US Patent Issued to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES on July 21 for "System to localize, characterize, and map a collision of an autonomous mobile device" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,856, issued on July 21, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).

"System to localize, characterize, and map a collision of an autonomous mobile device" was invented by Shreekant Gayaka (Fremont, Calif.), Chang Young Kim (Newark, Calif.) and Xin Yang (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous mobile device (AMD) moves within in a physical space. The AMD may encounter features in the physical space, such as flooring transitions, or obstacles that may impede movement. Sensors such as an ultrasonic sensor, optical time of flight sensors, inertial measurement unit (IMU), wheel speed sensors, and motor torque...