US 11,950,736 B2 · Interface for robot cleaner evacuation

Abstract

A method of operating an autonomous cleaning robot is provided. The method includes receiving, at a handheld computing device, data representing a status of a debris collection bin of the autonomous cleaning robot, the status of the bin including a bin fullness reading. The method also includes receiving, at the handheld computing device, data representing a status of a filter bag of an evacuation station, the status of the filter bag including a bag fullness reading. The method also includes presenting, on a display of the handheld computing device, a first status indicator representing the bin fullness reading, and presenting, on the display of the handheld computing device, a second status indicator representing the bag fullness reading.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An evacuation station comprising:

a docking platform configured to receive an autonomous cleaning robot;
one or more conduits comprising an intake configured to interface with the autonomous cleaning robot;
a filter bag configured to receive debris evacuated from the autonomous cleaning robot;
a light emitting diode (LED) located on the evacuation station and configured to change from a first state to a second state to visually indicate to a user a change in status of the evacuation station;
and
a transceiver configured to communicate with the autonomous cleaning robot, wherein the transceiver is configured to send a signal to the autonomous cleaning robot to cause the autonomous cleaning robot to dock at the evacuation station based on the status of the evacuation station.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/347,834Filed 15 Jun 2021 · continuation

Priority

5 Sep 2018

Published

US 2021/0307582 A17 Oct 2021

Granted

9 Apr 2024

Term ends

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Classification20 codes

A47L 9/1409
Bags or the like; Rigid filtering receptacles; Attachment of, or closures for, bags or receptacles: rigid filtering receptacles
A47L 11/4011
Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles,…:…
A47L 9/1436
Means for mounting or attaching bags or filtering receptacles in suction cleaners; Adapters: connecting plates, e.g. collars, end closures
A47L 9/1472
Means for mounting or attaching bags or filtering receptacles in suction cleaners; Adapters: combined with security means, e.g. for preventing…

Family

Application16/122,432Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Sep 2018

US 2021/0307582 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Oct 2021

US 11,039,725 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2020/0069139 A1Published application

US 11,950,736 B2This patent

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Interface for robot cleaner evacuation

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Interface for robot cleaner evacuation

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Abstract

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