Patents by Inventor Yanping TAN

Yanping TAN 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).

  • Air-ground heterogeneous robot system path planning method based on neighborhood constraint
    Patent number: 10459437
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-ground heterogeneous robot system path planning method based on a neighborhood constraint. A smallest heterogeneous robot system is formed by a ground mobile robot and an air flying robot. The steps of the method include the ground mobile robot and the air flying robot start from a start point at the same time, successively access N sub-task points for executing sub-tasks and finally reach a destination together. In the present invention, it is considered that the position of each sub-task point is allowed to be effective in a certain neighborhood, and a neighborhood constraint is introduced. In addition, the maximum speed constraints are considered respectively for the air flying robot and the ground mobile robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yang Chen, Yanping Tan, Huaiyu Wu, Lei Cheng, Minghao Jiang, Wen Long
  • AIR-GROUND HETEROGENEOUS ROBOT SYSTEM PATH PLANNING METHOD BASED ON NEIGHBORHOOD CONSTRAINT
    Publication number: 20180267524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-ground heterogeneous robot system path planning method based on a neighborhood constraint. A smallest heterogeneous robot system is formed by a ground mobile robot and an air flying robot. The steps of the method include the ground mobile robot and the air flying robot start from a start point at the same time, successively access N sub-task points for executing sub-tasks and finally reach a destination together. In the present invention, it is considered that the position of each sub-task point is allowed to be effective in a certain neighborhood, and a neighborhood constraint is introduced. In addition, the maximum speed constraints are considered respectively for the air flying robot and the ground mobile robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yang CHEN, Yanping TAN, Huaiyu WU, Lei CHENG, Minghao JIANG, Wen LONG