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US 11,099,554 B2Granted
Robotic cleaning device and a method of controlling the robotic cleaning device
AssigneeAktiebolaget Electrolux
InventorsMagnus Lindhé, Petter Forsberg
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Abstract
A robotic cleaning device having an inertia measurement unit and a controller. The inertia measurement unit is arranged to sense a displacement of the robotic cleaning device and the controller is arranged to determine a characteristic of the displacement of the robotic cleaning device, and to set the robotic cleaning device in an operational mode being associated with the determined characteristic of the displacement.
Claims20
A method of controlling operation of a robotic cleaning device, the method comprising:
- sensing a displacement of the robotic cleaning device;
- determining a characteristic of the displacement of the robotic cleaning device;
- compare the determined characteristic of the displacement with a plurality of different predetermined characteristics of the displacement, and based on the comparison, determining a match between the determined characteristic of the displacement and a matching one of the plurality of different predetermined characteristics of the displacement,
- wherein each of the plurality of different predetermined characteristics of the displacement are associated with a different one of a plurality of predetermined operational modes of the robotic cleaning device;
- and
- setting the robotic cleaning device in an associated one of the plurality of predetermined operational modes that is associated with the matching one of the plurality of different predetermined characteristics of displacement,
- wherein the characteristic of the displacement is a movement pattern where the robotic cleaning device is maneuvered by a user.
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A robotic cleaning device comprising:
- an inertia measurement unit configured to sense a displacement of the robotic cleaning device;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine a characteristic of the displacement of the robotic cleaning device,
- compare the determined characteristic of the displacement with a plurality of different predetermined characteristics of the displacement, and based on the comparison, determining a match between the determined characteristic of the displacement and a matching one of the plurality of different predetermined characteristics of the displacement,
- wherein each of the plurality of different predetermined characteristics of the displacement are associated with a different one of a plurality of predetermined operational modes of the robotic cleaning device, and
- set the robotic cleaning device in an associated one of the plurality of predetermined operational modes that is associated with the matching one of the plurality of different predetermined characteristics of displacement,
- wherein the characteristic of the displacement is a movement pattern where the robotic cleaning device is maneuvered by a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.