IP Library Granted Patent US 12699391
Granted Patent B2
US 12699391 · App. 18/264,426 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Cleaning method and apparatus, and computer storage medium

Inventors: Bo He (Suzhou, CN); Zexuan Fan (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: MIDEA ROBOZONE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G05D1/0219A47L11/28A47L11/4011A47L11/4091G05D1/0225G05D1/0274A47L2201/02A47L2201/04G05D1/0246
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12699391
App. No.
18/264,426
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a cleaning method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a to-be-cleaned area; determining a cleaning section set based on the to-be-cleaned area, the cleaning section set including at least one cleaning section and a cleaning order position corresponding to each of the at least one cleaning section, and the cleaning order position of each of the at least one cleaning section being related to a cleaning path of each of the at least one cleaning section; and cleaning each of the at least one cleaning section in turn based on the cleaning order position corresponding to each of the at least one cleaning section.

Claims (26)

1 . A cleaning method, applied to a cleaning device and comprising:

acquiring, by the cleaning device, a to-be-cleaned area;

determining, by the cleaning device, a cleaning section set based on the to-be-cleaned area, wherein the cleaning section set comprises a cleaning section and a cleaning sequence corresponding to the cleaning section, and the cleaning sequence of the cleaning section is determined according to a cleaning path of the cleaning section; and

cleaning, by the cleaning device, the cleaning section in turn according to the cleaning sequence corresponding to the cleaning section;

wherein the to-be-cleaned area comprises: a first uncleaned area; and

said determining the cleaning section set based on the to-be-cleaned area comprises:

dividing, by the cleaning device, the first uncleaned area into a first section and a second section, the first section being a section that the cleaning device has to pass through when the cleaning device moves out from a base station, and the second section being a section that the cleaning device might pass through when the cleaning device moves out from the base station; and

determining, by the cleaning device, a cleaning sequence of the second section having a higher priority than a cleaning sequence of the first section.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said determining the cleaning section set based on the to-be-cleaned area comprises:

determining the cleaning section set corresponding to the to-be-cleaned area by querying a predetermined cleaning section table,

wherein the predetermined cleaning section table comprises at least one saved cleaning area and a cleaning section set corresponding to each of the at least one saved cleaning area.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the to-be-cleaned area at least comprises: a first uncleaned area;

said determining the cleaning section set based on the to-be-cleaned area comprises:

dividing the first uncleaned area into a third section and a fourth section, the third section being a section that the cleaning device has to pass through when the cleaning device moves out from a base station to a first residual uncleaned area, the fourth section being a section that the cleaning device might pass through when the cleaning device moves out from the base station to the first residual uncleaned area, and the first residual uncleaned area being an area other than the first uncleaned area in the to-be-cleaned area;

determining a second uncleaned area adjacent to the first uncleaned area, and dividing the second uncleaned area into a fifth section and a sixth section, the fifth section being a section that the cleaning device has to pass through when the cleaning device moves out from the base station to a second residual uncleaned area, the sixth section being a section that the cleaning device might pass through when the cleaning device moves out from the base station to the second residual uncleaned area, and the second residual uncleaned area being an area other than the first uncleaned area and the second uncleaned area in the to-be-cleaned area;

determining a third uncleaned area adjacent to the second uncleaned area, and dividing the third uncleaned area into sections until each residual uncleaned area has been divided to obtain respective sections; and

determining the cleaning section set based on the third section and the fourth section corresponding to the first uncleaned area, the fifth section and the sixth section corresponding to the second uncleaned area, and the respective sections corresponding to each residual uncleaned area.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said determining the cleaning section set based on the to-be-cleaned area comprises:

acquiring a map of the to-be-cleaned area, the map of the to-be-cleaned area at least comprising a base station;

obtaining at least one to-be-cleaned section by dividing the to-be-cleaned area based on the map of the to-be-cleaned area;

determining the cleaning path from the base station to each of the at least one to-be-cleaned section;

determining a section that the cleaning device might pass through corresponding to each of the at least one to-be-cleaned section based on the at least one to-be-cleaned section and the cleaning path corresponding to each of the at least one to-be-cleaned section; and

obtaining the cleaning section set by sorting a cleaning sequence of the at least one to-be-cleaned section based on the section that the cleaning device might pass through corresponding to each of the at least one to-be-cleaned section.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said cleaning the cleaning section in turn according to the cleaning sequence corresponding to the cleaning section comprises:

recording, during a cleaning process, a current cleaning section as a target cleaning section in response to determining that the cleaning device needs to return to a base station; and

returning to the target cleaning section after charging is completed, and continuing to clean according to the cleaning sequence.