Charging station with magnetic charging contacts for mobile robotic devices
AssigneeAI Incorporated
InventorAli Ebrahimi Afrouzi
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Abstract
Included is a method for charging a mobile robotic device, including: transmitting, with a transmitter disposed on the mobile robotic device, signals; receiving, with a receiver disposed on a charging station of the mobile robotic device, the signals; and detecting, with the charging station, the mobile robotic device approaching for charging when the mobile robotic device is within a range of the receiver of the charging station and the receiver of the charging station receives the signals transmitted from the transmitter of the mobile robotic device.
Claims20
A method for charging a mobile robotic device, comprising:
- transmitting, with a transmitter disposed on the mobile robotic device, signals;
- receiving, with a receiver disposed on a charging station of the mobile robotic device, the signals;
- and
- detecting, with the charging station, the mobile robotic device approaching for charging when the mobile robotic device is within a range of the receiver of the charging station and the receiver of the charging station receives the signals transmitted from the transmitter of the mobile robotic device.
A charging station of a mobile robotic device, comprising:
- a main housing;
- a transmitter coupled to the main housing for transmitting signals to a receiver of the mobile robotic device;
- an electrical plug to connect to a power supply;
- and
- one or more electrical elements electrically coupling the electrical plug to one or more charging contacts;
- wherein the mobile robotic device detects the charging station to approach for charging when the mobile robotic device is within a range of the transmitter of the charging station and the receiver of the mobile robotic device receives signals transmitted from the transmitter of the charging station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.