公开(公告)号：US11723500B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17720612

申请日：2022-04-14

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Stephen A. Hickey

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/14

CPC classification number: A47L9/0686 ,  A47L9/0606 ,  A47L9/0673 ,  A47L9/1418 ,  A47L9/1427 ,  A47L9/1481 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, a debris collection device for an autonomous cleaning robot includes a cleaning pad portion configured to contact a floor surface. The cleaning pad portion includes a backing and at least one cleaning pad connected to a bottom surface of the backing. The autonomous cleaning robot includes a vacuum bag portion configured to collect at least a portion of debris removed from the floor surface by a vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot. A volume of the vacuum bag portion is positioned vertically above the cleaning pad portion.

公开(公告)号：US20230248194A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-10

申请号：US18134786

申请日：2023-04-14

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seungil HAN ,  Youngho KO ,  Sinae KIM ,  Kihwan KWON ,  Shin KIM ,  Jinhee KIM ,  Jaeyoul JEONG ,  Hyunsoo JUNG

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  B60B2200/49

Abstract: A robot cleaner including: a cleaner body; a motor, configured to be fixed to the cleaner body, and provide a rotational force; a gear unit configured to transmit the rotational force of the motor; a wheel configured to rotate and drive the cleaner body according to the rotational force of the motor transmitted by the gear unit to the wheel; and a suspension including a first end portion pivotally supportable on a pivot of the cleaner body, which is spaced apart from a rotary shaft of the motor, and a second end portion to extend from the first end portion and support the wheel to move up and down with respect to the cleaner body as the second end portion moves in a first direction and a second direction around the pivot of the cleaner body.

公开(公告)号：US11703857B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US17098929

申请日：2020-11-16

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Stephen O'Dea ,  Benjamin H. Schriesheim ,  Qunxi Huang ,  Kenrick E. Drew ,  Adam Goss ,  Mario E. Munich ,  Alexander D. Kleiner

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G09B5/02 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01C21/00 ,  B25J11/00

CPC classification number: G05D1/0044 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  B25J11/0085 ,  G01C21/206 ,  G01C21/383 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0221 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G09B5/02 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot is described. The method includes initiating a training run of the autonomous cleaning robot and receiving, at a mobile device, location data from the autonomous cleaning robot as the autonomous cleaning robot navigates an area. The method also includes presenting, on a display of the mobile device, a training map depicting portions of the area traversed by the autonomous cleaning robot during the training run and presenting, on the display of the mobile device, an interface configured to allow the training map to be stored or deleted. The method also includes initiating additional training runs to produce additional training maps and presenting a master map generated based on a plurality of stored training maps.

公开(公告)号：US20230212868A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17585888

申请日：2022-01-27

Applicant: Shenzhen Seauto Technology Co.,Ltd.

Inventor： ZHUOMING DENG

IPC: E04H4/16 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L7/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: E04H4/1654 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L7/0009 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  G05D1/0206 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0203

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning method for the water surface of swimming pools and cleaning robot, the cleaning robot comprising a cleaning robot body, a sonar arranged around the cleaning robot body, two rear thrusters located at the tail of cleaning robot body. According to the present disclosure, as long as the cleaning robot body is placed on the water surface of the pool, cleaning robot body floating on the surface of the pool may automatically move and steer, so as to ensure that it can turn in advance before encountering the pool wall and won't knock against the pool wall, reduce the probability of malfunction and damaging of cleaning robot body, and the cleaning robot body can cover the entire water surface of pool and the pool wall, there is no omitting of cleaned water surface, and there is no need for excessive human involvement, it makes it easy for cleaning staffs to clean, when the cleaning robot body cleans the water surface of the pool, the cleaning staffs can carry out other cleaning work, which improved the cleaning efficiency of the cleaning staffs.

公开(公告)号：US20230210325A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17897836

申请日：2022-08-29

Applicant: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD.

Inventor： CHAOZHENG LIAO ,  LIRONG YE

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a housing and a roller brush. The housing is provided with a mounting cavity with an opening at its bottom. The roller brush is rotatably arranged in the mounting cavity and at least part of the roller brush is extended out of the mounting cavity. At least part of the cavity wall is transparent to form a transparent area, and a viewing area is set at a position of the housing and above the transparent area. The closed observation space is formed in the housing, and the observation space communicated with the viewing area and the transparent area, so that the user can observe the working condition of the roller brush inside the mounting cavity.

公开(公告)号：US20230200608A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18117086

申请日：2023-03-03

Applicant: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.

Inventor： Wayne Ernest Conrad

IPC: A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/149 ,  A47L9/1418 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/024

Abstract: A method of cleaning a floor comprises providing an autonomous surface cleaning apparatus, positioning a plurality of docking stations at different locations on the floor wherein a first docking station has an absence of an evacuation mechanism and actuating the autonomous surface cleaning apparatus whereby the autonomous surface cleaning apparatus travels across the floor to clean at least a portion of the floor and recharges at the first docking station.

公开(公告)号：US11684687B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US18063577

申请日：2022-12-08

Applicant: SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY ,  LAOKEN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

Inventor： Xianghui Chang ,  Bowen Ma ,  Qijun Liu ,  Xia Liu ,  Yan Yan ,  Weidong Qiu ,  Xihao Jin ,  Xiang Li ,  Miao Zhang ,  Yun Wei

IPC: A61L2/24 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A61L2/18

CPC classification number: A61L2/24 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/4002 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4038 ,  A47L11/4066 ,  A47L11/4077 ,  A47L11/4083 ,  A47L11/4088 ,  A61L2/18 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  A61L2202/14 ,  A61L2202/15 ,  A61L2202/16 ,  A61L2202/17

Abstract: An automatic floor-disinfection robot for floors of hospital rooms, including a moving device, a alarm and a disinfection device. The moving device is a disc-shaped robot, and includes a chassis moving mechanism, a support plate and a top plate arranged successively from bottom to top. The disinfection device includes a disinfection assembly and a baffle. The disinfection assembly includes a liquid supply mechanism, a liquid spray mechanism and a fan.

公开(公告)号：US11679713B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17459826

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Cory White ,  Benjamin H. Schriesheim ,  Oliver Lewis ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Stuart R. Jang ,  Michael J. Dooley

IPC: B60Q1/50 ,  A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/19 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  B25J9/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: B60Q1/50 ,  A47L7/0085 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/19 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/2836 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L9/2889 ,  A47L9/30 ,  B25J9/00 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot includes a body, a drive supporting the body above a floor surface, a light-propagating plate positioned on the body and having a periphery defining a continuous loop, light sources each being positioned to direct light through a portion of the plate to a portion of the continuous loop, and a controller to selectively operate the light sources to provide a visual indicator of a status or service condition of the autonomous mobile robot. The drive is configured to maneuver the mobile robot about the floor surface.

公开(公告)号：US11666194B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US16756205

申请日：2018-10-31

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jaehong Park

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/40 ,  G01S15/931

CPC classification number: A47L9/2894 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  G01S15/931 ,  A47L2201/02 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: In order to achieve the objective of the present disclosure, a robot cleaner for performing autonomous navigation according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a main body; a driving unit for moving the main body; an ultrasonic sensor for sensing a distance between the main body and an obstacle; and a controller for controlling the driving unit by using an output value of the ultrasonic sensor, wherein the ultrasonic sensor comprises: a transmitting unit, installed at one point on the outer surface of the main body, for emitting ultrasonic waves in a predetermined direction; a plurality of receivers, installed at positions spaced apart from the transmitting unit by a predetermined distance on the outer surface of the main body, for receiving ultrasonic waves reflected by the obstacle after being emitted from the transmitting unit; and an electrical signaling unit for electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of receivers to the transmitting unit.

公开(公告)号：US20230165362A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18101686

申请日：2023-01-26

Applicant: BISSELL Inc.

Inventor： Todd R. VanTongeren

IPC: A46B7/08 ,  A46B9/02 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A47L7/02 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A46B7/08 ,  A46B9/028 ,  A46B13/008 ,  A47L7/02 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/0472 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: A floor cleaner can include a housing adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned and at least one edge cleaning brush provided on the housing. The edge cleaning brush includes multiple cleaning implements which rotate on different axes. A gear system, such as a planetary gear system, can drive one cleaning implement at a lower speed than another cleaning implement.