460results about "Docking stations/operations" patented technology

A mobile computing device includes a user input device and a controller. The user input device includes a display, and the controller is operably connected to the user input device and configured to execute instructions to perform operations. The operations include presenting on the display, information about one or more areas that were not cleaned by an autonomous cleaning robot during a first mission. The operations further include transmitting data corresponding to a user-selected subset of the one or more areas to cause the robot to clean the user-selected subset during a second mission.

In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

A method of controlling a robotic cleaning apparatus. The method includes detecting, via one or more sensors, a soiled area on a target surface for cleaning. The method includes activating an active suspension system to reduce a distance between a chassis of the robotic cleaning device and a target surface to increase pressure exerted by a cleaning pad mounted to the chassis of the robotic cleaning device. The method includes monitoring, via one or more processors, one or more parameters of the robotic cleaning device to determine whether the one or more parameters are outside a threshold parameter range. The method includes adjusting the active suspension system if the one or more parameters are outside the threshold parameter range, and deactivating the active suspension system when it is detected that the soiled area on the target surface is cleaned.

Provided are a dust box, a self-moving cleaning device, and a cleaning robot system. The dust box is provided with a debris storage chamber, an air inlet and a dust exhaust port, wherein the air inlet and the dust exhaust port are communicated with the debris storage chamber, a sidewall of the debris storage chamber where the dust exhaust port is located is obliquely arranged with respect to other sidewalls of the debris storage chamber in a circumferential direction; and a flow guide member, arranged in the debris storage chamber and configured for guiding an airflow flowing into the air inlet to the dust exhaust port.

The invention discloses a cleaning device. The cleaning equipment comprises a base station and a cleaning robot, the base station is in communication connection with the cleaning robot, and the cleaning equipment is configured as follows: after the cleaning robot enters the base station, the cleaning equipment executes a first cleaning stage and a second cleaning stage; the first cleaning stage comprises the steps that the base station introduces a first amount of clear water into the cleaning tank, the cleaning piece and the scraping strip generate relative motion to clean the cleaning piece, and the base station discharges sewage in the cleaning tank; the second cleaning stage comprises the steps that the base station introduces a second amount of clean water into the cleaning tank, the cleaning piece and the scraping strip generate relative motion to clean the cleaning piece, the base station discharges sewage in the cleaning tank, and after the cleaning piece is cleaned, the cleaning piece rotates to throw water to the cleaning piece. According to the cleaning equipment, the cleaning piece can be effectively cleaned in the two cleaning stages.

The invention discloses a cleaning assembly, a main machine of cleaning equipment and the cleaning equipment, and belongs to the field of cleaning equipment. The cleaning assembly comprises a mounting frame defining a containing cavity, scraping strips are arranged on the inner wall face of the containing cavity, the mounting frame is provided with a water outlet communicating with the containing cavity, and the water outlet is used for guiding out sewage; the rolling cleaning piece is rotatably installed in the containing cavity, the periphery of the rolling cleaning piece and the inner wall face of the containing cavity are arranged in a spaced mode, and the scraping strip abuts against the outer surface of the rolling cleaning piece; the output end of the driving mechanism is in power coupling connection with the rolling cleaning piece, and the driving mechanism is used for driving the rolling cleaning piece to rotate around the axis in the first direction or the second direction. According to the cleaning assembly provided by the invention, impurities scraped out and gathered in gaps can be automatically discharged, the operation steps of a user are reduced, the automation and intelligence of the cleaning assembly are improved, and meanwhile, the mop cloth can be cleaned in real time when the cleaning assembly cleans the ground, so that the probability of secondary pollution of dirt and impurities on the mop cloth to the ground is reduced.

The present invention discloses a working base station for a floor sweeper, which includes a chassis, a base plate, a lifting plate, and a lifting mechanism. The chassis is provided with a partition plate, which divides the space within the chassis into a plurality of upper and lower accommodating spaces for accommodating floor sweepers. One side of the chassis is provided with an opening connecting the plurality of accommodating spaces. The base plate is connected to the side of the chassis provided with the opening, and the lifting plate is provided above the base plate. The lifting mechanism connects the base plate and the lifting plate, and the lifting mechanism drives the lifting plate to move up and down relative to the base plate, and can enable the lifting plate to engage with the partition plate. The floor sweeper working base station of the technical solution of the present invention can reduce the occupied space and meet the user's usage needs.

The invention provides a dust collection box, a cleaning device and a cleaning system.The dust collection box comprises a box body and a cyclone separator arranged in the box body, and the box body is provided with a dust inlet, a dust outlet and an air suction port; when dust enters the dust collection box, the cyclone separator is used for filtering the dust with large particles and containing the dust in the first sub dust collection cavity, and the dust passing through the cyclone separator falls into the second sub dust collection cavity after being treated. In the direction of air flow suction, the first sub-dust-collecting cavity is located on the upstream of the second sub-dust-collecting cavity, dust with large particles is filtered and enters the first sub-dust-collecting cavity, dust with small particles is filtered and then enters the cyclone separator, and cyclone is formed in the cyclone separator. Centrifugal force is generated to enable all dust to be gathered in the center of the cyclone and fall into the second sub dust collecting cavity, dust filtering and collecting are completed, and it is avoided that part of dust enters the air suction assembly along with air flow, and then the effect of air flow suction in the dust collecting box on dust is affected.

The invention relates to the technical field of cleaning, and provides a cleaning base station and a cleaning system, the cleaning base station is used for stopping cleaning equipment, a dust box is arranged in the cleaning equipment, the cleaning base station comprises a base station body, the base station body is provided with a stopping area and a dust collecting area, the stopping area is used for stopping the cleaning equipment, and the dust collecting area is provided with a dust box bearing structure; the dust box bearing structure is provided with a dust collection opening; the dust collection bin is arranged below the dust box bearing structure, and the dust collection bin is communicated with the dust collection opening; the grabbing device is arranged in the base station main body, and the grabbing device is used for grabbing the dust box and transferring the dust box between the stopping area and the dust collecting area; and the dust box can be opened in response to reaching the dust collection area, so that garbage in the dust box enters the dust collection bin through the dust collection opening. The cleaning base station does not need to use a dust collection fan in the dust collection process, and the problem that the dust collection fan generates a large amount of noise in the dust collection process is solved.

The disclosure provides a self-cleaning method of a cleaning system, wherein the cleaning system includes a main cleaning machine and a base, and the main cleaning machine is detachably arranged on the base; and in a self-cleaning process, when a self-cleaning running condition is not met, the cleaning system stops the self-cleaning, and after the self-cleaning running condition is met, the cleaning system selects to continue to perform the self-cleaning or restart the self-cleaning. Since the self-cleaning process takes a long time, if the cleaning system stops the self-cleaning due to mis-operation in the self-cleaning process, the self-cleaning is able to be continued by means of the method after the self-cleaning condition is met again, instead of restarting self-cleaning, thereby avoiding repeated running, saving energy and improving the user experience. The disclosure is able to be applicable to different self-cleaning modes according to different conditions, thereby being flexible and efficient.

A cleaner system includes: a cleaner; and a cleaner station which collects and removes dust discharged from a dust bin of the cleaner. The cleaner includes a first cleaner which performs manually a cleaning operation by a user, and a second cleaner which performs the cleaning operation while autonomously driving. The cleaner station includes: a housing which has one side coupled to the cleaner and has an inner space where the dust is collected; and a display unit which is disposed on the housing and outputs position information including a moving path of each of the first cleaner and the second cleaner transmitted from the first cleaner and the second cleaner by wireless communication during a cleaning operation.

This disclosure provides a dustbin (160), a self-propelled cleaning device (100), and a cleaning robot system. The dustbin (160) is provided with a waste storage chamber (162), and an air intake (163) and a dust discharge port (164) communicating with the waste storage chamber (162). The side wall of the waste storage chamber (162) where the dust discharge port is located is inclined with respect to the other side walls of the waste storage chamber (162) in the circumferential direction. The dustbin further includes a flow guide member (165) provided in the waste storage chamber (162) and used to guide the airflow that flows into the air intake (163) to the dust discharge port (164). This avoids the problem of waste in the dustbin (160) accumulating in the corners of the waste storage chamber (162) and not being collected, and is advantageous in improving the thoroughness of waste collection from the dustbin (160) to the base station (200).

The invention is suitable for the technical field of cleaning equipment, and provides a cleaning head, cleaning equipment and a cleaning system, and the cleaning head is at least used for the cleaning equipment. The cleaning head comprises a shell, a cleaning unit and a scraping piece, the cleaning unit comprises a cleaning piece and a cleaning scraping strip, the cleaning piece is rotatably arranged in the shell, and the cleaning scraping strip is arranged on the front side of the cleaning piece and can do lifting motion relative to the cleaning piece; the scraping piece is arranged on the side, back on to the cleaning piece, of the cleaning scraping strip. And in response to the lifting motion of the cleaning scraping strip, the scraping piece and the cleaning scraping strip generate relative motion so as to cover at least part of the surface of the front side of the cleaning scraping strip. According to the cleaning head, the use experience of the cleaning scraping strip can be improved, and the use experience of the cleaning equipment and the cleaning system with the cleaning head is improved to a certain extent.

The invention provides a cleaning base station and a control method, and relates to the technical field of cleaning equipment, the cleaning base station comprises a liquid storage tank, the liquid storage tank comprises a first liquid storage cavity and a second liquid storage cavity, the first liquid storage cavity is used for storing cleaning liquid, and the second liquid storage cavity is used for storing deodorant liquid. The liquid storage tank is further provided with a first liquid outlet and a second liquid outlet, and the base station body is provided with a first connector and a second connector. The first connector is connected with the first liquid outlet, and the second connector is connected with the second liquid outlet. The cleaning liquid is conveyed to the wiping and mopping piece through the first liquid outlet and the first connector at a time, and the deodorization liquid is conveyed to the wiping and mopping piece through the second liquid outlet and the second connector in sequence. The first liquid outlet and the second liquid outlet are located in the outer surface of the liquid storage tank. According to the cleaning base station provided by the invention, the removal effect of the cleaning equipment on odor and stains can be effectively improved, and the comprehensive cleaning capacity of the cleaning equipment is improved.

The present application discloses a control method for a cleaning robot, a cleaning robot, a base station, a cleaning system, and a computer storage medium. The cleaning robot comprises a robot body and cleaning members movably mounted on the robot body. The cleaning members each has a preset first position and a preset second position. When in the first position, each cleaning member is farther away from the centerline of the robot body compared to when the cleaning member is in the second position. The control method comprises: each cleaning member executes a first movement from a first position toward a second position; and when the first movement ends and a current position of each cleaning member has not reached the second position, the cleaning member executes a second movement toward the second position. The control method of the present application can effectively enable each cleaning member to return from the first position to the second position. The movement of the cleaning members during retraction is smooth, which can prevent subsequent cleaning operations of the cleaning members from being affected by insufficient retraction of the cleaning members caused by factors such as mounting errors, actuation errors, or obstruction by obstacles.

A system and method may release or pick up a collecting body or cleaning pad from a robotic vacuum to selectively mop and / or vacuum a floor surface. A robotic vacuum base may include an attaching element protruding from the robotic vacuum base and a collecting body releasably coupled to the robotic vacuum. The collecting body may have an attaching element recess shaped to engage the attaching element. The attaching element recess may engage the attaching element to secure the collecting body to the robotic vacuum base in a direction of the robotic vacuum away from the robotic vacuum base.

A control method and apparatus for a self-cleaning maintenance station, and a device and a medium. A self-cleaning maintenance station comprises a clear-water tank (4000), a dirty-water tank (5000), and a cleaning tank (2200). The method comprises : acquiring a self-cleaning maintenance station emptying instruction which is triggered by a user, and stopping injecting clear water into a clear-water tank (4000) (S301); and executing drainage operation instructions within a first preset time range, wherein the drainage operation instructions comprise : pumping clear water from the clear-water tank (4000) to a cleaning tank (2200) by means of a clear-water pump (4100), sucking dirty water from the cleaning tank (2200) to a dirty-water tank (5000) by means of a dirty-water pump (2210), and draining the dirty water from the dirty-water tank (5000) by means of a drainage pump (5100) (S302). Residual water can be automatically drained, such that encasement and transportation requirements are satisfied, thereby improving the user experience.

The invention discloses control equipment for cleaning equipment, a cleaning system, a control method of the cleaning equipment and a computer readable storage medium. The control equipment comprises a main body; the operation part is arranged on the main body and movably connected with the main body, the operation part is configured to have at least one movement direction which moves relative to the main body in a physical coordinate system, and the operation part is configured to receive external operation; wherein the movement direction comprises an axial direction and / or a circumferential direction; the control assembly is arranged on the main body and connected with the operation part, the control assembly is configured to generate a control instruction based on the external operation, and the control instruction is used for controlling working parameters of functional parts of the cleaning equipment. In this way, the control accuracy and control experience of the cleaning equipment can be improved.

The invention provides a drying mechanism for self-cleaning of a rolling brush of a sweeping robot, and belongs to the technical field of sweeping robot drying. Comprising a drying installation part, a cleaning scraping part is installed on the drying installation part, and a magnetic attraction control part is installed on the drying installation part; the magnetic attraction control piece is used for controlling the cleaning scraping piece to move for cleaning; two liquid return safety parts are mounted at the bottom of the drying mounting part; the liquid return safety piece is used for water accumulation prevention protection; a contour protection piece is arranged on the front side of the drying mounting piece; the profile protector is used to facilitate down-discharge. By arranging the liquid return safety piece, the liquid accumulation condition of the base station of the sweeper can be automatically detected, and once excessive accumulated liquid is caused by drainage blockage and other factors of the sweeper, automatic control can be achieved to assist in accelerating evaporation water removal; the problem that an existing drying mechanism for sweeping robot rolling brush self-cleaning is inconvenient to automatically control to assist in water evaporation when drainage of a base station is blocked is solved.

The invention provides ground washing equipment, a base station and a ground washing assembly, and the ground washing equipment comprises a machine body which comprises a dirt suction channel; the sewage tank is mounted on the machine body, a sewage outlet and a sewage suction port are formed in the sewage tank, and the sewage suction port is communicated with the sewage suction channel; one end of the communicating channel is communicated with the sewage draining exit, and the other end of the communicating channel is communicated with the sewage suction channel; the adjusting assembly is arranged at the joint of the communicating channel and the sewage draining exit and used for communicating or disconnecting the communicating channel and the sewage draining exit. According to the scheme, when sewage is discharged, an existing sewage suction channel is used for sewage discharge, namely, the sewage suction channel can be used as a sewage suction channel and a sewage discharge channel, so that a sewage discharge pipeline does not need to be additionally and specially arranged, the overall structure of a product is simplified, the size of the product is reduced, and the cost of the product is reduced. And on the other hand, according to the scheme, the user does not need to manually take down the sewage tank and manually clean the sewage tank, so that the user operation is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

This invention discloses a cleaning system, its base station, and a cleaning control method. The base station of the cleaning system includes: a base station body with an upper and lower water level for supplying clean water and / or discharging wastewater to at least two cleaning devices, which can be active or passive cleaning devices; at least one first water supply interface located on the base station body within the area of ​​the upper and lower water level, for connecting to the clean water tank of the cleaning device; and at least one first drainage interface located on the base station body within the area of ​​the upper and lower water level, for connecting to the wastewater tank of the cleaning device. In the technical solution proposed by this invention, the base station body has an upper and lower water level that can supply clean water and / or discharge wastewater to at least two cleaning devices. This eliminates the need for a separate base station for each cleaning device, thereby reducing the space occupied by the cleaning system and lowering costs.

The invention discloses a self-cleaning base of a scrubber. The base is used for installing the scrubber and comprises a shell, and a cleaning solution storage device, an injection pump, at least one cleaning solution nozzle, a clear water connector, a heater, at least one hot water outlet, a fan and at least one air outlet are arranged in the shell. The cleaning liquid storage device is communicated with the injection pump, and the injection pump is communicated with the cleaning liquid nozzle; the clean water connector is communicated with the heater and can be communicated with a clean water tank of the floor washing machine, and the heater is communicated with the hot water outlet; an air flow channel is formed in the shell and communicated with the air outlet, the heater and the fan are arranged in the air flow channel, and the heater is located between the fan and the air outlet. According to the self-cleaning base of the scrubber, the functions of clear water heating, cleaning liquid mixed spraying and hot air drying are integrated, the problems that in the prior art, the self-cleaning effect is poor, and the function is single are solved, and meanwhile the size and cost of the base are reduced.

The invention relates to a base station and a cleaning system. The base station comprises a sewage tank; a blow-off pipe; the butt joint is used for being in butt joint with cleaning equipment, and the butt joint is communicated with the sewage tank through the blow-off pipe; the butt joint limiting structure is used for limiting the movement of the butt joint, so that the butt joint moves in the first direction or in the direction opposite to the first direction, and the butt joint is limited to deviate from the first direction or move in the direction opposite to the first direction; wherein the first direction is the direction in which the butt joint points to the cleaning equipment. When the butt joint of the base station is in butt joint with the cleaning equipment, the butt joint precision is high.

A vacuum cleaning system comprising: - a robotic vacuum cleaner unit (30); - one or more docking stations (20) for the robotic vacuum cleaner unit; - one or more suction hoses (2) connected to a central unit (3), each suction hose being storable in a storage space (7) in or adjacent to one of the docking stations and being provided with an end fitting (10) having a first coupling part (14a) that is connectable to a second coupling part on the robotic vacuum cleaner unit. The end fitting is received in a holder (27) in the docking station when the suction hose is in a retracted end position in the storage space. The second coupling part is connectable to and disconnectable from the first coupling part (14a) when the end fitting is received in said holder and the robotic vacuum cleaner unit is positioned in a predefined docking position in the docking station.

The method comprises providing an autonomous cleaning system comprising an autonomous cleaning robot (2) and a docking station (3), the autonomous cleaning robot (2) comprising a mobile unit (15) having a mop holder (17) and a mop (18) mounted on the mop holder (17); docking the autonomous cleaning robot (2) in the docking station (3); moving the mobile unit (15) to a lowered position until the mop (18) contacts scraping members (27) provided on the docking station (3); moving the mop holder (17) in a horizontal movement plane; scraping the mop (18) by the scraping members (27); moving the mobile unit (15) to a raised position.

The invention relates to the technical field of cleaning, in particular to an expansion device and a cleaning system. The expansion device comprises a shell, the shell is connected with a base station of the self-cleaning equipment, and the shell is provided with at least one accessory groove; and the accessories are detachably arranged in the corresponding accessory grooves, and the accessories are used for replacing a mechanical arm on the self-cleaning equipment so as to achieve different functions. According to the mechanical arm, the accessory grooves are formed in the shell, the accessories are detachably arranged in the corresponding accessory grooves, and the mechanical arm can replace different accessories according to needs, so that multiple cleaning functions are achieved, and the mechanical arm can adapt to different cleaning tasks. Different accessories are replaced through the mechanical arm, the limitation of the single function of a traditional sweeper and simply additionally-installed mechanical arm equipment is broken through, and multiple cleaning modes can be switched through single equipment. The self-cleaning equipment can be flexibly adjusted according to different cleaning requirements and environmental conditions, is suitable for various use scenes, meets individual requirements of different users, and improves the use experience of the users.

The automatic cleaning device includes a moving platform, a circuit board including a circuit board body mounted on the moving platform and having an intermediate region and an edge region surrounding the intermediate region, an interface device mounted on the circuit board body and located in the edge region, and an electronic device mounted on the circuit board body and located in the intermediate region, and a blocking rib disposed between the interface device and the electronic device and configured to prevent liquid and / or moisture from contacting the electronic device.

The present application provides a base station and a cleaning robot system, the base station comprising: a base station body (110), the base station body (110) having a communication port (111) and a cleaning inner cavity (120), the communication port (111) being used for allowing a cleaning robot (200) of the cleaning robot system to enter the cleaning inner cavity (120); a cleaning component (130) being used for cleaning a wiping member of the cleaning robot (200), the cleaning component (130) being detachably mounted in the cleaning inner cavity (120) and being removable through the communication port (111). The present application facilitates the user to clean the cleaning component by detachably arranging the cleaning component in the base station body and allowing the cleaning component to be removed through the communication port provided on the base station body, thereby improving the user experience.