Robotic cleaning device and a method of controlling the robotic cleaning device
AssigneeAktiebolaget Electrolux
InventorsMagnus Lindhé, Petter Forsberg
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Abstract
A robotic cleaning device having an inertia measurement unit and a controller. The inertia measurement unit is arranged to sense a displacement of the robotic cleaning device and the controller is arranged to determine a characteristic of the displacement of the robotic cleaning device, and to set the robotic cleaning device in an operational mode being associated with the determined characteristic of the displacement.
Claims21
A method of controlling operation of a robotic cleaning device, the method comprising:
- sensing a displacement of the robotic cleaning device;
- determining a characteristic of the displacement of the robotic cleaning device;
- setting the robotic cleaning device in an operational mode associated with the determined characteristic of the displacement.
A robotic cleaning device comprising:
- an inertia measurement unit configured to sense a displacement of the robotic cleaning device;
- and
- a controller configured to determine a characteristic of the displacement of the robotic cleaning device, and to set the robotic cleaning device in an operational mode associated with the determined characteristic of the displacement.
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A method of controlling operation of a robotic cleaning device, the method comprising:
- sensing an inertial movement of the robotic cleaning device;
- determining a characteristic of the inertial movement of the robotic cleaning device;
- comparing the determined characteristic of the inertial movement to one or more pre-stored inertial movement patterns, each pre-stored inertial movement pattern being representative of a respective user-generated movement of the robotic cleaning device;
- matching the determined characteristic of the inertial movement to a particular one of the one or more pre-stored inertial movement patterns;
- identifying an operational mode associated with the particular one of the one or more pre-stored inertial movement patterns;
- and
- setting the robotic cleaning device in the operational mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.