Controlling movement of a robotic cleaning device
AssigneeAktiebolaget Electrolux
InventorsMagnus Lindhé, Petter Forsberg, Niklas Nordin
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Abstract
A method of controlling movement of a robotic cleaning device over an area to be cleaned. The method includes storing at least one representation of the area over which the robotic cleaning device is to move, receiving an instruction to execute a cleaning program, localizing, in response to the instruction, the robotic cleaning device relative to the stored representation, and moving over the area to be cleaned as stipulated by the cleaning program by taking into account the stored representation.
Claims26
A method of controlling movement of a robotic cleaning device over an area to be cleaned, the method comprising:
- storing at least one representation of the area over which the robotic cleaning device is to move;
- receiving an instruction to execute a cleaning program;
- localizing, in response to the instruction, the robotic cleaning device relative to the stored representation;
- and
- moving over the area to be cleaned as stipulated by the cleaning program by taking into account the stored representation.
A robotic cleaning device comprising:
- a propulsion system configured to move the robotic cleaning device over an area to be cleaned;
- a memory configured to store at least one representation of the area over which the robotic cleaning device is to move;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive an instruction to execute a cleaning program;
- localize, in response to the instruction, the robotic cleaning device relative to the stored representation;
- and
- control the propulsion system to move the robotic cleaning device over the area to be cleaned as stipulated by the cleaning program by taking into account the stored representation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.