公开(公告)号：US11930973B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US18079574

申请日：2022-12-12

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jeongyun Kim ,  Jaewon Jang ,  Inhyung Yang

IPC: A47L11/283 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/14 ,  A47L11/16 ,  A47L11/20 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/292 ,  A47L11/293 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L13/20 ,  A47L13/50 ,  B08B1/04 ,  B08B3/04 ,  B08B3/08 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/12 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  A47L11/00

CPC classification number: A47L11/283 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/0606 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L11/14 ,  A47L11/16 ,  A47L11/161 ,  A47L11/20 ,  A47L11/201 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/282 ,  A47L11/292 ,  A47L11/293 ,  A47L11/34 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/4002 ,  A47L11/4005 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4013 ,  A47L11/4038 ,  A47L11/4041 ,  A47L11/405 ,  A47L11/4058 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4066 ,  A47L11/4069 ,  A47L11/4072 ,  A47L11/408 ,  A47L11/4083 ,  A47L11/4088 ,  A47L13/20 ,  A47L13/50 ,  B08B1/04 ,  B08B3/041 ,  B08B3/08 ,  B25J5/007 ,  B25J9/0003 ,  B25J9/126 ,  B25J9/1664 ,  B25J9/1666 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  G05D1/0223 ,  A47L11/00 ,  A47L11/145 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  B08B2203/00 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: A cleaner includes a body, a left spin-mop module and a right spin-mop module configured to perform mopping, and a water supply module configured to supply water to the left spin-mop module and the right spin-mop module. The water supply module includes a water tank to store water therein, a pump to pressurize the water in the water tank to move the water to the left spin-mop module and the right spin-mop module, a first supply pipe connecting the water tank and the pump, a common pipe connected to the pump, the common pump configured to guide movement of the pressurized water from the pump, a first branch pipe configured to guide a first portion of the water in the common pipe to the left spin-mop module, and a second branch pipe configured to guide a second portion of the water in the common pipe to the right spin-mop module.

公开(公告)号：US20240081600A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18273534

申请日：2021-12-14

Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited

Inventor： Christopher Bernard CHAVASSE ,  Tom BRISCOE ,  Nino Sancho SAMPAIO MARTINS PEREIRA ,  Maythem A. A. ALI

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: An autonomous surface cleaning apparatus includes a body, a drive system carried by the body and configured to move the autonomous surface cleaning apparatus across a surface, a cleaning assembly disposed at a front of the body and projecting forward beyond a front surface of the body, the cleaning assembly having a generally planar front surface and first and second side surfaces that extend rearward from opposite ends of the front surface. The apparatus further includes a first forward proximity sensor disposed at the front surface of the cleaning assembly adjacent to a first front corner of the cleaning assembly and a second forward proximity sensor disposed at the front surface of the cleaning assembly adjacent to a second front corner of the cleaning assembly. The first and second forward proximity sensors are angled inwardly towards a longitudinal axis of the cleaning assembly.

公开(公告)号：US11918171B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17858639

申请日：2022-07-06

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hiroshi Nakayama ,  Mikiya Nakata

IPC: A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/08 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G01N35/00 ,  G01N35/08 ,  G01N35/10

CPC classification number: A47L7/0085 ,  A47L9/08 ,  A47L9/149 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/281 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G01N35/00732 ,  G01N35/0099 ,  G01N35/08 ,  G01N35/1081 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G01N2035/1053

Abstract: A detection system including an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.

公开(公告)号：US11914391B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17627697

申请日：2020-11-24

Applicant: AMICRO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.

Inventor： Huibao Huang ,  Hewen Zhou ,  Zhuobiao Chen

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  A47L11/40 ,  B62D57/032

CPC classification number: G05D1/0248 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  B62D57/032 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: The invention discloses a cleaning partition planning method for robot walking along the boundary, a chip and a robot. According to the cleaning partition planning method, a complete global map does not needed to be prestored in advance, but an initial room cleaning partition of the robot is divided in real time in a predefined cleaning area according to map image pixel information obtained by laser scanning in the process of walking along the boundary, meanwhile, the initial room cleaning partition of the robot is expanded by repeated iterative processing of the wall boundary of an uncleaned area in the same predefined cleaning area.

公开(公告)号：US11911917B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US16972369

申请日：2019-05-08

Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited

Inventor： David Finlay Wyatt ,  David Andrew Richards ,  Hossein Farid Ghassem Nia ,  Christopher Andrew Smith

IPC: G01S7/48 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/497 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J13/08 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/74 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G01S17/89 ,  H04N23/73 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L11/40 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/10

CPC classification number: B25J9/1697 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G06V10/147 ,  G06V20/10 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A mobile robot including a vision system, the vision system including a camera and an illumination system; the illumination system including a plurality of light sources arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system for controlling the illumination system. The control system adjusts the level of illumination provided by the plurality of light sources based on an image captured by the camera; an exposure time of the camera at the time the image was captured; and robot rotation information.

公开(公告)号：US20240057835A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18259627

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH

Inventor： Frank Schnitzer ,  Dominik Schreiner ,  Julius Geis

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: A method for autonomous processing of floor surfaces by a mobile, self-driving device, in particular a floor cleaning device such as a vacuum and/or sweeping and/or mopping robot. The method includes: the mobile, self-driving device carrying out an exploration travel in a proposed floor processing region, detecting obstacles and/or objects located on the floor by a detection device, classifying the obstacles and/or objects as movable or not movable, and transporting the obstacles and/or objects classified as movable to at least one collection point. The collection point is cleaned before obstacles and/or objects classified as movable are transported to the collection point.

公开(公告)号：US20240057829A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-22

申请号：US18456903

申请日：2023-08-28

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sewoong CHOI ,  Youngho KO ,  Kihwan KWON ,  Seokki SONG ,  Jaeyoul JEONG

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  B60C11/03

CPC classification number: A47L9/009 ,  B60C11/0311 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a main body and a wheel installed on the main body and configured to be driven by a driving motor to move the main body. The wheel includes an outer wheel including a tread configured to come into contact with a cleaning target floor and sidewalls provided on both side surfaces of the tread, and an inner wheel installed in the outer wheel and configured to receive a driving force from the driving motor. The outer wheel includes a plurality of tread grooves recessed in the tread. The outer wheel includes a plurality of deforming grooves formed in an axial direction of the outer wheel at positions corresponding to the plurality of tread grooves.

公开(公告)号：US11899463B1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US17882498

申请日：2022-08-05

Applicant: Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi ,  Soroush Mehrnia ,  Lukas Robinson

Inventor： Ali Ebrahimi Afrouzi ,  Soroush Mehrnia ,  Lukas Robinson

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B25J9/16 ,  A47L11/40 ,  G06V10/141 ,  H04W12/50 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06V10/70 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06V20/64

CPC classification number: G05D1/0214 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  B25J9/1676 ,  B25J9/1697 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0238 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06V10/141 ,  G06V10/70 ,  G06V20/58 ,  G06V20/64 ,  H04W12/50 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A robot including a medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor of the robot effectuates operations including: capturing images of a workspace as the robot moves within the workspace; identifying at least one characteristic of an object captured in the images of the workspace; determining an object type of the object based on an object dictionary of different types of objects, wherein the different object types comprise at least a cord, clothing garments, a shoe, earphones, and pet bodily waste; and instructing the robot to execute at least one action based on the object type of the object, wherein the at least one action comprises avoiding the object or cleaning around the object.

公开(公告)号：US11896175B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US17565640

申请日：2021-12-30

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jingtao Xue ,  Yanong He

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  G05D1/0219 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus for updating a working map of a mobile robot, and a storage medium in the field of intelligent control technologies. The method includes: determining a plurality of detected environment maps based on object distribution information detected by the mobile robot in a moving process; merging the plurality of detected environment maps to obtain a merged environment map; and then performing weighting processing on the merged environment map and an environment layout map currently stored in the mobile robot, to obtain an updated environment layout map. The environment layout map stored in the mobile robot is updated by using the plurality of detected maps obtained by the mobile robot during working, so that the updated environment layout map can reflect a more detailed environment layout. This helps the mobile robot subsequently better execute a working task.

公开(公告)号：US20240041291A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18484433

申请日：2023-10-10

Applicant: Qfeeltech (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Xin WU

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4091 ,  A47L11/4005 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L9/0063 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2847 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D1/0217 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning robot, a cleaning method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The cleaning method includes: obtaining a map of a closed space, the map including a plurality of rooms corresponding to the closed space. The plurality of rooms can be grouped into at least two sub-zones. Each sub-zone includes at least one room, each room included in each sub-zone belongs only to this sub-zone. The cleaning method also includes cleaning a first sub-zone of the at least two sub-zones. The cleaning method also includes, after completing cleaning the first sub-zone, controlling the cleaning robot to return to a charging apparatus for recharging, and, after recharging is completed, controlling the cleaning robot to clean a second sub-zone of the at least two sub-zones.