Patents by Inventor Michael Zerr

Michael Zerr 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).

  • SURVEYING A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA USING A PLURALITY OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
    Publication number: 20260147360
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a request to create a map of a geographical area, obtaining geographical-area parameters representing characteristics of the area, subdividing, based on the geographical-area parameters, the area into a plurality of sub-regions, and obtaining, for each of a plurality of robots, corresponding robot parameters representing characteristics of the robot. For each particular sub-region, the method also includes determining, based on the geographical-area parameters, corresponding sub-region parameters representing characteristics of the particular sub-region, assigning, based on the sub-region parameters and the robot parameters, a particular robot to survey the particular sub-region, and obtaining corresponding survey data captured by the particular robot, the survey data representing a survey of the particular sub-region by the particular robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Md Mhafuzul Islam, Arun Adiththan, Jacob Alan Bond, Azeem Sarwar, Maureen Elizabeth August, Michael Zerr