公开(公告)号：US09265396B1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-23

申请号：US14828285

申请日：2015-08-17

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Ping-Hong Lu ,  Joseph M. Johnson ,  Daniel Foran ,  Marcus Williams ,  Andrew Graziani

IPC: A47L5/00 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L11/4036 ,  A47L9/0673 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2815 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L11/4002 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4066 ,  A47L11/4083 ,  A47L11/4088 ,  A47L13/16 ,  A47L13/24 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  B08B1/001 ,  B08B7/04 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a body, a controller supported by the body, a drive supporting the body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface in response to commands from the controller, and a pad holder attached to an underside of the body to hold a removable cleaning pad during operation of the robot. The pad includes a mounting plate and a mounting surface. The mounting plate is attached to the mounting surface. The robot includes a pad sensor to sense a feature on the pad and to generate a signal based on the feature, which is defined in part by a cutout on the card backing. The mounting plate enables the pad sensor to detect the feature. The controller is responsive to the signal to perform operations including selecting a cleaning mode based on the signal, and controlling the robot according to a selected cleaning mode.

Abstract translation: 自主地板清洁机器人包括主体，由主体支撑的控制器，响应于来自控制器的命令而支撑机身以操纵机器人跨越地板表面的驱动器，以及附接到主体的下侧以保持 机器人操作期间的可拆卸清洁垫。 垫包括安装板和安装表面。 安装板安装在安装面上。 机器人包括用于感测垫上的特征并且基于由卡背衬上的切口部分限定的特征产生信号的垫传感器。 安装板使焊盘传感器能够检测该特征。 控制器响应于信号执行操作，包括基于该信号选择清洁模式，并根据选择的清洁模式来控制机器人。