Patents by Inventor Waqas AFZAL

Waqas AFZAL 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).

  • Mobile robot, method of navigating the same, and storage medium
    Patent number: 10928822
    Abstract: A mobile robot including a motion actuator; at least one detection sensor configured to detect field information in a movement field of the mobile robot; a guidance generation unit configured to generate a motion guidance policy to a target position from a current position, the motion guidance policy being updated by the guidance generation unit when the field information has been received from the at least one detection sensor; a safety sensitization unit configured to generate a safety sensitized policy which is the motion guidance policy with a reduced velocity magnitude relative to an angle between the motion guidance policy and the current motion of the mobile robot; and a motion actuation unit configured to determine an actuation signal for instructing the motion actuator to project the current motion of the mobile robot in conformity with the safety sensitized policy provided by the safety sensitization unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Waqas Afzal, Ahmad A. Masoud
  • MOBILE ROBOT, METHOD OF NAVIGATING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20200033862
    Abstract: A mobile robot including a motion actuator; at least one detection sensor configured to detect field information in a movement field of the mobile robot; a guidance generation unit configured to generate a motion guidance policy to a target position from a current position, the motion guidance policy being updated by the guidance generation unit when the field information has been received from the at least one detection sensor; a safety sensitization unit configured to generate a safety sensitized policy which is the motion guidance policy with a reduced velocity magnitude relative to an angle between the motion guidance policy and the current motion of the mobile robot; and a motion actuation unit configured to determine an actuation signal for instructing the motion actuator to project the current motion of the mobile robot in conformity with the safety sensitized policy provided by the safety sensitization unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Waqas AFZAL, Ahmad A. MASOUD