Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1987-10-23
1989-04-11
Lastova, John R.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
364182, 901 46, 73625, G06F 1546
Patent
active
048212067
ABSTRACT:
A robot positioning apparatus for use with robot devices having a movable portion, wherein the movable portion may be spatially oriented to, and controllably spaced from, a reference surface. Initial locating of the reference surface is accomplished by an approximate positioning subsystem using multiple, angularly oriented units which send and receive acoustic orientation positioning signals in search of the reference surface. Once a return signal is received, switching logic indentifies the necessary reorienting of the movable portion to achieve approximately the proper facing relationship of the movable portion to the surface. For precise positioning and ranging after the facing relation is established, a precision positioning subsystem emits an acoustic signal toward the surface, and a response signal is received back from the surface by at least two, and preferably three, receivers mounted upon the movable portion of the robot device. A comparator compares the times of flight of the signals received by the receivers on a pair-wise basis, thereby determining the relative distance of the pair of receivers from the surface, which in turn is a direct indication of the spatial orientation of the compared receivers in relation to the reference surface. The signal time of flight from the surface to the receivers is measured as an indicator of the distance of the receivers from the surface. The movable portion of the robot device is adjusted to maintain some predetermined distance and spatial orientation for the signal receivers mounted on the movable portion, thereby orienting the movable portion with respect to the surface in three dimensions.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4638445 (1987-01-01), Mattaboni
patent: 4674057 (1987-06-01), Caughman et al.
patent: 4718023 (1988-01-01), Arora
Garmong Gregory O.
Lastova John R.
Photo Acoustic Technology, Inc.
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