Apparatus and method for performing localization of movable treatment device

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method and an apparatus for performing localization of a movable treatment device (11) relative to a target surface (12), the movable treatment device (11) having an inertial sensor (13) and being configured to treat the target surface (12). The apparatus (10) may have a motion pattern recognition device (14) configured to discriminate between two or more motion patterns (151, 152, 153,..., 15n) contained in a set (15) of motion patterns of the movable treatment device (11), and an interface (16) for providing at least one inertial sensor data (171, 172, 173,..., 17n) from the inertial sensor (13) to the motion pattern recognition device (14), the at least one inertial sensor data (171, 172, 173,..., 17n) representing a movement of the movable treatment device (11). The motion pattern recognition device (14) has a neural network (18) configured to receive the at least one inertial sensor data (171, 172, 173,..., 17n) and to map the at least one inertialsensor data (171, 172, 173,..., 17n) to at least one motion pattern (151, 152, 153,..., 15n) contained in the set (15) of motion patterns, wherein said motion patterns (151, 152, 153,..., 15n) are each associated (201, 202, 203,..., 20n) with one or more different zones (211, 212, 213,..., 21n) of the target surface (12) so that the mapping of the at least one inertial sensor data (171, 172, 173,..., 17n) with the at least one motion pattern (151, 152, 153,..., 15n) indicates an estimation of the location of the movable treatment device (11) with respect to the one or more zones (211, 212, 213,..., 21n) of the target surface (12).

Description

technical field [0001] Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for implementing positioning of a movable processing device, a method for implementing positioning of a movable processing device, and a method for implementing positioning of a movable processing device when executed on a computer or a signal processor. A computer program for said method of positioning of a movable processing device. [0002] Further embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for classifying the motion of a movable personal appliance, a method for classifying the motion of a movable personal appliance, and when executed on a computer or signal processor Computer program for implementing said method for classifying movements of a movable personal appliance. Background technique [0003] Mobile treatment units can be used to treat surfaces and the like. For example, the mobile treatment device may relate to a personal appliance such as a hairbrush, razor, gro...

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Problems solved by technology

The view of the camera capturing the target surface can be blocked, sometimes even by the movable processing unit itself

Furthermore, even if different users use a movable processing device such as a personal appliance, the above described device and method output will always be the same for each user, even though each user may have an individual style of how to use the movable processing device and preferences

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