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公开(公告)号：US11058276B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-13
申请号：US16544227
申请日：2019-08-19
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： Levi Fox , Marcus R. Williams , Yanhan Li , Jason Jeffrey Suchman , Lucile Driscoll
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a base station for receiving a mobile cleaning robot including a docking structure. The docking structure includes a horizontal surface and at least two electrical charging contacts, each of the electrical charging contacts having a contact surface positioned above the horizontal surface. The base station also includes a platform that is connectable to the docking structure. The platform includes a raised rear surface having a front portion and a rear portion, two wheel wells located in the front portion of the raised rear surface of the platform, and a plurality of raised surface features forward of the raised rear surface configured to support an underside portion of the mobile cleaning robot.
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公开(公告)号：US10299652B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-28
申请号：US14219625
申请日：2014-03-19
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： Duane L. Gilbert, Jr. , Marcus R. Williams , Andrea M. Okerholm Huttlin , Elaine H. Kristant , Sheila A. Longo , Daniel E. Kee , Marc D. Strauss
IPC: A47L11/29 , A47L11/40 , A47L11/34 , G05D1/02 , A47L9/04 , A47L9/00 , A47L9/28 , B60L11/18 , B60L15/20 , A47L11/30 , B60L53/14 , B60L50/52 , B60L58/12 , A47L11/282 , A47L11/12 , A47L11/20 , A47L11/292 , A47L11/14 , A47L11/16
Abstract: A surface treatment robot includes a chassis having forward and rear ends and a drive system carried by the chassis. The drive system includes right and left driven wheels and is configured to maneuver the robot over a cleaning surface. The robot includes a vacuum assembly, a collection volume, a supply volume, an applicator, and a wetting element, each carried by the chassis. The wetting element engages the cleaning surface to distribute a cleaning liquid applied to the surface by the applicator. The wetting element distributes the cleaning liquid along at least a portion of the cleaning surface when the robot is driven in a forward direction. The wetting element is arranged substantially forward of a transverse axis defined by the right and left driven wheels, and the wetting element slidably supports at least about ten percent of the mass of the robot above the cleaning surface.
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公开(公告)号：US12171383B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US17384587
申请日：2021-07-23
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： Duane L. Gilbert, Jr. , Marcus R. Williams , Andrea M. Okerholm , Elaine H. Kristant , Sheila A. Longo , Daniel E. Kee , Marc D. Strauss
IPC: A47L11/40 , A47L9/00 , A47L9/04 , A47L9/28 , A47L11/30 , A47L11/34 , B60L15/20 , B60L50/52 , B60L53/14 , G05D1/00 , A47L11/12 , A47L11/14 , A47L11/16 , A47L11/20 , A47L11/282 , A47L11/292
Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot detection system includes an emitter configured to emit a directed beam, a detector configured to detect the directed beam and a controller configured to direct the robot in response to a signal detected by the detector. In some examples, the detection system detects a stasis condition of the robot. In some examples, the detection system detects a wall and can follow the wall in response to the detected signal.
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公开(公告)号：US11589724B2
公开(公告)日：2023-02-28
申请号：US17060818
申请日：2020-10-01
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： John Reimels , Marcus R. Williams , Adam Goss , Isaac Fowler , Lucile Driscoll
Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a robot body, a drive supporting the robot body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface, a pad holder attached to an underside of the robot body and configured to receive a removable cleaning pad, and a pad sensor configured to sense a pad type identifier on a central region of the cleaning pad. The pad type identifier includes a marker on the central region of the cleaning pad. The cleaning pad has a mounting card affixed thereto, and the pad type identifier includes an array of apertures that expose selected portions of the marker.
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公开(公告)号：US11006807B2
公开(公告)日：2021-05-18
申请号：US16544227
申请日：2019-08-19
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： Levi Fox , Marcus R. Williams , Yanhan Li , Jason Jeffrey Suchman , Lucile Driscoll
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a base station for receiving a mobile cleaning robot including a docking structure. The docking structure includes a horizontal surface and at least two electrical charging contacts, each of the electrical charging contacts having a contact surface positioned above the horizontal surface. The base station also includes a platform that is connectable to the docking structure. The platform includes a raised rear surface having a front portion and a rear portion, two wheel wells located in the front portion of the raised rear surface of the platform, and a plurality of raised surface features forward of the raised rear surface configured to support an underside portion of the mobile cleaning robot.
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Patent Agency Ranking
16.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10824159B2
公开(公告)日：2020-11-03
申请号：US16125051
申请日：2018-09-07
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： Dexter Bautista , Isaac Fowler , Andrew Graziani , Marcus R. Williams , Ping-Hong Lu , Erik Schembor
Abstract: A mobile robot can include a robot body; a drive system supporting the robot body above a floor surface for maneuvering the robot across the floor surface; a bumper frame on a front periphery of the robot body, the bumper frame supported by the robot body; and a bumper impact system comprising: a first sensor at a first orientation with respect to the bumper frame that is configured to generate a first signal in response to a magnitude and a direction of movement of the bumper frame relative to the robot body; a second sensor at a second orientation with respect to the bumper frame that is configured to generate a second signal in response to a magnitude and a direction of movement of the bumper frame relative to the robot body, the second orientation being different from the first orientation; and a processor.
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公开(公告)号：US20200170473A1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-04
申请号：US16205611
申请日：2018-11-30
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： John Reimels , Marcus R. Williams , Adam Goss , Isaac Fowler , Lucile Driscoll
Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a robot body, a drive supporting the robot body to maneuver the robot across a floor surface, a pad holder attached to an underside of the robot body and configured to receive a removable cleaning pad, and a pad sensor configured to sense a pad type identifier on a central region of the cleaning pad. The pad type identifier includes a marker on the central region of the cleaning pad. The cleaning pad has a mounting card affixed thereto, and the pad type identifier includes an array of apertures that expose selected portions of the marker.
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18.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200081447A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-12
申请号：US16125051
申请日：2018-09-07
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： Dexter Bautista , Isaac Fowler , Andrew Graziani , Marcus R. Williams , Ping-Hong Lu , Erik Schembor
Abstract: A mobile robot can include a robot body; a drive system supporting the robot body above a floor surface for maneuvering the robot across the floor surface; a bumper frame on a front periphery of the robot body, the bumper frame supported by the robot body; and a bumper impact system comprising: a first sensor at a first orientation with respect to the bumper frame that is configured to generate a first signal in response to a magnitude and a direction of movement of the bumper frame relative to the robot body; a second sensor at a second orientation with respect to the bumper frame that is configured to generate a second signal in response to a magnitude and a direction of movement of the bumper frame relative to the robot body, the second orientation being different from the first orientation; and a processor.
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19.发明授权公开(公告)号：US11860638B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-02
申请号：US17065629
申请日：2020-10-08
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： Dexter Bautista , Isaac Fowler , Andrew Graziani , Marcus R. Williams , Ping-Hong Lu , Erik Schembor
CPC classification number: G05D1/0227 , G01L1/12 , G01L5/0052 , G05D2201/0203
Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a robot body, a bumper, and a bumper impact system. The bumper can be connected to and supported by the robot body. The bumper impact system can include a first sensor connected to the body in a first orientation with respect to the body and the bumper. The bumper impact system can include a second sensor connected to the body in a second orientation with respect to the body and the bumper different from the first orientation. The first sensor and the second sensor can together be configured to sense an impact region of the bumper based on a magnitude and a direction of movement of the bumper relative to the robot body.
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公开(公告)号：US20220257080A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-18
申请号：US17732277
申请日：2022-04-28
Applicant: iRobot Corporation
Inventor： Ping-Hong Lu , Daniel Foran , Marcus R. Williams , Joe Johnson , Andrew Graziani
Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a robot body defining a forward drive direction, a controller supported by the robot body, a drive supporting the robot body and configured to maneuver the robot across a surface in response to commands from the controller, a pad holder disposed on an underside of the robot body and configured to retain a removable cleaning pad during operation of the cleaning robot; and a pad sensor arranged to sense a feature of a cleaning pad held by the pad holder and generate a corresponding signal. The controller is responsive to the signal generated by the pad sensor, and configured to control the robot according to a cleaning mode selected from a set of multiple robot cleaning modes as a function of the signal generated by the pad sensor.
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