Patent ID: 9625571
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B25J,G01S,G05D,H04B,H04W,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by a computing system, that a robotic device has entered a particular physical region; in response to detecting that the robotic device has entered the particular physical region, the computing system determining at least one type of sensor associated with the robotic device, wherein the at least one type of sensor is used to detect reflected illumination that is reflected from at least one object; based on the determined at least one type of sensor, the computing system selecting (i) at least one particular type of disturbing illumination and (ii) a target location within the particular physical region; and the computing system directing at least one light source to emit the selected at least one particular type of disturbing illumination towards the selected target location so as to disturb the reflected illumination detectable by the robotic device using the at least one type of sensor.