Robotic mold detection and treatment system with self-cleaning sensor
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsRebecca Scheers Angoy, Kelly Q. Baker, Christopher Paul Blanchard
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Abstract
A method, system, and robot assembly for automated inspection of structures and mold remediation. The embodiments are configured to allow for the deployment of a mold remediation robot assembly into a building. The mold remediation robot assembly includes a self-cleaning system for detecting when the onboard mold sensor has accumulated excessive amounts of mold that requires cleaning. In response, a self-cleaning operation can be performed to ensure the mold sensor remains unobstructed by mold particles.
Claims20
A mold remediation robot assembly, the assembly comprising:
- an autonomous vehicle;
- a mold detection system installed on the autonomous vehicle, the mold detection system including:
- a mold sensor configured to measure mold content, the mold sensor including a sensor plate;
- and
- a self-cleaning system that automatically removes mold particles from the sensor plate in response to an accumulation level of mold particles on the sensor plate exceeding a preselected threshold.
A method of mold remediation, the method comprising:
- receiving, by an onboard computing system of a mold remediation robot assembly, first data from a mold sensor of the mold remediation robot assembly, the first data captured while the mold remediation robot assembly was in a first area of a structure performing a mold treatment application;
- determining, at the onboard computing system, a mold accumulation level for a sensor plate of the mold sensor exceeds a preselected threshold;
- and
- performing, via the mold remediation robot assembly, a self-cleaning operation that automatically removes mold particles from the sensor plate in response to determining the mold accumulation level exceeds the preselected threshold.
A system for mold remediation, the system comprising a processor and machine-readable media including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, by an onboard computing system of a mold remediation robot assembly, first data from a mold sensor of the mold remediation robot assembly, the first data captured while the mold remediation robot assembly was in a first area of a structure performing a mold treatment application;
- determine, at the onboard computing system, a mold accumulation level for a sensor plate of the mold sensor exceeds a preselected threshold;
- and
- perform, via the mold remediation robot assembly, a self-cleaning operation that automatically removes mold particles from the sensor plate in response to determining the mold accumulation level exceeds the preselected threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.