Patents by Inventor Mark Chiappetta
Mark Chiappetta 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).
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Patent number: 8295125Abstract: Detecting an object using sound waves includes outputting a sound wave from a transducer, receiving an echo after outputting the sound wave, obtaining a threshold value based on the echo and plural other echoes that are within a predetermined range of the echo, and determining if the echo is a result of the sound wave based on the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Mark Chiappetta, James Allard
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Publication number: 20120185094Abstract: A mobile robot that includes a drive system, a controller in communication with the drive system, and a volumetric point cloud imaging device supported above the drive system at a height of greater than about one feet above the ground and directed to be capable of obtaining a point cloud from a volume of space that includes a floor plane in a direction of movement of the mobile robot. The controller receives point cloud signals from the imaging device and issues drive commands to the drive system based at least in part on the received point cloud signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: iRobot CorporationInventors: Michael Rosenstein, Michael Halloran, Steven V. Shamlian, Chikyung Won, Mark Chiappetta
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Publication number: 20120185095Abstract: A mobile human interface robot that includes a base defining a vertical center axis and a forward drive direction and a holonomic drive system supported by the base. The drive system has first, second, and third driven drive wheels, each trilaterally spaced about the vertical center axis and having a drive direction perpendicular to a radial axis with respect to the vertical center axis. The robot further includes a controller in communication with the holonomic drive system, a torso supported above the base, and a touch sensor system in communication with the controller. The touch sensor system is responsive to human contact. The controller issues drive commands to the holonomic drive system based on a touch signal received from the touch sensor system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: iRobot CorporationInventors: Michael Rosenstein, Chikyung Won, Geoffrey B. Lansberry, Steven V. Shamlian, Michael Halloran, Mark Chiappetta, Thomas P. Allen
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Publication number: 20120185096Abstract: A method of operating a mobile robot to traverse a threshold includes detecting a threshold proximate the robot. The robot includes a holonomic drive system having first, second, and third drive elements configured to maneuver the robot omni-directionally. The method further includes moving the first drive element onto the threshold from a first side and moving the second drive element onto the threshold to place both the first and second drive elements on the threshold. The method includes moving the first drive element off a second side of the threshold, opposite to the first side of the threshold, and moving the third drive element onto the threshold, placing both the second and third drive elements on the threshold. The method includes moving both the second and third drive elements off the second side of the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: iRobot CorporationInventors: Michael Rosenstein, Steven V. Shamlian, Chikyung Won, Michael Halloran, Mark Chiappetta, Thomas P. Allen
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Publication number: 20120182392Abstract: A method of object detection for a mobile robot includes emitting a speckle pattern of light onto a scene about the robot while maneuvering the robot across a work surface, receiving reflections of the emitted speckle pattern off surfaces of a target object in the scene, determining a distance of each reflecting surface of the target object, constructing a three-dimensional depth map of the target object, and classifying the target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: iRobot CorporationInventors: Justin H. Kearns, Orjeta Taka, Robert Todd Pack, Michael T. Rosenstein, Michael Halloran, Timothy S. Farlow, Steven V. Shamlian, Chikyung Won, Mark Chiappetta, Jasper Fourways Vicenti
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Publication number: 20120173018Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: iRobot CorporationInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20120116587Abstract: Detecting an object using sound waves includes outputting a sound wave from a transducer, receiving an echo after outputting the sound wave, obtaining a threshold value based on the echo and plural other echoes that are within a predetermined range of the echo, and determining if the echo is a result of the sound wave based on the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Inventors: Mark Chiappetta, James Allard
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Patent number: 8107318Abstract: Detecting an object using sound waves includes outputting a sound wave from a transducer, receiving an echo after outputting the sound wave, obtaining a threshold value based on the echo and plural other echoes that are within a predetermined range of the echo, and determining if the echo is a result of the sound wave based on the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Mark Chiappetta, James Allard
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Publication number: 20110288684Abstract: A robot system includes a mobile robot having a controller executing a control system for controlling operation of the robot, a cloud computing service in communication with the controller of the robot, and a remote computing device in communication with the cloud computing service. The remote computing device communicates with the robot through the cloud computing service.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: iRobot CorporationInventors: Tim S. Farlow, Michael Rosenstein, Michael Halloran, Chikyung Won, Steven V. Shamlian, Mark Chiappetta
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Publication number: 20100256813Abstract: Detecting an object using sound waves includes outputting a sound wave from a transducer, receiving an echo after outputting the sound wave, obtaining a threshold value based on the echo and plural other echoes that are within a predetermined range of the echo, and determining if the echo is a result of the sound wave based on the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Mark Chiappetta, James Allard
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Publication number: 20080205194Abstract: Detecting an object using sound waves includes outputting a sound wave from a transducer, receiving an echo after outputting the sound wave, obtaining a threshold value based on the echo and plural other echoes that are within a predetermined range of the echo, and determining if the echo is a result of the sound wave based on the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: iRobot CorporationInventors: Mark Chiappetta, James Allard
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Patent number: 7369460Abstract: Detecting an object using sound waves includes outputting a sound wave from a transducer, receiving an echo after outputting the sound wave, obtaining a threshold value based on the echo and plural other echoes that are within a predetermined range of the echo, and determining if the echo is a result of the sound wave based on the threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: iRobot CorporationInventors: Mark Chiappetta, James Allard
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Publication number: 20070179670Abstract: A navigational control system for altering movement activity of a robotic device operating in a defined working area, comprising a transmitting subsystem integrated in combination with the robotic device, the transmitting subsystem comprising means for emitting a number of directed beams, each directed beam having a predetermined emission pattern, and a receiving subsystem functioning as a base station that includes a navigation control algorithm that defines a predetermined triggering event for the navigational control system and a set of detection units positioned within the defined working area in a known spaced-apart relationship, the set of detection units being configured and operative to detect one or more of the directed beams emitted by the transmitting system; and wherein the receiving subsystem is configured and operative to process the one or more detected directed beams under the control of the navigational control algorithm to determine whether the predetermined triggering event has occurred, anType: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: August 2, 2007Applicant: IROBOT CORPORATIONInventors: Mark Chiappetta, Joseph Jones
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Patent number: 7240396Abstract: A floor cleaner is provided for cleaning a floor, where the floor cleaner has a front and a rear and includes: a sweeper for sweeping the floor; a scrubber, connected to the sweeper and located in the rear of the sweeper, for wetting and cleaning the floor; and a burnisher, connected to the scrubber and located in the rear of the scrubber, for burnishing the floor.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: JohnsonDiversey, Inc.Inventors: Victor W. Thomas, Sr., Robert K. Kay, Jayant Sharma, Philip R. Mass, Rosario Robert, Colin Angle, Lee F. Sword, Joseph L. Jones, Paul E. Sandin, John P. O'Brien, Benjamin L. Wirz, Mark Chiappetta, Gideon Coltof
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Publication number: 20060136096Abstract: A navigational control system for altering movement activity of a robotic device operating in a defined working area, comprising a transmitting subsystem integrated in combination with the robotic device, for emitting a number of directed beams, each directed beam having a predetermined emission pattern, and a receiving subsystem functioning as a base station that includes a navigation control algorithm that defines a predetermined triggering event for the navigational control system and a set of detection units positioned within the defined working area in a known spaced-apart relationship, the set of detection units being configured and operative to detect one or more of the directed beams emitted by the transmitting system; and wherein the receiving subsystem is configured and operative to process the one or more detected directed beams under the control of the navigational control algorithm to determine whether the predetermined triggering event has occurred, and, if the predetermined triggering event hasType: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: June 22, 2006Inventors: Mark Chiappetta, Joseph Jones
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Patent number: 7013527Abstract: A floor cleaner is provided for cleaning a floor, where the floor cleaner has a front and a rear and includes: a sweeper for sweeping the floor, a scrubber, connected to the sweeper and located in the rear of the sweeper, for wetting and cleaning the floor; and a burnisher, connected to the scrubber and located in the rear of the scrubber, for burnishing the floor.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2004Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: JohnsonDiversey, Inc.Inventors: Victor W. Thomas, Sr., Robert K. Kay, Jayant Sharma, Phillip R. Mass, Rosario Robert, Colin Angle, Lee F. Sword, Joseph L. Jones, Paul E. Sandin, John P. O'Brien, Benjamin L. Wirz, Selma Slipichevich, Mark Chiappetta, Gideon Coltof
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Publication number: 20050249035Abstract: Detecting an object using sound waves includes outputting a sound wave from a transducer, receiving an echo after outputting the sound wave, obtaining a threshold value based on the echo and plural other echoes that are within a predetermined range of the echo, and determining if the echo is a result of the sound wave based on the threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Mark Chiappetta, James Allard
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Publication number: 20050147413Abstract: A light amplifier includes a source of multiple light beams, each modulated with the same information, and a plurality of light amplifying optical fibers, each amplifying one of the light beams. The amplified light from each amplifying fiber is converted to electric form, and the electrical signals are summed to add the information and average the noise. In one embodiment, the bundle of fibers is twisted as it is wound about a cylinder, to average the compressive and tension forces on the fibers of the bundle. In another embodiment, a common cladding surrounds a bundle of fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2003Publication date: July 7, 2005Inventor: Mark Chiappetta
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Publication number: 20050028316Abstract: A floor cleaner is provided for cleaning a floor, where the floor cleaner has a front and a rear and includes: a sweeper for sweeping the floor; a scrubber, connected to the sweeper and located in the rear of the sweeper, for wetting and cleaning the floor; and a burnisher, connected to the scrubber and located in the rear of the scrubber, for burnishing the floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Victor Thomas, Robert Kay, Jayant Sharma, Phillip Mass, Rosario Robert, Colin Angle, Lee Sword, Joseph Jones, Paul Sandin, John O'Brien, Benjamin Wirz, Selma Slipichevich, Mark Chiappetta, Gideon Coltof, Robert Connors
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Publication number: 20050028315Abstract: A floor cleaner is provided for cleaning a floor, where the floor cleaner has a front and a rear and includes: a sweeper for sweeping the floor; a scrubber, connected to the sweeper and located in the rear of the sweeper, for wetting and cleaning the floor; and a burnisher, connected to the scrubber and located in the rear of the scrubber, for burnishing the floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2004Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Victor Thomas, Robert Kay, Jayant Sharma, Phillip Mass, Rosario Robert, Colin Angle, Lee Sword, Joseph Jones, Paul Sandin, John O'Brien, Benjamin Wirz, Mark Chiappetta, Gideon Coltof