IP Library Granted Patent US 10,228,697
Granted Patent B2
US 10,228,697 · App. 15/502,587 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Autonomous mobile object and autonomous mobile object system

Inventor: Shoki Yoshino (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,228,697
App. No.
15/502,587
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The extent of the movement area of an autonomous mobile object is appropriately fed back for the extent of the movement area in the next operation at a low cost. An autonomous mobile object ( 1 ) includes an operation result map creation unit ( 21 ) that creates, on the basis of a log of the position of a cleaning brush ( 9 ), an operation result map in which a cleaned area is indicated, and a next-cleaning-area setting unit ( 22 ) that sets a next cleaning area on the basis of the operation result map displayed on an operation panel ( 13 ).

Claims (34)

1. An autonomous mobile object comprising:

an operation tool that performs a predetermined operation while moving through an operation area for which the predetermined operation is to be performed;

a detector that detects a position of the operation tool in the operation area;

an arithmetic unit including a processor;

the arithmetic unit including a creation unit that creates an operation result map indicating an area, within the operation area, through which the operation tool has moved as an operation-performed area on a basis of a log of the position of the operation tool detected by the detector;

a display that displays the operation result map created by the creation unit; and

the arithmetic unit further including a setting circuitry unit that sets, on a basis of the operation result map displayed on the display, a next movement area through which the operation tool moves to perform the predetermined operation next time.

2. The autonomous mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation area includes a plurality of sub-areas, and

the creation unit determines an indication mode of each sub-area among the sub-areas indicated on the operation result map on a basis of a number of times that the operation tool has passed through the sub-area.

3. The autonomous mobile object according to claim 2 , wherein the creation unit determines the indication mode of each sub-area among the sub-areas indicated on the operation result map in accordance with a degree of the predetermined operation performed by the operation tool at the position of the operation tool detected by the detector.

4. The autonomous mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein the display displays a button used to make the setting unit set an area other than the operation-performed area within the operation area as an operation-prohibited area for which the predetermined operation is prohibited.

5. The autonomous mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein the display displays a button used to make the setting unit set an area other than the operation-performed area within the operation area as a priority operation area for which the predetermined operation is preferentially performed.

6. The autonomous mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein the creation unit creates the operation result map on a basis of a shape of the operation tool projected on the operation area and the log of the position.

7. The autonomous mobile object according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation tool includes a first operation tool that performs a first operation and a second operation tool that performs a second operation different from the first operation, and

the creation unit creates a creation result map in which an area through which the first operation tool has moved is indicated as a first operation tool area and an area through which the second operation tool has moved is indicated as a second operation tool area.

8. The autonomous mobile object according to claim 7 , wherein

the predetermined operation includes an operation of cleaning a floor,

the first operation tool includes a brush, and

the second operation tool includes a squeegee.

9. An autonomous mobile object system comprising:

an autonomous mobile object; and

a communication terminal, wherein

the autonomous mobile object includes:

an arithmetic unit including a processor,

an operation tool that performs a predetermined operation while moving through an operation area for which the operation is to be performed,

a detector that detects a position of the operation tool in the operation area,

the arithmetic unit including a creation unit that creates an operation result map indicating an area, within the operation area, through which the operation tool has moved as an operation-performed area on a basis of a log of the position of the operation tool detected by the detector, and

transmission circuitry that transmits information representing the operation result map created by the creation unit to the communication terminal,

the communication terminal includes:

terminal reception circuitry that receives the information transmitted by the transmission circuitry, and

a terminal display that displays the operation result map on a basis of the information received by the terminal reception circuitry, and

the arithmetic unit further includes a setting unit that sets, on a basis of the operation result map displayed on the terminal display, a next movement area through which the operation tool moves to perform the predetermined operation a next time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2017
From: YOSHINO, SHOKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 041658/0683 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-173268 · Aug 27, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170235312A1 · Aug 17, 2017
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