Patents by Inventor Rune K. Larsen

Rune K. Larsen 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).

  • Patent number: 11857478
    Abstract: There is provided a lifting robot suitable for lifting and transferring a person. Especially there is provided a patient lift apparatus with collapsible vertical and horizontal columns that allows the apparatus to change its height and width. Specifically there is provided a patient lifting robot having a frame for lifting and carrying persons. The frame has adjustable length and width, since the frame comprises two vertically collapsible columns for adjusting the height of the frame, and one horizontally collapsible beam for adjusting the width of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Blue Ocean Robotics, ApS
    Inventors: Thomas A. Rubaek, John Ostergaard, Rune K. Larsen, Helle Gaub
  • Patent number: 11701442
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a method of receiving, at an actuated mobile device, at least one dosage level for a predetermined area, where the at least one dosage level is based on a first dosage of ultraviolet (UV) light to be output from at least one light source for at least a portion of the predetermined area. The method may include moving the actuated mobile device in a path within the predetermined area and outputting the UV light from the at least one light source onto one or more first surfaces based on the received at least one dosage level. The method may include moving the actuated mobile device within the path, and outputting the UV light onto one or more second surfaces based on the received at least one dosage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: UVD Robots ApS
    Inventors: Thomas Rubaek, Efraim Vitzrabin, John Erland Østergaard, Rune K. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20230205211
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a device of a mobile robot may include a motor to drive a drive system to move the mobile robot in an area, and a light source to output ultraviolet light. The device may include at least one first sensor to determine at least one of an orientation of the mobile robot, a location of the mobile robot, and/or when the light source is within a predetermined distance of an object in the area. The device may include a controller, communicatively coupled to the drive system, the light source, and the at least one first sensor to control the drive system so as to stop or move the mobile robot before the light source is within the predetermined distance of the object based on at least a signal received from the at least one first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: UVD Robots ApS
    Inventors: Efraim Vitzrabin, Rune K. Larsen, John Erland Østergaard, Jorge Rodriguez, Thomas Rubæk
  • Patent number: 11609570
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a device of a mobile robot may include a motor to drive a drive system to move the mobile robot in an area, and a light source to output ultraviolet light. The device may include at least one first sensor to determine at least one of an orientation of the mobile robot, a location of the mobile robot, and/or when the light source is within a predetermined distance of an object in the area. The device may include a controller, communicatively coupled to the drive system, the light source, and the at least one first sensor to control the drive system so as to stop or move the mobile robot before the light source is within the predetermined distance of the object based on at least a signal received from the at least one first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: UVD Robots ApS
    Inventors: Efraim Vitzrabin, Rune K. Larsen, John Erland Østergaard, Jorge Rodriguez, Thomas Rubaek
  • Patent number: 11511423
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a method of moving, using a drive system, a mobile robot within an area. Detecting, using at least one sensor of the mobile robot, at least one of air within the area, a surface within the area, and/or an object within the area. The area may be mapped in three dimensions based on the detecting of at least one of the air, the surface, and the object as the mobile robot moves within the area. Ultraviolet (UV) light may be emitted from a light source of the mobile robot to disinfect at least a portion of the area. A representation of the emission of the UV light may be plotted onto the mapped area to generate an exposure plot, where the representation is of the UV light emitted on at least one of the air, the surface, and the object in the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: UVD Robots ApS
    Inventors: Efraim Vitzrabin, Rune K. Larsen, Thomas Rubaek, John Erland Østergaard
  • Publication number: 20210299868
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a method of moving, using a drive system, a mobile robot within an area. Detecting, using at least one sensor of the mobile robot, at least one of air within the area, a surface within the area, and/or an object within the area. The area may be mapped in three dimensions based on the detecting of at least one of the air, the surface, and the object as the mobile robot moves within the area. Ultraviolet (UV) light may be emitted from a light source of the mobile robot to disinfect at least a portion of the area. A representation of the emission of the UV light may be plotted onto the mapped area to generate an exposure plot, where the representation is of the UV light emitted on at least one of the air, the surface, and the object in the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Efraim Vitzrabin, Rune K. Larsen, Thomas Rubaek, John Erland Østergaard
  • Publication number: 20210299295
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a method of receiving, at an actuated mobile device, at least one dosage level for a predetermined area, where the at least one dosage level is based on a first dosage of ultraviolet (UV) light to be output from at least one light source for at least a portion of the predetermined area. The method may include moving the actuated mobile device in a path within the predetermined area and outputting the UV light from the at least one light source onto one or more first surfaces based on the received at least one dosage level. The method may include moving the actuated mobile device within the path, and outputting the UV light onto one or more second surfaces based on the received at least one dosage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Rubaek, Efraim Vitzrabin, John Erland Østergaard, Rune K. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20210286363
    Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter provide a device of a mobile robot may include a motor to drive a drive system to move the mobile robot in an area, and a light source to output ultraviolet light. The device may include at least one first sensor to determine at least one of an orientation of the mobile robot, a location of the mobile robot, and/or when the light source is within a predetermined distance of an object in the area. The device may include a controller, communicatively coupled to the drive system, the light source, and the at least one first sensor to control the drive system so as to stop or move the mobile robot before the light source is within the predetermined distance of the object based on at least a signal received from the at least one first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Efraim Vitzrabin, Rune K. Larsen, John Erland Østergaard, Jorge Rodriguez, Thomas Rubaek