Doodle Drive

Team 6DOODLE

DRIVE

Presenter: Edward Kidarsa

Patent LiabilityAnalysis

PROJECT OVERVIEW Android application as

controller Robot vehicle with

microcontroller Path will be drawn in Android

application and the vehicle will follow that path Outdoor mode with GPS, Google

Maps, Compass

Indoor mode with tilt control

PATENT #1: EP1239064TOY VEHICLE PROGRAMMED TO FOLLOW A MANUALLY DRAWN PATH

Filed: Feb 2, 2002 Published: Jul 14,

2004

Toy vehicle with a microprocessor that reads a path drawn on an attached touch screen and then follows said path.

CONCERNS WITH PATENT #1DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENCE

Toy vehicle programmed to

follow a manually drawn path

Doodle Drive

Toy vehicle with maneuver motor

Robot vehicle kit with differential drive

Follows path drawn on attached touch screen

Follows path drawn on an android tablet

Uses a microprocessor to control vehicle

movement

Uses a microcontroller to control vehicle

movement

PATENT #2: US20120223662 MOTOR SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM

Filed: Mar 4, 2011 Published: Sep 6,

2012

Motor control system controlled through connection to an electronic device either through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

CONCERNS WITH PATENT #2DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENCEMotor speed control

system Doodle Drive

Requires a cooling fan Doodle drive has heat sinks

Connection to an electronic device to

control speed of vehicle

Connection to an Android based device to control speed of vehicle

(In indoor mode)Controlled through Bluetooth of Wi-Fi

Controlled through Bluetooth

PATENT #3: US7602133ROBOT HAVING AN OBSTACLE DETECTION UNIT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

Filed: Nov 30, 2006 Issued: Oct 13, 2009

Detect obstacles and redirect body to maintain predetermined distance from obstacle

CONCERNS WITH PATENT #3DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENCE

Robot having an obstacle detection unit and method of

controlling the same

Doodle Drive

Distance detection from main body to an

obstacle

Distance detection from vehicle to an

obstacleControl and driving

unit to drive / redirect main body from

obstacle

Microcontroller and H-bridge controls motors

to drive vehicleProjects an auxiliary body when changing

direction due to obstacle

Stops when obstacle is too near / imminent

crash detected (notifies user)

PATENT #4: US20120282913REMOTE ACTION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

Filed: Nov 18, 2010 Issued: Nov 8, 2012

Exchange of data between first functional unit of a vehicle and a mobile data terminal’s first application module with a GUI through a mobile communication channel

CONCERNS WITH PATENT #4LITERAL INFRINGEMENT?

Remote action system for a vehicle Doodle Drive

Application module loaded onto mobile

data terminal as first application module

(controller)

Android based application to

interface with remote vehicle

Mobile data terminal is a mobile telephone

(touch sensitive)

Mobile data terminal is an Android based

tabletData exchange through mobile communication

channel

Data exchange through Bluetooth

QUESTION?