Patents by Inventor Justin H. Kearns

Justin H. Kearns 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).

  • Publication number: 20120173018
    Abstract: A mobile human interface robot that includes a drive system, a controller in communication with the dive system, and an electronic display supported above the drive system and in communication with the controller. The controller includes a central processing unit, a general purpose graphics processing unit, and memory in electrical communication with the central processing unit and the general purpose graphics processing unit. Moreover, the controller has a display operating state and a driving operating state. The controller executes graphics computations on the general purpose graphics processing unit for displaying graphics on the electronic display during the display operating state; and the controller executes mobility computations on the general purpose graphics processing unit for issuing commands to the drive system during the driving operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas P. Allen, Justin H. Kearns, Orjeta Taka, Timothy S. Farlow, Robert Todd Pack, Chikyung Won, Michael T. Rosenstein, Michael Halloran, Steven V. Shamlian, Mark Chiappetta
  • Publication number: 20090254217
    Abstract: A method of controlling a robot includes running multiple applications on a processor, where each application has a robot controller and an action selection engine. Each application is in communication with at least one behavior and at least one action model of at least part of the robot. The method includes running periodic action selection cycles on each action selection engine. Each action selection cycle includes selecting a command for each action space of each action model, generating a single overall command based on the accumulated commands for each action model, and sending the overall command to the robot controller for execution on the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: IROBOT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert T. Pack, Marshall J. Vale, Justin H. Kearns