IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,722
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,722 · App. 17/886,877 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Robotic cleaner

Inventors: Robert T. Hall (Franklin, TN); Alex Irkliy (Portland, TN); Heena Mordani (Brookline, MA)
Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
A47L11/4011G05D1/0038G05D1/0044G05D1/0274A47L2201/04
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Patent No.
US 12,376,722
App. No.
17/886,877
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A robotic cleaning system may include a robotic cleaner configured to generate a map of an environment and a mobile device configured to communicatively couple to the robotic cleaner, the robotic cleaner configured to communicate the map to the mobile device. The mobile device may include a camera configured to generate an image of the environment, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, a display configured to display the image and to receive a user input while displaying the image, the user input being associated with one or more of the plurality of pixels, a depth sensor configured to generate depth data that is associated with each pixel of the image, an orientation sensor configured to generate orientation data that is associated with each pixel of the image, and a mobile controller configured to localize the mobile device within the map using the depth data and the orientation data.

Claims (27)

1. A robotic cleaning system comprising:

a robotic cleaner configured to generate a map of an environment; and

a mobile device configured to communicatively couple to the robotic cleaner, the robotic cleaner configured to communicate the map to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes:

a camera configured to generate an image of the environment, the image comprising a plurality of pixels;

a display configured to display the image and to receive a user input while displaying the image, the user input being associated with one or more of the plurality of pixels;

a depth sensor configured to generate depth data that is associated with each pixel of the image;

an orientation sensor configured to generate orientation data that is associated with each pixel of the image; and

a mobile controller configured to localize the mobile device within the map received from the robotic cleaner using the depth data and the orientation data;

wherein the mobile controller is configured to recognize an object within the image;

wherein the mobile controller localizes the recognized object within the map received from the robotic cleaner using the depth data and the orientation data;

wherein the display is configured to display an augmented reality element associated with the recognized object.

2. The robotic cleaning system of claim 1 , wherein the user input is used to define a region within the displayed image.

3. The robotic cleaning system of claim 2 , wherein the mobile controller is configured to localize the defined region within the map received from the robotic cleaner using the depth data and the orientation data associated with the one or more pixels that are associated with the user input.

4. The robotic cleaning system of claim 3 , wherein a command/instruction is associated with the defined region.

5. The robotic cleaning system of claim 4 , wherein the mobile controller is configured to generate a modified map, the modified map including the defined region and the command/instruction associated with the defined region.

6. The robotic cleaning system of claim 5 , wherein the modified map is communicated to the robotic cleaner.

7. The robotic cleaning system of claim 2 , wherein the defined region is displayed within the image as an augmented reality element.

8. The robotic cleaning system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile controller is configured to detect when the robotic cleaner is within the image.

9. The robotic cleaning system of claim 8 , wherein, in response to the mobile controller detecting the robotic cleaner within the image, the robotic cleaner is configured to communicate a location of the robotic cleaner within the map of the environment to the mobile device.

10. The robotic cleaning system of claim 9 , wherein the mobile controller is configured to use the depth data and the orientation data to localize the mobile device relative to the robotic cleaner.

11. The robotic cleaning system of claim 10 , wherein the mobile controller is configured to localize the mobile device within the map received from the robotic cleaner based on the localization of the mobile device relative to the robotic cleaner.

12. The robotic cleaning system of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the user input interacting with the augmented reality element, a command/instruction is associated with the recognized object.

13. The robotic cleaning system of claim 12 , wherein the mobile controller is configured to generate a modified map, the modified map including the recognized object and the command/instruction associated with the recognized object.

14. The robotic cleaning system of claim 13 , wherein the modified map is communicated to the robotic cleaner.

15. The robotic cleaning system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is configured to generate a plurality of images and the display is configured to display the plurality of images as a video and receive the user input while displaying the video.

16. The robotic cleaning system of claim 15 , wherein the display receives at least three user inputs, the at least three user inputs being used define a polygonal region, the polygonal region being displayed within the video as an augmented reality element.

17. The robotic cleaning system of claim 1 , wherein the depth sensor includes a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor and the orientation sensor includes a compass.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: MORDANI, HEENA
To: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
Reel/Frame 067389/0980 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 064600/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2022
From: HALL, ROBERT T.; IRKLIY, ALEX
To: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC
Reel/Frame 060853/0449 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63232997 · Aug 13, 2021
Related Publication 20230046417A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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