Mobile robot and control method of mobile robot
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuko Tsusaka, Mikiya Nakata, Hiroki Takeuchi, Tadahiro Taniguchi, Yoshinobu Hagiwara
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Abstract
A terminal apparatus includes a camera, a display that displays a display screen including a mobile robot that autonomously travels, and a control circuit. The control circuit acquires a first planned route of the mobile robot, displays, on the display, a screen having the first planned route superimposed on a camera image taken by the camera, detects a contact point on the display on which the screen is displayed, generates a second planned route of the mobile robot that travels through the contact point, and transmits the second planned route to the mobile robot.
Claims12
A control method of a mobile cleaner using a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus including a camera, a display that displays a display screen including the mobile cleaner that autonomously travels, and a first control circuit, the mobile cleaner including a second control circuit,
- the control method comprising performing control to:
- cause the first control circuit to
- acquire a first planned route of the mobile cleaner,
- display, on the display, a first screen having the first planned route superimposed on a camera image taken by the camera, and
- detect a single contact point entered on the display on which the first screen is displayed and transmit a position of the single contact point to the second control circuit;
- cause the second control circuit, in response to the detected single contact point, to
- generate a second planned route of the mobile cleaner that is different from the first planned route and that travels through the single contact point received from the first control circuit, and
- transmit the second planned route generated to the first control circuit;
- and,
- cause the first control circuit to
- transmit, when the first control circuit determines that the camera image does not include the cleaner, a first command to the second control circuit for setting a velocity of the cleaner to a second velocity lower than a first velocity, wherein the first velocity is for performing cleaning operations,
- wherein the cleaner includes a cleaner main body having a suction port on a bottom surface, a suction unit disposed in the cleaner main body, a drive unit that is disposed in the cleaner main body and drives travel of the cleaner, and the second control circuit,
- the control method further comprising performing control to:
- cause the second control circuit to control the suction unit and the drive unit to perform cleaning while traveling and transmit information on an area where cleaning is completed by the cleaner to the first control circuit;
- and
- cause the first control circuit to further superimpose, after the first control circuit receives the information on the area where the cleaning is completed from the second control circuit, the area where the cleaning is completed by the cleaner on the first screen.
A control system of a mobile cleaner using a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus including a camera, a display that displays a display screen including the mobile cleaner that autonomously travels, and a first control circuit, the mobile cleaner including a second control circuit,
- the control method comprising performing control to:
- cause the first control circuit to
- acquire a first planned route of the mobile cleaner,
- display, on the display, a first screen having the first planned route superimposed on a camera image taken by the camera, and
- detect a single contact point entered on the display on which the first screen is displayed and transmit a position of the single contact point to the second control circuit;
- cause the second control circuit, in response to the detected single contact point, to
- generate a second planned route of the mobile cleaner that is different from the first planned route and that travels through the single contact point received from the first control circuit, and
- transmit the second planned route generated to the first control circuit;
- and, change a velocity of the cleaner from a first velocity to a second velocity in accordance with whether the cleaner is included in the camera image, wherein the first velocity is for performing cleaning operations,
- wherein the cleaner includes a cleaner main body having a suction port on a bottom surface, a suction unit disposed in the cleaner main body, a drive unit that is disposed in the cleaner main body and drives travel of the cleaner, and the second control circuit,
- the control method further comprising performing control to:
- cause the second control circuit to control the suction unit and the drive unit to perform cleaning while traveling and transmit information on an area where cleaning is completed by the cleaner to the first control circuit;
- and
- cause the first control circuit to further superimpose, after the first control circuit receives the information on the area where the cleaning is completed from the second control circuit, the area where the cleaning is completed by the cleaner on the first screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.