Title:
ZONE MOBILITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUTONOMOUS DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/047391
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A zone mobility system (100) and method for an autonomous device (102) includes a work area within which the autonomous device (102) is intended to operate, one or more electrically separated boundary conductors (106), each boundary conductor surrounding a work zone (108) within the work area, a transmitter base (105) electrically connected to at least one of the boundary conductors (106), and a removably coupled transmitter (104) configured to transmit a signal for directing movement of the autonomous device (102) on the boundary conductor wire (106), wherein the transmitted signal can be adjusted to optimize the power consumption of the transmitter (104), and a work operation can be commenced utilizing a transmitter interface and/or utilizing an autonomous device user interface.
Inventors:
ABRAMSON SHAI (US)
CHURAVY CHRISTOPHER J (US)
CMICH RYAN (US)
FERENCE ADAM (US)
SAUNDERS JOSEPH EDWARD (US)
CHURAVY CHRISTOPHER J (US)
CMICH RYAN (US)
FERENCE ADAM (US)
SAUNDERS JOSEPH EDWARD (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2019/049030
Publication Date:
May 14, 2020
Filing Date:
August 30, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MTD PRODUCTS INC (US)
International Classes:
A01D34/00; G05D1/02
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2017192981A1 | 2017-11-09 |
Foreign References:
| EP2375301A2 | 2011-10-12 | |||
| DE102014226077A1 | 2016-06-16 | |||
| DE202010008800U1 | 2012-01-19 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HAWK, Julie D. et al. (US)
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