公开(公告)号：US20180249874A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15897233

申请日：2018-02-15

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America

Inventor： SHUNSUKE KUHARA

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L5/22 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L9/2852 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D1/0219 ,  G05D1/0231 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A management device that controls an autonomous cleaner includes a processing circuitry that obtains an electronic floor plan of a predetermined space, the predetermined space being a cleaning range of the autonomous cleaner. The management device estimates a person-present position at which a person is present in the predetermined space, and divides the predetermined space into a plurality of cleaning target areas to be individually cleaned by the autonomous cleaner. The management device further identifies a cleaning target area including the person-present position where the person is estimated to be present, as a person-present cleaning target area. The management device further identifies a cleaning target area around the person-present cleaning target area as a surrounding cleaning target area. The management device determines, among the multiple cleaning target areas, cleaning target areas other than the person-present cleaning target area and the surrounding cleaning target area to be cleanable areas.

公开(公告)号：US20180242808A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15553476

申请日：2016-02-25

Applicant: EVERYBOT INC.

Inventor： Woo Chul JUNG ,  Bong Yun KIM

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/282 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/16 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/4005 ,  A47L11/4038 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4066 ,  A47L11/408 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  G05D1/0212 ,  G05D1/0227 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: Provided herein is a robot cleaner. The robot cleaner includes a main body, a driving unit provided in the main body and supplying power for traveling of the robot cleaner, first and second rotary members respectively rotating about first and second rotational axes based on power from the driving unit to provide a movement power source for traveling of the robot cleaner, and allowing cleaners for wet cleaning to respectively be fixed thereto, and a controller determining a cleaning traveling pattern of the robot cleaner and controlling the driving unit such that the robot cleaner travels, while sequentially repeating forward movement and backward movement according to the determined cleaning traveling pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20180213992A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15883425

申请日：2018-01-30

Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH

Inventor： Hendrik KOETZ ,  Pia HAHN

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0466 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/2831 ,  A47L9/2847 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-propelled floor treatment device (1), in particular to a cleaning robot, with a floor treatment element (2), at least two motorized wheels (3, 4) and a detection device for detecting a floor type of a surface to be treated. In order to easily achieve an optimal detection of the floor type, it is proposed that the detection device have a frictional resistance element (6), which contacts the surface during a movement in such a way that a resultant force outside of a reference axis (7) acts on the floor treatment device (1), wherein the reference axis (7) is oriented parallel to a main direction of movement (8) of the floor treatment device (1) prescribed by the orientation of the wheels (3, 4), and is aligned centrally between the wheels (3, 4) in relation to a direction perpendicular to the reference axis (7). Further proposed is a method for operating a self-propelled floor treatment device (1).

公开(公告)号：US20180210452A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-26

申请号：US15745679

申请日：2016-07-29

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC. ,  SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION

Inventor： Yongmin SHIN ,  Donghoon YI ,  Dongil CHO ,  Taejae LEE

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06T7/73 ,  A47L9/00 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/174

CPC classification number: G05D1/0253 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/19 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0221 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/174 ,  G06T7/579 ,  G06T7/74 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/20021 ,  G06T2207/30261 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/47

Abstract: A cleaner performing autonomous traveling includes a main body having a suction opening, a cleaning unit provided within the main body and sucking a cleaning target through the suction opening, a driving unit moving the main body, a camera sensor attached to the main body and capturing a first image, an operation sensor sensing information related to movement of the main body, and a controller detecting information related to an obstacle on the basis of at least one of the captured image and the information related to movement and controlling the driving unit on the basis of the detected information related to the obstacle.

公开(公告)号：US20180210448A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-26

申请号：US15875235

申请日：2018-01-19

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Changhyeon LEE ,  Han Shin KIM ,  Kyuchun CHOI

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J15/00 ,  A47L11/40 ,  G06T7/50

CPC classification number: G05D1/0214 ,  A47L11/4052 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  B25J15/0019 ,  G05D1/024 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0291 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G06T7/50 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  Y10S901/01 ,  Y10S901/41 ,  Y10S901/49

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of identifying a functional region in a 3-dimensional space and a robot implementing the method, and the robot comprises a sensing module that senses a protrusion located outside a robot and provides height and depth information of the sensed protrusion; a functional unit that provides a predetermined function to the outside; a moving unit that moves the robot; a map storage unit that stores a map required for movement of the robot; and a control unit that controls these components.

公开(公告)号：US20180204431A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15744195

申请日：2016-07-04

Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH

Inventor： Frank MEYER

IPC: G08B13/16 ,  G08B29/18 ,  A47L11/40 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G08B13/1672 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0209 ,  G05D2201/0215 ,  G08B29/185

Abstract: A method for operating an automatically movable surface treatment device that can move in a room and possibly carries out surface treatment. An ultrasonic sensor detects ultrasound, in particular ultrasonic waves reflected at obstacles. The ultrasonic sensor detects glass breakage noises, wherein frequencies of sound detected by means of the ultrasonic sensor are compared with reference frequencies typically occurring in the event of a glass breakage, and wherein, in the event of a match, a glass breakage, in particular a break-in through a pane of glass of a window or of a door, is determined. A system comprising an automatically movable surface treatment device having an ultrasonic sensor and a house alarm system in which the surface treatment device is integrated in terms of communication.

公开(公告)号：US20180199784A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15794604

申请日：2017-10-26

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Mark Steven Schnittman ,  Michael Todd Rosenstein

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  G05D1/02 ,  A47L9/19 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/10 ,  G01V8/20 ,  G01N21/47 ,  B25J11/00

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/19 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  A47L11/4013 ,  A47L11/4025 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/02 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  G01N21/47 ,  G01V8/20 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A debris monitoring system includes a receptacle, a first and a second emitter, and a first receiver. The receptacle defines an opening to receive debris into the receptacle. The first and second emitter are each arranged to emit a signal across at least a portion of the opening. The first receiver is proximate to the first emitter to receive reflections of the signal emitted by the first emitter, and the first receiver is disposed toward the opening to receive an unreflected portion of the signal emitted by the second emitter across at least a portion of the opening.

公开(公告)号：US20180192845A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15527483

申请日：2016-11-14

Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yu Gu ,  Kai Zhao ,  Yifei Zhang ,  Hongli Ding ,  Ying Zhang

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/24 ,  B25J13/08 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B25J9/16

CPC classification number: A47L11/4091 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/4002 ,  A47L11/4005 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  B25J9/1682 ,  B25J13/086 ,  B25J13/089 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0227 ,  G05D1/024 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0255 ,  G05D1/0257 ,  G05D1/0268 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: The present application discloses a cleaning robot including a primary robot having a first controller configured to control a plurality of first sensors, a first communication module, a first moving apparatus, and a first cleaning assembly; and at least one secondary robot having a second controller configured to control a plurality of second sensors, a second communication module, a second moving apparatus, and a second cleaning assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20180192837A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-12

申请号：US15864192

申请日：2018-01-08

Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH

Inventor： Gerhard ISENBERG ,  Roman ORTMANN ,  Christian HOLZ

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/0483 ,  A47L5/12 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2847 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06

Abstract: A self-propelled cleaning device has a surface cleaning system for cleaning a surface to be cleaned. In order to also be able to clean an above-floor surface, the cleaning device also has an above-floor cleaning element for mechanically cleaning an above-floor surface offset in terms of height relative to the surface. The above-floor cleaning element can be rotated and/or pivoted around a rotational axis, and at least one partial cleaning area of the above-floor cleaning element has a difference in height of roughly 3 cm or more relative to a lowermost standing surface of the cleaning device by comparison to a usual orientation of the cleaning device for a cleaning operation.

公开(公告)号：US20180184872A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15861347

申请日：2018-01-03

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hanshin KIM ,  Kyuchun CHOI ,  Jungmin SHIM

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  B25J9/16 ,  A47L9/04 ,  B25J9/00 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/2847 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L11/4013 ,  A47L11/4044 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  B25J9/0003 ,  B25J9/1697

Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a top cover, a bottom cover formed below the top cover and configured to move by external force, a fixed body provided in the bottom cover, a first opening formed in an upper portion of the bottom cover and a first sensor connected to the fixed body and externally exposed between the top cover and the bottom cover through the first opening.