A47L 2201/06
Control of the cleaning action for autonomous devices
Official title: Control of the cleaning action for autonomous devices; Automatic detection of the surface condition before, during or after cleaning
A47L2201/06 (Control of the cleaning action for autonomous devices) appears on 804 US grants and 1,144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Cleaning apparatus, and housing and sensor used therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,591 B2Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd.
- Vacuum cleaner system notifying state of dust collection part and operating method of vacuum cleaner system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,592 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- AI robot cleaner and robot system having the same29 Sep 2026US 12,745,886 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Method for identifying brush type, cleaning device and storage medium15 Sep 2026US 12,733,783 B2Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
- SLAM robot and a paired application thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,736,962 B1AI Incorporated
- User-prompted cleaning by autonomous vacuum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305895 A1Matic Robots, Inc. (fka Matician, Inc.)
- Residual-water-stain recovery method and apparatus, robot, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305897 A1Shenzhen Pudu Technology Co., Ltd.
- Method for constructing a map while performing work8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305899 A1Bobsweep USA
- Method for controlling robot cleaner, and robot cleaner8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305901 A1Beijing Roborock Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
- Pool system with message diagnostics for pool cleaner1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294195 A1Zodiac Pool Care Europe
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Autonomous floor cleaning robot349US 7,636,982 B2iRobot Corporation · 2009
- Autonomous floor-cleaning robot331US 7,571,511 B2iRobot Corporation · 2009