Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous robot auto-docking and energy management systems and methods
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Application No.: US15647677Application Date: 2017-07-12
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Publication No.: US10575696B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: John P. O'Brien , Vazgen Karapetyan , William Morris
- Applicant: iRobot Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Bedford
- Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee: iRobot Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Bedford
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A
- Main IPC: A47L9/04
- IPC: A47L9/04 ; A47L11/40 ; A47L11/24 ; G05D1/02 ; A47L9/28
Abstract:
A method for docking an autonomous mobile floor cleaning robot with a charging dock, the robot including a receiver coil and a structured light sensor, the charging dock including a docking bay and a transmitter coil, includes: positioning the robot in a prescribed docked position in the docking bay using the structured light sensor and by sensing a magnetic field emanating from the transmitter coil; and thereafter induction charging the robot using the receiver coil and the transmitter coil with the robot in the docked position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180014709A1 AUTONOMOUS ROBOT AUTO-DOCKING AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-01-18
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