Patents by Inventor Ryan King-Shepard

Ryan King-Shepard 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).

  • Conflict detection and avoidance for a robot based on perception uncertainty
    Patent number: 12704852
    Abstract: A method is provided for detecting and avoiding conflict during a mission of a robot that includes a global route of travel. The method includes monitoring a state of the robot and a state of an environment of the robot as the robot travels the global route. The method includes generating a local route of travel through a region of the environment that includes the robot, the region having a size and shape that are set based on a type of the robot and the state of the robot when the local route is generated. A measure of uncertainty in the perception of objects in the region is monitored based on the state of the environment. And the robot is caused to maintain the global route or transition to the local route based on a comparison of the measure of uncertainty and an uncertainty threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Ryan King-Shepard
  • CONFLICT DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE FOR A ROBOT BASED ON PERCEPTION UNCERTAINTY
    Publication number: 20240419167
    Abstract: A method is provided for detecting and avoiding conflict during a mission of a robot that includes a global route of travel. The method includes monitoring a state of the robot and a state of an environment of the robot as the robot travels the global route. The method includes generating a local route of travel through a region of the environment that includes the robot, the region having a size and shape that are set based on a type of the robot and the state of the robot when the local route is generated. A measure of uncertainty in the perception of objects in the region is monitored based on the state of the environment. And the robot is caused to maintain the global route or transition to the local route based on a comparison of the measure of uncertainty and an uncertainty threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Ryan King-Shepard
  • Conflict detection and avoidance for a robot based on perception uncertainty
    Patent number: 12072707
    Abstract: A method is provided for detecting and avoiding conflict during a mission of a robot that includes a global route of travel. The method includes monitoring a state of the robot and a state of an environment of the robot as the robot travels the global route. The method includes generating a local route of travel through a region of the environment that includes the robot, the region having a size and shape that are set based on a type of the robot and the state of the robot when the local route is generated. A measure of uncertainty in the perception of objects in the region is monitored based on the state of the environment. And the robot is caused to maintain the global route or transition to the local route based on a comparison of the measure of uncertainty and an uncertainty threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Ryan King-Shepard
  • CONFLICT DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE FOR A ROBOT BASED ON PERCEPTION UNCERTAINTY
    Publication number: 20230221723
    Abstract: A method is provided for detecting and avoiding conflict during a mission of a robot that includes a global route of travel. The method includes monitoring a state of the robot and a state of an environment of the robot as the robot travels the global route. The method includes generating a local route of travel through a region of the environment that includes the robot, the region having a size and shape that are set based on a type of the robot and the state of the robot when the local route is generated. A measure of uncertainty in the perception of objects in the region is monitored based on the state of the environment. And the robot is caused to maintain the global route or transition to the local route based on a comparison of the measure of uncertainty and an uncertainty threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: Ryan King-Shepard