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US 9835709
Systems and methods for permission based control of robots
Current assignee: Arbor Systems LLC
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Patent summary
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US 9,835,709 B2 — Patent Overview
Title: Systems and methods for permission based control of robots
Patent number: US 9,835,709 B2 (application US 15/013,589; publication US 2017/0219676 A1)
Inventors: Bao Tran; Ha Tran
Current assignee (as listed): Arbor Systems LLC (originally filed by an individual)
Priority/filing date: 2016-02-02
Grant/publication date: 2017-12-05
Status (as listed): Active; adjusted expiration 2036-07-24
Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US9835709/en
Purpose. According to the patent text, the invention "relates to privacy protection from robots such as drones, cars, and AV recording equipment." The background notes concerns over drones and robots operating over private property, and cites existing drone capabilities such as live-feed video, infrared, heat sensors, radar, and interception of communications. The stated aim is to balance privacy and safety against potential benefits of commercial or private drone, robotics, and smart-vehicle use.
Plain-language scope (from the excerpt). The text describes two example systems:
- A privacy system in which a radio circuit sends a "privacy indication" in a beacon frame, and a movable device receives that beacon frame via its own radio circuit and includes a motor actuator "controlled to comply with the privacy indication."
- A package-delivery system using a storage device and processor on a delivery device. It receives delivery information (delivery address and privacy authentication information to land), transports the package to the address, detects one or more first beacons transmitted by a delivery receptacle, navigates toward that receptacle based on those beacons, and transmits a second beacon to the receptacle. The excerpt cuts off mid-sentence at that second beacon.
Classifications listed include beacon systems (G01S1/00, G01S1/68), UAV types (B64U10/13), jamming/countermeasures (H04K3/00, H04K3/92), anti-jamming of satellite positioning (G01S19/015), and wireless security/privacy (H04W12/02, H04W12/03).
What the excerpt does not establish. It does not provide the full claims, complete description, or figures; the second system's description is truncated; and procedural matters (validity, enforceability, or litigation) are not addressed. The legal-status and assignee entries are expressly listed as assumptions, not legal conclusions.
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