Patent Document ID: 10081106
Application ID: 14951479
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: determining presence information and actor type information about any actors present within a predetermined area of an environment using one or more sensors associated with a computing device; determining a particular safety classification of the predetermined area based on at least the presence and actor type information using the computing device, wherein the particular safety classification comprises: a low safety classification if the presence and actor type information indicates zero actors are present within the predetermined area, a medium safety classification if the presence and actor type information indicates one or more actors are present within the predetermined area and that all of the one or more actors are of a predetermined first type, and a high safety classification if the presence and actor type information indicates one or more actors are present within the predetermined area and that at least one actor of the one or more actors is of a predetermined second type; and after determining the particular safety classification for the predetermined area, the computing device providing a safety rule for operating within the predetermined area to a robotic device operating in the environment, wherein the safety rule corresponds to the particular safety classifications; wherein the type of the actor is selected from at least the first type, the second type, and a third type, wherein the third type differs from both the first type and the second type, wherein the first type relates to a robotic actor, wherein the second type relates to a human actor, and wherein the third type relates to an unknown type of actor.