ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,306, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Trifo Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"3D geometric and semantic awareness with deep learning for autonomous guidance" was invented by Zhe Zhang (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Zhongwei Li (Beijing), Peizhang Chen (Guangzhou, China), Rui Xiang (Beijing) and Xu Han (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed includes systems and methods for using a deep learning trained classifier to detect obstacles and pathways in an environment in which a robot moves. The system includes logic to receive image information captured by at least one visual spectrum-capable camera and location information ...