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Granted Patent B2
US 10,007,267 · App. 15/235,606 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Smart cleaner

Inventors: Qinghao Yu (Suzhou, CN); Qiang Shen (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,007,267
App. No.
15/235,606
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a smart cleaner, which includes: a remote controller provided with a camera, in which the camera is configured to photograph an image of a target area in a scene; and a body configured to scan the scene, to establish a map of the scene according to a predetermined reference substance, to identify a location of the image in the map after receiving the image sent by the remote controller, and to move to the target area according to the location of the image in the map for performing an operation.

Claims (28)

1. A smart cleaner comprising:

a remote controller, provided with a camera, wherein the camera is configured to photograph an image of a target area in a scene; and

a body, configured to scan the scene, to establish a map of the scene according to a predetermined reference substance, to identify a location of the image in the map after receiving the image sent by the remote controller, and to move to the target area according to the location of the image in the map for performing an operation;

wherein the body includes a dock configured to receive the remote controller.

2. The smart cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the body is configured to move to the target area according to the location of the image in the map for performing an operation, by acts of:

determining a current location of the body in the map;

planning a path according to the location of the image in the map and the current location of the body in the map; and

moving to the target area according to the path.

3. The smart cleaner according to claim 2 , wherein planning a path according to the location of the image in the map and the current location of the body in the map, comprises:

calculating a displacement according to the location of the image in the map and the current location of the body in the map; and

planning a shortest path to the target area according to the displacement.

4. The smart cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein

the target area comprises at least one of an area to be cleaned, a return area and a security area;

the remote controller is further configured to send a control instruction to the body, wherein the control instruction comprises at least one of a cleaning instruction, a returning instruction and a security instruction; and

the body is further configured to:

perform the cleaning instruction after moving to the area to be cleaned if the control instruction is the cleaning instruction;

move to the return area for being charged if the control instruction is the returning instruction;

perform a monitoring after moving to the security area if the control instruction is the security instruction.

5. The smart cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein power is supplied by a battery of the body when the body is performing the security instruction, and the body is configured to automatically move to the return area for being charged if it is determined that an electric quantity of the battery is less than a predetermined value, and to return to the security area for monitoring after the battery is completely charged.

6. The smart cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein the body is further configured to determine whether there is a charging power supply in the return area after moving to the return area for being charged, and to provide a prompt if there is no charging power supply in the return area.

7. The smart cleaner according to claim 6 , wherein the prompt is a speech prompt.

8. The smart cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the body is provided with a sensor disposed on a chassis of the body.

9. The smart cleaner according to claim 8 , wherein the groove has a predetermined inclination angle.

10. The smart cleaner according to claim 9 , wherein the predetermined inclination angle is 60° .

11. The smart cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the camera is further configured to monitor.

12. The smart cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the dock is provided with a groove and the remote controller is arranged in the groove.

13. The smart cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the dock is provided with a snap and the remote controller is disposed on the body through the snap.

14. The smart cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined reference substance comprises at least one of a crack on a ground in the scene and a pattern on the ground in the scene.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2021
From: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
To: MIDEA ROBOZONE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056847/0907 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2016
From: YU, QINGHAO; SHEN, QIANG
To: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039892/0506 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0827895 · Nov 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170147002A1 · May 25, 2017
Cited By (1)
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