IP Library Granted Patent US 12686623
Granted Patent B2
US 12686623 · App. 19/399,738 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Cleaning device

Inventor: Shengle Wang (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: XINGMAI INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
C02F1/001A46B5/0012A46B13/001A46B13/02E04H4/1654A46B2200/3073C02F2103/42C02F2201/008G03B15/03H04N23/74
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Patent No.
US 12686623
App. No.
19/399,738
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a cleaning device, including: a device body; a traveling mechanism. The traveling mechanism includes a cover plate. A hollow structure is formed on at least a part of the cover plate and is configured to allow liquid to flow out of internal space of the traveling mechanism. A camera unit is disposed on a front side of the cleaning device. A supplement part is disposed close to the camera unit. The camera unit and a first identification assembly are disposed on the front side of the cleaning device at different heights. The cleaning device further includes at least one topography detection assembly configured to detect a topography of the to-be-cleaned surface under the device body. In this way, environment sensing capability of the cleaning device can be improved, and therefore, the cleaning device can be controlled more precisely.

Claims (43)

1 . A cleaning device, comprising: a device body;

a traveling mechanism, wherein the traveling mechanism is disposed on each of two sides of the device body and is configured to drive the cleaning device to move on a to-be-cleaned surface, wherein the traveling mechanism comprises a cover plate, wherein a grill is formed on at least a part of the cover plate and is configured to allow liquid to flow out of the cleaning device;

a filtering box, wherein the filtering box is at least partially detachably disposed in the device body;

at least one debris inlet, wherein the at least one debris inlet is disposed at a bottom or a side portion of the device body and is configured to allow water to flow into the filtering box for filtration;

a main drive pump, wherein the main drive pump is disposed in the device body and is configured to provide power for the water to flow through the at least one debris inlet and the filtering box;

a camera unit further disposed on the device body, wherein the camera unit is disposed on a front side of the cleaning device;

a light supplement part further disposed on the device body, configured to adjust brightness of a region captured by the camera unit; and

a first identification assembly further disposed on the device body, wherein the first identification assembly is disposed on the front side of the cleaning device and is configured to detect a distance between an obstacle and the first identification assembly, wherein the first identification assembly and the camera unit are disposed on the front side of the cleaning device at different heights.

2 . The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the light supplement part comprises two light supplement parts substantially symmetrically disposed on two sides of the camera unit.

3 . The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the camera unit and the light supplement part are disposed in an accommodating cabin, wherein the accommodating cabin is fixedly disposed in an accommodating cavity of the device body.

4 . The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein a second identification assembly is further disposed on the cleaning device, wherein the second identification assembly is disposed at a side portion of the device body and is configured to detect a distance between the second identification assembly and an obstacle on a side of the second identification assembly.

5 . The cleaning device according to claim 1 , comprising an adjustment assembly configured to adjust light supplement brightness of the light supplement part based on a brightness degree of an environment in which the cleaning device is located to adjust brightness of a region captured by the camera unit, wherein adjustment of the light supplement brightness comprises at least one of: turning on the light supplement part, turning off the light supplement part, increasing the brightness of the supplement part, or decreasing the brightness of the light supplement part.

6 . The cleaning device according to claim 5 , wherein when the camera unit is in a dim light or backlight environment, the adjustment assembly is configured to cause the light supplement part to be turned on or the brightness of the light supplement part to be increased based on a brightness degree of light or a backlight degree, and when the camera unit is in a bright light environment, the adjustment assembly is configured to cause the light supplement part to be turned off or the brightness of the light supplement part to be decreased.

7 . The cleaning device according to claim 1 , wherein the cleaning device further comprises a lateral propulsion mechanism, wherein the grill serves as a fluid ejection outlet of the lateral propulsion mechanism.

8 . The cleaning device according to claim 7 , wherein the lateral propulsion mechanism comprises a lateral impeller and a lateral motor.

9 . The cleaning device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a roller brush assembly, wherein the roller brush assembly is disposed at the bottom of the device body;

a second debris inlet, wherein the second debris inlet is disposed at the bottom of the device body and is in fluid communication with the filtering box; and

a topography detection assembly, wherein the topography detection assembly is disposed between the roller brush assembly and the second debris inlet.

10 . The cleaning device according to claim 9 , wherein there are two topography detection assemblies respectively disposed close to the traveling mechanisms on the two sides of the device body, and at least one of the two topography detection assemblies is an ultrasonic sensor.

11 . A cleaning device, comprising:

a device body;

a traveling mechanism, wherein the traveling mechanism is disposed on each of two sides of the device body and is configured to drive the cleaning device to move on a to-be-cleaned surface;

a filtering box, wherein the filtering box is at least partially detachably disposed in the device body;

a first debris inlet, wherein the first debris inlet is disposed at a side portion of the device body and is configured to allow water to flow into the filtering box for filtration;

an auxiliary cleaning assembly disposed at the device body and configured to guide trash in the pool to the first debris inlet and/or clean a pool wall;

a second debris inlet, wherein the second debris inlet is disposed at a bottom of the device body and is configured to allow water to flow into the filtering box for filtration;

a main drive pump, wherein the main drive pump is disposed in the device body and is at least configured to provide power for the water to flow through the second debris inlet and the filtering box;

a camera unit further disposed on the device body, wherein the camera unit is disposed on a front side of the cleaning device;

a topography detection assembly further disposed on the device body, wherein the topography detection assembly is disposed at the bottom of the device body and is configured to detect a topography of the to-be-cleaned surface under the device body; and

a transmission channel further disposed on the device body and configured to allow a detection signal of the topography detection assembly to pass therethrough.

12 . The cleaning device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a roller brush assembly disposed at the bottom of the device body, wherein the topography detection assembly is disposed between the roller brush assembly and the second debris inlet.

13 . The cleaning device according to claim 11 , wherein the camera unit is located below the first debris inlet.

14 . The cleaning device according to claim 11 , further comprising wherein the auxiliary cleaning assembly comprises a side brush, wherein the side brush is rotatably disposed at a joint between two adjacent sides of the device body and is configured to guide at least a part of trash in a target region to a working region of the first debris inlet.

15 . The cleaning device according to claim 14 , wherein a projection of the side brush on a central plane a of the cleaning device is at least partially located between projections of a first edge and a second edge of the first debris inlet on the central plane a of the cleaning device; or

a height of a projection of the side brush on the central plane a of the cleaning device is h 1 , and a height of the projection of the first debris inlet on the central plane a of the cleaning device is h 2 or h 3 , wherein h 1 at least partially overlaps with h 2 or h 3 .

16 . The cleaning device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a buoyancy cavity, wherein the buoyancy cavity is configured to accommodate liquid and/or gas; and

a buoyancy force adjustment and control part, wherein the buoyancy force adjustment and control part is configured to adjust a volume of the liquid and/or the gas in the buoyancy cavity.

17 . The cleaning device according to claim 11 , further comprising at least two propulsion assemblies, wherein the at least two propulsion assemblies are respectively disposed on the two sides of the device body.

18 . The cleaning device according to claim 11 , wherein the transmission channel is in a shape of a truncated cone or a cylinder.

19 . The cleaning device according to claim 11 , further comprising a light supplement part.

20 . The cleaning device according to claim 11 , further comprising an identification assembly, wherein the identification assembly is configured to detect a distance between the identification assembly and an obstacle.