Michael Joseph Hayes,Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu,Daniel Vincent Brosnan,Aaron Douglas Furman,Jonathan David Campbell,Thomas Alan Puvogel,James K. Galer,Jason A. Vanderplas
申请号：
US15185067
公开号：
US10406045B2
申请日:
2016.06.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
Patient support apparatuses, such as beds, cots, stretchers, recliners, or the like, include control systems with one or more image, radar, and/or laser sensors to detect objects and determine if a likelihood of collision exists. If so, the control system controls the speed and steering of the patient support apparatus in order to reduce the likelihood of collision. The control system may be adapted to autonomously drive the patient support apparatus, to transmit a message to a remote device indicating whether it is occupied by a patient or not, and/or to transmit its route to the remote device. The remote device may determine an estimate of a time of arrival of the patient support apparatus at a particular destination and/or determine a distance of the patient support apparatus from the particular destination.
