公开(公告)号：US20190069744A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16100687

申请日：2018-08-10

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Melinda L. LIGGETT ,  Isaku D. KAMADA ,  Frederick K. HOPKE ,  Gan Sin HUAT ,  Charles FIEBIG ,  Scott CONNOR ,  Alan AI

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/00

Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a housing, a bumper, driven wheels, and a controller. The bumper can be coupled to a front of the housing. The bumper may include a plurality of projections extending from a top edge of the bumper and above a top surface of the housing. The projections may include at least one leading projection proximate a forward most portion of the bumper and at least two side projections on each respective side of the bumper. The driven wheels may be rotatably mounted to the housing. The controller may be for controlling at least the driven wheels.

公开(公告)号：US20210059495A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US17006289

申请日：2020-08-28

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Aaron GILL ,  Isaku D. KAMADA ,  Rahat KHAN ,  Karthikeyan SUBRAMANI ,  Hongbo LIN

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/14

Abstract: A debris fin for a robotic cleaner dust cup may include a fin mount and an airflow body extending from the fin mount according to a divergence angle, the airflow body defining an airflow surface, the airflow body being configured to straighten fibrous debris entrained within air that is incident thereon.

公开(公告)号：US20200022544A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16517229

申请日：2019-07-19

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Aaron GILL ,  David HARTING ,  Hamish THOMPSON ,  Christopher MEYER-RASSOW ,  Catriona C.A. SUTTER ,  Isaku D. KAMADA ,  Daniel HARRIS ,  Trevor HOFFMAN

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/28

Abstract: A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a base having a support and a suction housing, a docking station suction inlet defined in the suction housing, wherein the docking station suction inlet is configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner, and an alignment protrusion defined in the support. The alignment protrusion may be configured to urge the robotic cleaner towards an orientation in which the robotic cleaner fluidly couples to the docking station suction inlet.

公开(公告)号：US20200022543A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16517477

申请日：2019-07-19

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Aaron GILL ,  David HARTING ,  Hamish THOMPSON ,  Christopher MEYER-RASSOW ,  Catriona C.A. SUTTER ,  Isaku D. KAMADA ,  Kai XU ,  Devin FENG ,  Jason B. THORNE

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/10

Abstract: A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a base, a docking station dust cup removably coupled to the base, a latch actuatable between a retaining position and a release position, and a release system configured to actuate the latch between the retaining and release positions. The docking station dust cup may be removable from the base in response to a pivotal movement of the docking station dust cup relative to the base about a pivot point. The latch may be horizontally spaced apart from the pivot point, wherein, when the latch is in the retaining position, pivotal movement of the docking station dust cup is substantially prevented.

公开(公告)号：US20190302793A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16374714

申请日：2019-04-03

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Adam LEECH ,  Frederick K. HOPKE ,  Isaku D. KAMADA

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/93

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a time of flight (ToF) sensor arrangement that may be utilized by a robot (e.g., a robot vacuum) to identify and detect objects in a surrounding environment for mapping and localization purposes. In an embodiment, a robot is disclosed that includes a plurality of ToF sensors disposed about a housing of the robot. Two or more ToF sensors may be angled/aligned to establish overlapping field of views to form redundant detection regions around the robot. Objects that appear therein may then be detected by the robot and utilized to positively identify, e.g., with a high degree of confidence, the presence of the object. The identified objects may then be utilized as data points by the robot to build/update a map. The identified objects may also be utilized during pose routines that allow the robot to orient itself within the map.

公开(公告)号：US20230141469A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17986562

申请日：2022-11-14

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Aaron GILL ,  David HARTING ,  Hamish THOMPSON ,  Christopher MEYER-RASSOW ,  Catriona C.A. SUTTER ,  Isaku D. KAMADA ,  Kai XU ,  Devin FENG ,  Jason B. THORNE ,  Rahat KAHN ,  Margaret MATHIEU

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L11/40

CPC classification number: A47L9/0054 ,  A47L9/102 ,  A47L9/0063 ,  A47L9/1683 ,  A47L9/2805 ,  A47L9/1409 ,  A47L9/1436 ,  A47L9/1463 ,  A47L11/4025 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: A robotic cleaning system may include a robotic cleaner having a robotic cleaner dust cup and a docking station having a docking station dust cup configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner dust cup. The docking station dust cup may include a first debris collection chamber, a second debris collection chamber fluidly coupled to the first debris collection chamber, and a filter fluidly coupled to the first debris collection chamber and the second debris collection chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20200371526A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16881559

申请日：2020-05-22

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Isaku D. KAMADA

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B25J19/02 ,  B25J11/00

Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a body, an optical receiver, the optical receiver being configured to detect an optical signal generated by an external device, and an optical pattern generator configured to emit light according to an optical pattern that extends at least partially around the body, wherein, when the optical pattern intersects an obstacle, at least a portion of the light incident on the obstacle is reflected towards the optical receiver, the optical receiver being configured to detect the reflected light.

公开(公告)号：US20200170470A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16701716

申请日：2019-12-03

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Melinda L. LIGGETT ,  Adam LEECH ,  Catriona C.A. SUTTER ,  Isaku D. KAMADA

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/40

Abstract: A beacon for a robotic cleaner may include a housing and an optical indicium having an optical pattern. The optical indicium may be coupled to the housing and be viewable by a camera of the robotic cleaner. After observing the optical indicium, the robotic cleaner may be caused to carry out an action associated with at least a portion of the optical pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20210113044A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-22

申请号：US17135275

申请日：2020-12-28

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Melinda L. LIGGETT ,  Isaku D. KAMADA ,  Frederick K. HOPKE ,  Gan Sin HUAT ,  Charles FIEBIG ,  Scott CONNOR ,  Alan AI

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/00

Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a housing, a bumper, driven wheels, and a controller. The bumper can be coupled to a front of the housing. The bumper may include a plurality of projections extending from a top edge of the bumper and above a top surface of the housing. The projections may include at least one leading projection proximate a forward most portion of the bumper and at least two side projections on each respective side of the bumper. The driven wheels may be rotatably mounted to the housing. The controller may be for controlling at least the driven wheels.

公开(公告)号：US20200301430A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-24

申请号：US16825406

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Alex IRKLIY ,  Charles FIEBIG ,  Isaku D. KAMADA ,  Xavier F. CULLERE ,  Charles S. BRUNNER ,  Brian BURKE

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01S17/04 ,  G01S17/93

Abstract: An adaptive sensor array system and method includes receiving one or more signals from a sensor array and compare the received signals to one or more object detection threshold values, determining if the robotic cleaner was moving along a travel path for a predetermined period of time, window W, in response to a determination that the robotic cleaner was operating in straight-line motion during the window W, calculating a value of the received detected signals from the sensor array during one or more calibration periods C of the window W, and adjusting one or more of the object detection threshold values based on the calculated value during the window W. A sum of all the calibration periods C during window W is less than a length of the window W. One of the calibration periods C may start at a beginning of the window W.