Patents by Inventor Ze JI

Ze JI 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
    Patent number: 10144342
    Abstract: A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and two or more light sources each arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; wherein the two or more light sources are arranged to illuminate separate areas surrounding the robot corresponding to different sections of an image captured by the camera, and the level of illumination provided by each of the light sources is independently adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ze Ji, Christopher Andrew Smith
  • Mobile robot
    Patent number: 10112302
    Abstract: A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and at least one light source arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system, the control system comprising a feature detection unit for detecting features within images captured by the vision system; wherein the level of illumination provided by the light source is adjusted in response to the number of features detected by the feature detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ze Ji, Christopher Andrew Smith
  • MOBILE ROBOT
    Publication number: 20170285651
    Abstract: A mobile robot including: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and at least one light source arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; wherein the at least one light source is arranged on the mobile robot to emit a cone of light that illuminates an area to a side of the robot that is orthogonal to a forward direction of travel of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ze JI, Christopher Andrew SMITH
  • MOBILE ROBOT
    Publication number: 20160059770
    Abstract: A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and two or more light sources each arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; wherein the two or more light sources are arranged to illuminate separate areas surrounding the robot corresponding to different sections of an image captured by the camera, and the level of illumination provided by each of the light sources is independently adjustable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ze JI, Christopher Andrew SMITH
  • MOBILE ROBOT
    Publication number: 20160059420
    Abstract: A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and at least one light source arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system, the control system comprising a feature detection unit for detecting features within images captured by the vision system; wherein the level of illumination provided by the light source is adjusted in response to the number of features detected by the feature detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ze JI, Christopher Andrew SMITH