of the environment to direct debris through the debris port, and the cleaning assembly can include a guide adjustable to alter suction through the debris port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Eric J. Burbank, Christopher Mehegan, Jason Lemieux
  • VISUAL FIDUCIAL FOR BEHAVIOR CONTROL ZONE
    Publication number: 20230389762
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot system can include a mobile cleaning robot and processing circuitry. The mobile cleaning robot can include a camera and can be operable to clean a floor surface of an environment. The processing circuitry can be in communication with the mobile cleaning robot and the camera, the processing circuitry configured to produce an image output based on an optical field of view of the camera. The processing circuitry can also detect a visual fiducial in the image output and can determine a behavior modification based on the visual fiducial. The processing circuitry can modify movement of the mobile cleaning robot based on the behavior modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Eric J. Burbank, Oliver Lewis
  • Visual fiducial for behavior control zone
    Patent number: 11730328
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot system can include a mobile cleaning robot and processing circuitry. The mobile cleaning robot can include a camera and can be operable to clean a floor surface of an environment. The processing circuitry can be in communication with the mobile cleaning robot and the camera, the processing circuitry configured to produce an image output based on an optical field of view of the camera. The processing circuitry can also detect a visual fiducial in the image output and can determine a behavior modification based on the visual fiducial. The processing circuitry can modify movement of the mobile cleaning robot based on the behavior modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Burbank, Oliver Lewis
  • VISUAL FIDUCIAL FOR BEHAVIOR CONTROL ZONE
    Publication number: 20220047134
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot system can include a mobile cleaning robot and processing circuitry. The mobile cleaning robot can include a camera and can be operable to clean a floor surface of an environment. The processing circuitry can be in communication with the mobile cleaning robot and the camera, the processing circuitry configured to produce an image output based on an optical field of view of the camera. The processing circuitry can also detect a visual fiducial in the image output and can determine a behavior modification based on the visual fiducial. The processing circuitry can modify movement of the mobile cleaning robot based on the behavior modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Eric J. Burbank, Oliver Lewis
  • MOBILE CLEANING ROBOTS SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200000302
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot system can include a mobile clearing robot and a vacuum system. The mobile cleaning robot can include a support structure and a drive system operative to move the mobile cleaning robot. The vacuum system can be configured to vacuum a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Russell Walter Morin, Eric J. Burbank, Erik Amaral, Rogelio Manfred Neumann, David O. Swett