Patent Publication Number: US-10787027-B2

Title: Illustration robot movement

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/507,583, entitled “Illustration Robot Movement,” filed on May 17, 2017, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     A robot may generate an illustration using a writing instrument on an illustration surface. However, if the writing instrument is offset from the center of the robot, moving the writing instrument to create the illustration may require additional processing as compared to moving a writing instrument positioned at the center of the robot. 
     It is with respect to these and other general considerations that the aspects disclosed herein have been made. Also, although relatively specific problems may be discussed, it should be understood that the examples should not be limited to solving the specific problems identified in the background or elsewhere in this disclosure. 
     SUMMARY 
     Aspects of the present disclosure relate to illustration robot movement. In examples, a destination location may specify a location to which the illustration robot should move a writing instrument from its current location. In some examples, the robot may not be parallel to the vector from the location of the writing instrument to the destination location, such that the robot may need to rotate or turn in order to create the illustration. Accordingly, the robot may move along an arc determined to cause the writing instrument to move tangent to the vector. Further, the arc may be periodically recalculated in order to maintain the movement of the writing instrument along the vector, rather than along an arc. 
     This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter. Additional aspects, features, and/or advantages of examples will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples are described with reference to the following figures. 
         FIGS. 1A-1C  illustrate overviews of example aspects of a robot. 
         FIGS. 2A-2B  illustrate overviews of example robot systems according to aspects disclosed herein. 
         FIG. 3A  illustrates an overview of an example method for generating robot movement. 
         FIG. 3B  illustrates an overview of an example method for generating robot movement. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates an example operating environment in which one or more of the present embodiments may be implemented. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     A robot may use a writing instrument to create an illustration. As an example, a writing instrument may be a pen, a pencil, a paint brush, or a stylus, among other instruments. In some examples, the writing instrument may be positioned away from the center of the robot, wherein the center may be a point about which the robot may rotate. For example, a two-wheeled robot may have a center that is located at the midpoint of the axel connecting the two wheels, while a four-wheeled robot may rotate about a center that is equidistant from the four wheels. While example robots and center points are discussed herein, it will be appreciated that a robot may have any of a variety of features without departing from the spirit of this disclosure. 
     Due to the difference between the location of the writing instrument and the center of the robot, different movements may be used when generating an illustration as compared to generating an illustration with a writing instrument located at the center of the robot. For example, to draw a square, a two-wheeled robot having a writing instrument at its center may draw lines and rotate in place to form the different edges of the square. By contrast, performing a similar rotation in place with a robot having an off-center writing instrument may instead yield an arc or curve. As such, the systems and methods disclosed herein relate to illustration robot movement. 
       FIGS. 1A-1C  illustrate overviews of example aspects of a robot. As will be discussed in greater detail below,  FIG. 1A  is a side view of an example robot,  FIG. 1B  is a top view of an example robot, and  FIG. 1C  is a simplified top view of an example robot. 
       FIG. 1A  comprises a side view of robot  100 . As illustrated, robot  100  comprises body  102 , wheels  104 , arms  106 , and writing instrument  108 . Wheels  104  may be used to move robot  100  when illustrating using writing instrument  108 . While robot  100  is shown as having two wheels, it will be appreciated that fewer or additional wheels, as well as alternative movement mechanisms and techniques, may be used without departing from the spirit of this disclosure. As discussed above, writing instrument  108  may be a pen, a pencil, a paint brush, or a stylus, among other instruments. Writing instrument  108  may be held by robot  100  using one of arms  106 . In some examples, writing instrument  108  may be raised or lowered to cause writing instrument  108  to come into contact with an illustration surface (e.g., a piece of paper, a canvas, a touch-sensitive screen, etc.). In other examples, writing instrument  108  may be detachable, such that different writing instruments may be substituted in its place. Robot  100  may move using wheels  104  in order to create an illustration using writing instrument  108 . As an example, robot  100  may move wheels  104  at similar speeds in order to create a straight line or may move wheels  104  at different speeds in order to turn or rotate. 
       FIG. 1B  illustrates a top view of robot  110 . As shown, robot  110  comprises body  112 , wheels  114 , arms  116 , and writing instrument  118 . Body  112  is illustrated with an “X” in the center, indicating the center of robot  110 . When robot rotates in place using wheels  114 , robot  110  may rotate about the “X” shown in body  112 .  FIG. 1C  illustrates a simplified top view of robot  120 . The center  122  of robot  120  is illustrated by the “X” in between wheels  124 . As discussed above, robot  120  may rotate about center  122  indicated by the “X” when rotating in place (e.g., spinning wheels  124  in opposite directions). Writing instrument  126  may be used to create an illustration. The “X” at writing instrument  126  illustrates the location from which an illustration will be created when robot  120  moves. Thus, when robot  120  rotates in place, an arc or curve may be illustrated using writing instrument  126 . Accordingly, robot  120  may use aspects described herein to move writing instrument  126  in a straight line while turning or rotating. 
       FIG. 2A  illustrates an overview of an example robot system  200  according to aspects disclosed herein. System  200  is comprised of robot center  202 , writing instrument location  204 , and destination location  206 . The robot may currently be located at robot center  202 , and may have received an instruction to draw a line along vector  208  from writing instrument location  204  to destination location  206 . Given that vector  208  is not parallel to the current orientation of the robot (e.g., as illustrated by vertical axis  220 ), the robot may turn while illustrating in order to move the writing instrument in a straight line approximately along vector  208 . Thus, the rate at which each wheel of the robot moves may be varied in order to create the illustration. 
     Robot system  200  comprises wheel axis  218 , which may be an extension of the axel of the robot. Perpendicular vector  210  may be perpendicular to vector  208 , beginning from writing instrument location  204 . As illustrated, perpendicular vector  210  intersects wheel axis  216  at point  212 . Accordingly, the robot may begin to rotate the writing instrument about point  212  to create an illustration that is tangent to vector  208 . In order to rotate the writing instrument about point  212 , the wheels of the robot may move at different speeds, so as to cause the robot to move in an arc having radius  214 , which is the distance between robot center  202  and point  212 . Thus, while the robot moves along the arc having radius  214 , the writing instrument may follow arc  216 . As illustrated, the initial movement of the writing instrument along arc  216  may be tangent to vector  208 , while later movements may arc further from vector  208 . Accordingly, the movement of the robot and writing instrument may be periodically recalculated or adjusted according to aspects disclosed herein in order to maintain movement of the writing instrument approximately along vector  208 . 
       FIG. 2B  illustrates an overview of an example robot system  230  according to aspects disclosed herein. System  230  may be a later illustration of system  200  discussed above with respect to  FIG. 2A , wherein the robot has illustrated a part of vector  208  (presently illustrated in  FIG. 2B  as vector  238 ) by moving the writing instrument along arc  216  in  FIG. 2A . Accordingly, writing instrument location  234  has progressed along vector  238  as a result of the robot rotating about point  212  in  FIG. 2A . However, in order to maintain the position of the writing instrument along vector  238  (rather than following arc  216  in  FIG. 2A ), the movement of the robot may be periodically recalculated or adjusted (e.g., based on time, based on a sensed location for the robot, etc.). Thus, as illustrated in robot system  230 , the robot may currently be located at robot center  232 . Wheel axis  248  may be an extension of the axel of the robot, while vertical axis  250  may provide a frame of reference for the initial orientation of the robot. 
     Perpendicular vector  240  may be perpendicular to vector  238 , beginning from the updated writing instrument location  234 . As illustrated, perpendicular vector  240  intersects wheel axis  248  at point  242 . Accordingly, the robot may now instead rotate the writing instrument about point  242  (instead of point  212  in  FIG. 2A ) to continue illustrating tangent to vector  238 . In order to rotate the writing instrument about point  242 , the wheels of the robot may move at different speeds, so as to cause the robot to move in an arc having radius  244 , which is the distance between robot center  232  and point  242 . Thus, while the robot moves along the arc having radius  244 , the writing instrument may follow arc  246 . As illustrated, the updated movement of the writing instrument along arc  246  may be tangent to vector  238 , while later movements may arc further from vector  238 . Accordingly, the movement of the robot and writing instrument may again be further recalculated or adjusted according to aspects disclosed herein in order to maintain movement of the writing instrument approximately along vector  238 .  FIGS. 2A and 2B  are provided as examples of a robot generating an illustration along a vector. In examples, completing the illustration comprises performing similar computations and adjustments as described above until the writing instrument has moved to the destination location. 
       FIG. 3A  illustrates an overview of an example method  300  for generating robot movement. In an example, method  300  may be performed by a robot, such as robot  100  in  FIG. 1 . In some examples, at least a part of method  300  may be performed by a computing device, including, but not limited to, a mobile computing device, a tablet computing device, a distributed computing device, a laptop computing device, or a desktop computing device. Method  300  begins at operation  302 , where a destination location may be received. In an example, the destination location may be received from a server or other computing device, wherein the destination location may indicate a coordinate to which the robot should move a writing instrument. In another example, the destination location may be accessed (e.g., from memory, from a local data store, etc.). The destination location may be part of a drawing, wherein the drawing is comprised of one or more destination locations among which the writing instrument should move. In some examples, the destination location may comprise a draw indicator, wherein the draw indicator specifies whether the robot should cause the writing instrument to contact a writing surface (e.g., by raising or lowering the writing instrument using an arm, such as one of arms  106  in  FIG. 1 ). 
     Moving to operation  304 , wheel speed for the robot may be determined based on the writing instrument location. As will be discussed in greater detail below with respect to  FIG. 3B , the wheel speeds may be determined so as to cause the robot to rotate or turn. The determination may be made locally by the robot, may be made remotely (e.g., by a server or other computing device), or any combination thereof. In some examples, the determination may be based on the location of the writing instrument, the location of the center of the robot, the distance to the destination location, or the orientation of the robot with respect to the destination location, among other considerations. In other examples, the determination may comprise determining a ratio of wheel speeds with respect to each other, whereas the actual speed of the robot may be based on one or more factors, including, but not limited to, maintaining a constant drawing speed, the size of the illustration, or the distance to be traveled by the robot. 
     At operation  306 , the illustration may be created by moving the wheels at the determined wheel speeds. This may comprise raising or lowering the writing instrument (e.g., as may have been specified by a draw indication when the destination location was received) or monitoring the progress of the robot using an onboard camera or other sensor (e.g., a proximity sensor, a light sensor, etc.). As discussed above with respect to  FIGS. 2A and 2B , the movement of the robot may be recalculated or adjusted. Accordingly, flow progresses to operation  308 , where a determination may be made whether the writing instrument has arrived at the destination location. If it is determined that the writing instrument is at the destination location, flow branches “YES” to operation  310 , where the illustration operation completes. Completing the illustration operation may comprise providing an indication that the illustration is complete or accessing or receiving a new destination location (e.g., after which aspects of method  300  may be performed for the new destination location), among other operations. Flow terminates at operation  310 . 
     If, however, it is determined that the writing instrument is not at the destination, flow branches “NO” to operation  304 , where a wheel speed determination may be made. In some examples, the wheel speed may be maintained, wherein the determined wheel speed is similar to the wheel speed that was previously determined at operation  304 . In other examples, an updated wheel speed may be determined based on the location of the writing instrument, the location of the center of the robot, the distance to the destination location, or the orientation of the robot with respect to the destination location, among other considerations. The updated wheel speed may be different so as to rotate the robot in order to maintain the path of the writing instrument along a vector rather than moving the writing instrument along an arc, as was discussed above with respect to  FIGS. 2A and 2B . Flow loops between operations  304  and  308 , such that the wheel speeds may be periodically adjusted until the writing instrument arrives at the received destination location and flow terminates at operation  310 , as discussed above. 
       FIG. 3B  illustrates an overview of an example method for generating robot movement. In an example, method  320  may be performed by a robot, such as robot  100  in  FIG. 1 . In some examples, aspects of method  320  may be performed by a computing device, including, but not limited to, a mobile computing device, a tablet computing device, a distributed computing device, a laptop computing device, or a desktop computing device. In examples, aspects of method  320  may be performed to determine a wheel speed while generating an illustration, such as at operation  304  of method  300  described above. 
     Method  320  begins at operation  322 , where a destination location may be received. In an example, the destination location may be received from a server or other computing device, wherein the destination location may indicate a coordinate to which the robot should move a writing instrument. In some examples, the destination location may comprise a draw indicator, wherein the draw indicator specifies whether the robot should cause the writing instrument to contact a writing surface (e.g., by raising or lowering the writing instrument using an arm, such as one of arms  106  in  FIG. 1 ). In another example, the destination location may be accessed (e.g., from memory, from a local data store, etc.). The destination location may be part of a drawing, wherein the drawing is comprised of one or more destination locations among which the writing instrument should move. 
     Moving to operation  324 , a first vector between the writing instrument location and the destination location may be evaluated. The first vector may represent the path that the writing instrument should travel in order to create an illustration between the current position of the writing instrument and the destination location (e.g., vectors  208  and  238  in  FIGS. 2A and 2B , respectively). At operation  326 , a second vector may be evaluated, wherein the second vector may be perpendicular to the first vector and may begin at the location of the writing instrument (e.g., perpendicular vectors  210  and  240  in  FIGS. 2A and 2B , respectively). The second vector may intersect the wheel axis of the robot, wherein the wheel axis may represent a line perpendicular to the forward direction of the robot running through the center of the robot (e.g., wheel axes  218  and  248  in  FIGS. 2A and 2B , respectively). 
     At operation  328 , a radius may be determined between the center point of the robot and the intersection point of the second vector with the wheel axis. As an example, the determined radius may be similar to radii  214  or  244  in  FIGS. 2A and 2B , respectively). As discussed above, the radius may be associated with the arc on which the robot may travel in order to move the writing instrument along the first vector between the writing instrument location and the destination location. 
     Moving to operation  330 , wheel speed may be determined so as to maintain the determined radius. Determining the wheel speed may comprise determining a ratio for the wheels of the robot, such that the robot may rotate as a result of the different wheel speeds. For example, if the distance between a first and second wheel is the wheel base (WB), the ratio of the speed of the right wheel to the speed of the left wheel (e.g., ω L /ω R ), given the radius (r) determined at operation  328 , may be determined by the following equation: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
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     The actual wheel speed may then be based on the determined ratio in view of one or more factors, including, but not limited to, maintaining a constant drawing speed, the size of the illustration, or the distance to be traveled by the robot. In examples, the determined wheel speed may be used to generate at least a part of an illustration (e.g., as described above at operation  306  of method  300 ). In some examples, aspects of method  320  may be performed repeatedly (as indicated by the loop between operations  304 - 308  in method  300 ) so as to update the arc traveled by a robot when generating an illustration (e.g., for lines that aren&#39;t straight, etc.) according to aspects described herein. Flow terminates at operation  330 . 
     While  FIGS. 3A and 3B  are discussed with respect to determining wheel speeds (and, in some instances, with respect to a two-wheeled robot), it will be appreciated that other movement techniques may be used without departing from the spirit of this disclosure. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates an example operating environment  400  in which one or more of the present embodiments may be implemented. This is only one example of a suitable operating environment and is not intended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use or functionality. Other well-known computing systems, environments, and/or configurations that may be suitable for use include, but are not limited to, personal computers, server computers, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based systems, programmable consumer electronics such as smart phones, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, distributed computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like. 
     In its most basic configuration, operating environment  400  typically includes at least one processing unit  402  and memory  404 . Depending on the exact configuration and type of computing device, memory  404  (instructions to perform the robot movement operations disclosed herein) may be volatile (such as RAM), non-volatile (such as ROM, flash memory, etc.), or some combination of the two. This most basic configuration is illustrated in  FIG. 4  by dashed line  406 . Further, environment  400  may also include storage devices (removable,  408 , and/or non-removable,  410 ) including, but not limited to, magnetic or optical disks or tape. Similarly, environment  400  may also have input device(s)  414  such as keyboard, mouse, pen, voice input, etc. and/or output device(s)  416  such as a display, speakers, printer, etc. Also included in the environment may be one or more communication connections,  412 , such as LAN, WAN, point to point, etc. 
     Operating environment  400  typically includes at least some form of computer readable media. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by processing unit  402  or other devices comprising the operating environment. By way of example, and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disks (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other tangible, non-transitory medium which can be used to store the desired information. Computer storage media does not include communication media. 
     Communication media embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism and includes any information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media. Combinations of the any of the above should also be included within the scope of computer readable media. 
     The operating environment  400  may be a single computer operating in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers. The remote computer may be a personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described above as well as others not so mentioned. The logical connections may include any method supported by available communications media. Such networking environments are commonplace in offices, enterprise-wide computer networks, intranets and the Internet. 
     As will be understood from the foregoing disclosure, one aspect of the technology relates to a system for creating an illustration by a robot, comprising: at least one processor; and memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method. The method comprises: accessing a destination location for a writing instrument of the robot, wherein the robot comprises a writing instrument at a writing instrument location and a plurality of wheels; generating a first vector between the writing instrument location and the destination location; generating a second vector perpendicular to the first vector, wherein the second vector passes through the writing instrument location; identifying an intersection point of the second vector and a wheel axis, wherein the wheel axis is perpendicular to a forward direction for the robot and passes through a center point of the robot; determining a radius between the center point of the robot and the intersection point; generating, based on the determined radius, a wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels to move the robot along an arc having a radius of the determined radius and a center of the intersection point; and causing each of the plurality of wheels of the robot to move at the generated wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels. In an example, the destination location is part of a drawing comprising a plurality of destination locations. In another example, the method further comprises: generating a second wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels to move the robot along a second arc, wherein at least a part of the second arc is determined to maintain a path of the writing instrument along the first vector; and causing each of the plurality of wheels of the robot to move at the determined second wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels. In a further example, the method further comprises: determining the destination location is associated with a draw indicator; and adjusting a height of the writing instrument in relation to an illustration surface based on the draw indicator. In yet another example, the wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels is generated based at least in part on at least one of: maintaining a constant drawing speed of the robot; a physical size associated with a drawing comprising the destination location; and a distance to be traveled by the robot. In a further still example, the method further comprises: determining whether the writing instrument is at the destination location; and when it is determined that the writing instrument is at the destination location, accessing a second destination location from the drawing. In another example, the drawing is received from a computing device. 
     In another aspect, the technology relates to a method for generating an illustration by an illustration robot. The method comprises: receiving, from a computing device, a drawing comprising one or more destination locations for a writing instrument of the illustration robot, wherein the writing instrument is located at a writing instrument location; accessing a destination location from the drawing; determining whether the destination location is parallel to a forward direction of the illustration robot; when it is determined that the destination location is not parallel to the forward direction, generating a wheel speed for each of a plurality of wheels of the illustration robot to move the illustration robot along an arc, wherein at least a part of the arc is determined to maintain a path of the writing instrument along a vector from the writing instrument location to the destination location; and causing each of the plurality of wheels of the illustration robot to move at the generated wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels. In an example, the method further comprises: generating a second wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels to move the illustration robot along a second arc, wherein at least a part of the second arc is determined to maintain a path of the writing instrument along the vector; and causing each of the plurality of wheels of the robot to move at the determined second wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels. In another example, determining the arc comprises: generating a first vector between the writing instrument location and the destination location; generating a second vector perpendicular to the first vector, wherein the second vector passes through the writing instrument location; identifying an intersection point of the second vector and a wheel axis, wherein the wheel axis is perpendicular to a forward direction for the illustration robot and passes through a center point of the illustration robot; determining a radius between the center point of the illustration robot and the identified intersection point; and generating the arc having a radius of the determined radius and a center of the identified intersection point. In a further example, the method further comprises: determining the destination location is associated with a draw indicator; and adjusting a height of the writing instrument in relation to an illustration surface based on the draw indicator. In yet another example, the wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels is generated based at least in part on at least one of: maintaining a constant drawing speed of the illustration robot; a physical size associated with the drawing; and a distance to be traveled by the illustration robot. In a further still example, the method further comprises: determining whether the writing instrument is at the destination location; and when it is determined that the writing instrument is at the destination location, accessing a second destination location from the drawing. 
     In a further aspect, the technology relates to another method for creating an illustration by a robot. The method comprises: accessing a destination location for a writing instrument of the robot, wherein the robot comprises a writing instrument at a writing instrument location and a plurality of wheels; generating a first vector between the writing instrument location and the destination location; generating a second vector perpendicular to the first vector, wherein the second vector passes through the writing instrument location; identifying an intersection point of the second vector and a wheel axis, wherein the wheel axis is perpendicular to a forward direction for the robot and passes through a center point of the robot; determining a radius between the center point of the robot and the intersection point; generating, based on the determined radius, a wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels to move the robot along an arc having a radius of the determined radius and a center of the intersection point; and causing each of the plurality of wheels of the robot to move at the generated wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels. In an example, the destination location is part of a drawing comprising a plurality of destination locations. In another example, the method further comprises: generating a second wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels to move the robot along a second arc, wherein the second arc is determined to maintain the path of the writing instrument along the first vector; and causing each of the plurality of wheels of the robot to move at the determined second wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels. In a further example, the method further comprises: determining the destination location is associated with a draw indicator; and adjusting a height of the writing instrument in relation to an illustration surface based on the draw indicator. In yet another example, the wheel speed for each of the plurality of wheels is generated based at least in part on at least one of: maintaining a constant drawing speed of the robot; a physical size associated with a drawing comprising the destination location; and a distance to be traveled by the robot. In a further still example, the method further comprises: determining whether the writing instrument is at the destination location; and when it is determined that the writing instrument is at the destination location, accessing a second destination location from the drawing. In another example, the drawing is received from a computing device. 
     Aspects of the present disclosure, for example, are described above with reference to block diagrams and/or operational illustrations of methods, systems, and computer program products according to aspects of the disclosure. The functions/acts noted in the blocks may occur out of the order as shown in any flowchart. For example, two blocks shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality/acts involved. 
     The description and illustration of one or more aspects provided in this application are not intended to limit or restrict the scope of the disclosure as claimed in any way. The aspects, examples, and details provided in this application are considered sufficient to convey possession and enable others to make and use the best mode of claimed disclosure. The claimed disclosure should not be construed as being limited to any aspect, example, or detail provided in this application. Regardless of whether shown and described in combination or separately, the various features (both structural and methodological) are intended to be selectively included or omitted to produce an embodiment with a particular set of features. Having been provided with the description and illustration of the present application, one skilled in the art may envision variations, modifications, and alternate aspects falling within the spirit of the broader aspects of the general inventive concept embodied in this application that do not depart from the broader scope of the claimed disclosure.