System and method for detecting walls or objects within a specific proximity of a vacuum floor nozzle

A vacuum cleaner comprising:

• a suction motor;
• one or more edge detect sensors;
• a headlight assembly having:
• a headlight assembly printed circuit board (PCB);
• a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on the headlight assembly PCB;
• and
• a headlight assembly connector, wherein:
• the headlight assembly PCB is configured to divide the plurality of LEDs into a first section and a second section;
• and
• the first section and the second section are independently controlled;
• and
• circuitry, the circuitry configured to:
• determine whether the vacuum cleaner is within a predetermined distance of a vertical surface based on an input received from the one or more edge detect sensors;
• responsive to determining that the vacuum cleaner is within the predetermined distance of the vertical surface, increase a suction power of the suction motor to a predetermined value;
• determine an ambient light level in an environment of the vacuum;
• and
• adjust an intensity of the headlight assembly based on the ambient light level in the environment.

A vacuum cleaner comprising:

• a suction motor;
• a first edge detect sensor;
• a second edge detect sensor;
• a headlight assembly having a first section of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a second section of LEDs, the first and second sections of LEDs being independently controllable;
• and
• circuitry configured to:
• determine whether the vacuum cleaner is within a predetermined distance of a vertical surface based on an input received from the first or second edge detect sensor;
• responsive to determining that the vacuum cleaner is within the predetermined distance of the vertical surface, increase a suction power of the suction motor to a predetermined value;
• responsive to the first edge detect sensor detecting the vertical surface, increase a first output intensity for the first section of LEDs and decrease a second output intensity for the second section of LEDs;
• and
• responsive to the second edge detect sensor detecting the vertical surface, decrease the first output intensity for the first section of LEDs and increase the second output intensity for the second section of LEDs.