Patents by Inventor Phil Herget

Phil Herget 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: 20200254614
    Abstract: A method for constraining movements of a robot comprises: obtaining digitally stored dynamic building data describing a set of one or more temporary conditions, the dynamic building data comprising, for each temporary condition of the set of one or more temporary conditions, a location of the temporary condition and a description of the temporary location; updating, from the dynamic building data, digital cost data associated with one or more features of a digital map by calculating, for each temporary condition of the set of one or more temporary conditions, an increased cost of navigation associated with the location of the temporary condition; in response to receiving a task that is associated with a destination location, determining a route of the robot to the destination location using the digital map based in part upon the location of each temporary condition and the increased cost associated with the location, the route not including at least a location of a particular temporary condition of the set of
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: Savioke, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Cousins, Adrian Canoso, Robert S. Bauer, Phil Herget, Izumi Yaskawa
  • Patent number: 10639794
    Abstract: A method for constraining movements of a robot comprises: obtaining digitally stored dynamic building data describing a set of one or more temporary conditions, the dynamic building data comprising, for each temporary condition of the set of one or more temporary conditions, a location of the temporary condition and a description of the temporary location; updating, from the dynamic building data, digital cost data associated with one or more features of a digital map by calculating, for each temporary condition of the set of one or more temporary conditions, an increased cost of navigation associated with the location of the temporary condition; in response to receiving a task that is associated with a destination location, determining a route of the robot to the destination location using the digital map based in part upon the location of each temporary condition and the increased cost associated with the location, the route not including at least a location of a particular temporary condition of the set of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Savioke, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Cousins, Adrian Canoso, Robert S. Bauer, Phil Herget, Izumi Yaskawa
  • Patent number: 10365660
    Abstract: A method for autonomous sensor data collection by a robot comprising: receiving, at the robot, a digitally stored initial map representing a plurality of locations within an environment, wherein each location of the plurality of locations is associated with first sensor data; determining, based on the initial map and one or more stored parameters, whether one or more portions of the initial map should be updated; in response to determining one or more portions of the initial map should be updated, the robot calculating a route to one or more target locations corresponding to the one or more portions of the initial map, and the robot physically traversing the environment on the route; during traversal of the route, collecting second sensor data from one or more sensors of the robot at each target location of the one or more target locations; generating updated map data associating each target location of the one or more locations with respective updated sensor data based on the second sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Savioke, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Wirth, Phil Herget, Steve Cousins
  • Publication number: 20190129444
    Abstract: A method for autonomous sensor data collection by a robot comprising: receiving, at the robot, a digitally stored initial map representing a plurality of locations within an environment, wherein each location of the plurality of locations is associated with first sensor data; determining, based on the initial map and one or more stored parameters, whether one or more portions of the initial map should be updated; in response to determining one or more portions of the initial map should be updated, the robot calculating a route to one or more target locations corresponding to the one or more portions of the initial map, and the robot physically traversing the environment on the route; during traversal of the route, collecting second sensor data from one or more sensors of the robot at each target location of the one or more target locations; generating updated map data associating each target location of the one or more locations with respective updated sensor data based on the second sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Savioke, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Wirth, Phil Herget, Steve Cousins
  • Publication number: 20180333853
    Abstract: A method for constraining movements of a robot comprises: obtaining digitally stored dynamic building data describing a set of one or more temporary conditions, the dynamic building data comprising, for each temporary condition of the set of one or more temporary conditions, a location of the temporary condition and a description of the temporary location; updating, from the dynamic building data, digital cost data associated with one or more features of a digital map by calculating, for each temporary condition of the set of one or more temporary conditions, an increased cost of navigation associated with the location of the temporary condition; in response to receiving a task that is associated with a destination location, determining a route of the robot to the destination location using the digital map based in part upon the location of each temporary condition and the increased cost associated with the location, the route not including at least a location of a particular temporary condition of the set of
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Savioke, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Cousins, Adrian Canoso, Robert S. Bauer, Phil Herget, Izumi Yaskawa
  • Patent number: 9844879
    Abstract: A method for constraining movements of a robot comprises: using the robot, receiving dynamic building data that describes a temporary condition of a building or campus comprising a set of buildings and a location of the temporary condition; using the robot, updating, from the dynamic building data, a map layer of a plurality of map layers of a map by calculating an increased cost of navigation of the portion of the map layer corresponding to the location of the temporary condition, the increased cost based on the description of the temporary condition; using the robot, upon receiving a task having an origin location and a destination location, determining a fastest route from the origin location to the destination location from the plurality of map layers of the map using a graph search algorithm that calculates an expected velocity of the robot over the portion of the map layer corresponding to the location of the temporary condition; using the robot, traversing the fastest route from the origin location to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Savioke, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Cousins, Adrian Canoso, Robert S. Bauer, Phil Herget, Izumi Yaskawa