公开(公告)号：US10292554B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-21

申请号：US15338164

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Oliver Lewis ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Russell Walter Morin

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/14

Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.

公开(公告)号：US12108926B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US18236073

申请日：2023-08-21

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Eric J. Burbank ,  Oliver Lewis

IPC: G01C21/00 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/00

CPC classification number: A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  G01C21/383 ,  G01C21/3837 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  G05D1/0221 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D1/0088

Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot system can include a mobile cleaning robot and processing circuitry. The mobile cleaning robot can include a camera and can be operable to clean a floor surface of an environment. The processing circuitry can be in communication with the mobile cleaning robot and the camera, the processing circuitry configured to produce an image output based on an optical field of view of the camera. The processing circuitry can also detect a visual fiducial in the image output and can determine a behavior modification based on the visual fiducial. The processing circuitry can modify movement of the mobile cleaning robot based on the behavior modification.

公开(公告)号：US11737631B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17467649

申请日：2021-09-07

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Travis James Gschrey ,  Eric Burbank ,  Oliver Lewis ,  Milan Modh ,  Sophia Wennstedt

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R33/74 ,  H01R13/03

CPC classification number: A47L11/4002 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  H01R13/2428 ,  H01R13/2464 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R33/74 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  H01R13/03

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, method of controlling an autonomous cleaning robot, the method comprising: navigating the autonomous cleaning robot to a docking station; sensing that the autonomous cleaning robot is navigating to the docking station; increasing a vacuum power of a vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot to reduce an amount of debris from an airflow channel proximate to an inlet of a cleaning bin disposed in the autonomous cleaning robot; and then decreasing the vacuum power of the vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot.

公开(公告)号：US11679713B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17459826

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Cory White ,  Benjamin H. Schriesheim ,  Oliver Lewis ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Stuart R. Jang ,  Michael J. Dooley

IPC: B60Q1/50 ,  A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/19 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  B25J9/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: B60Q1/50 ,  A47L7/0085 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/19 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/2836 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L9/2889 ,  A47L9/30 ,  B25J9/00 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  Y10S901/01

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot includes a body, a drive supporting the body above a floor surface, a light-propagating plate positioned on the body and having a periphery defining a continuous loop, light sources each being positioned to direct light through a portion of the plate to a portion of the continuous loop, and a controller to selectively operate the light sources to provide a visual indicator of a status or service condition of the autonomous mobile robot. The drive is configured to maneuver the mobile robot about the floor surface.

公开(公告)号：US11122951B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-21

申请号：US16236694

申请日：2018-12-31

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Travis James Gschrey ,  Eric Burbank ,  Oliver Lewis ,  Milan Modh ,  Sophia Wennstedt

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  H01R13/24 ,  H01R13/502 ,  H01R33/74 ,  H01R13/03

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, an autonomous cleaning robot including a body, a drive operable to move the body across a floor surface, and a circuit board mounted below an upper surface of the body of the autonomous cleaning robot. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes one or more electrical contacts, a base of each electrical contact being mounted on the circuit board and a contact tip of each electrical contact being configured to protrude through a corresponding opening in the upper surface, wherein each electrical contact comprises a double curved structure to allow the electrical contact to be vertically flexible. The autonomous cleaning robot also includes a hinged lid including one or more contact pads, the one or more contact pads being configured to contact corresponding electrical contacts protruding through the upper surface as the lid is opened or closed.

公开(公告)号：US20180116478A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15338164

申请日：2016-10-28

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Oliver Lewis ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Russell Walter Morin

IPC: A47L11/40

CPC classification number: A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/122 ,  A47L9/1409 ,  A47L9/1463 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.

公开(公告)号：US11918172B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17833381

申请日：2022-06-06

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Oliver Lewis ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Russell Walter Morin

IPC: A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/14

CPC classification number: A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/122 ,  A47L9/1409 ,  A47L9/1463 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.

公开(公告)号：US11730328B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US16993643

申请日：2020-08-14

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Eric J. Burbank ,  Oliver Lewis

IPC: G01C22/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G01C21/00 ,  A47L9/00 ,  G05D1/02

CPC classification number: A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  G01C21/383 ,  G01C21/3837 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  G05D1/0221 ,  G05D1/0234 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D1/0088 ,  G05D2201/0203 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot system can include a mobile cleaning robot and processing circuitry. The mobile cleaning robot can include a camera and can be operable to clean a floor surface of an environment. The processing circuitry can be in communication with the mobile cleaning robot and the camera, the processing circuitry configured to produce an image output based on an optical field of view of the camera. The processing circuitry can also detect a visual fiducial in the image output and can determine a behavior modification based on the visual fiducial. The processing circuitry can modify movement of the mobile cleaning robot based on the behavior modification.

公开(公告)号：US20220296059A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17833381

申请日：2022-06-06

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Oliver Lewis ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Russell Walter Morin

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/14

Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.

公开(公告)号：US11357371B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US16371929

申请日：2019-04-01

Applicant: iRobot Corporation

Inventor： Oliver Lewis ,  Stephen A. Hickey ,  Russell Walter Morin

IPC: A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/00

Abstract: This document describes a mobile cleaning robot including a chassis having a forward portion and an aft portion; a blower affixed to the chassis; a bin supported by the chassis and configured to receive airflow from the blower, the chassis enabling evacuation of the bin through a bottom of the robot. The bin includes a top, a bottom, a sidewall, and an internal barrier. The bin includes a first volume and a second volume separated by the internal barrier and a filter unit supported by the internal barrier and removably disposed in an airflow path between the first volume that includes an intake port in the bin and the second volume that includes an exhaust port in the bin.