公开(公告)号：US10175696B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US14890414

申请日：2014-04-25

Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited

Inventor： Michael David Aldred ,  Simon Edwards-Parton

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B60L1/00 ,  B60L11/18 ,  B60L15/20 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06T7/73

Abstract: An apparatus for guiding an autonomous vehicle towards a docking station including an autonomous vehicle with a camera-based sensing system, a drive system for driving the autonomous vehicle, and a control system for controlling the drive system. The apparatus includes a docking station including a first fiducial marker and a second fiducial marker, wherein the second fiducial marker is positioned on the docking station to define a predetermined relative spacing with the first fiducial marker, wherein the control system is operable to receive an image provided by the camera-based sensing system, the image including a representation of the first and second fiducial markers, and to control the drive system so as to guide the autonomous vehicle towards the base station based on a difference between the representation of the first and second fiducial markers in the received image and the predetermined relative spacing between the first and second fiducial markers.

公开(公告)号：US09924845B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-27

申请号：US14843444

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited

Inventor： James Dyson ,  Michael David Aldred ,  Leanne Joyce Garner

IPC: B08B1/00 ,  A46B13/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  A47L11/10 ,  A47L13/22 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L7/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L11/40 ,  A47L7/00 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D1/024 ,  G05D1/0242 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: A robot cleaner including: a body; and a sensor protruding from a top surface of the body, wherein the body includes a protrusion positioned forward of the sensor relative to a forward driving direction of the robot cleaner, the protrusion extending to a height that is at least equal to the height of the sensor.