Method, system, cleaning device for reminding cleaning of a roller brush of a cleaning device

Abstract

The application discloses a method and system for reminding a cleaning device to clean a roller brush and the cleaning device. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining cleaning history data of the cleaning device on a working area; evaluating the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data; and if the dirtiness degree is greater than a preset dirtiness degree, controlling the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after completing the cleaning of the working area. The method for reminding the cleaning device to clean the roller brush can autonomously evaluate the dirtiness degree of the working area, actively remind the user to clean the roller brush according to the dirtiness degree, improve the intelligence of the cleaning device, and guarantee the cleaning efficiency of the roller brush.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of cleaning equipment, and particularly relates to a method and system for reminding cleaning of a rolling brush of a cleaning equipment and the cleaning equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] The cleaning equipment is a cleaning equipment capable of sweeping a surface to be cleaned. It comprises a rolling brush and a suction mechanism. The rolling brush is arranged at a dust suction inlet and is used to roll up dirt on the surface to be cleaned and suck the dirt into a dust box of a main body of the cleaning equipment under the action of suction force. However, in a household sweeping scene, there are usually hairs and other filamentary substances on the surface to be cleaned. During rotation of the rolling brush, the hairs and other filamentary substances are easily entangled on the rolling brush, which reduces the cleaning capacity of the rolling brush and even causes stall.

[0003] The existing cleaning equipment relies on active identification of the user on whether the rolling brush is entangled with hairs. However, the user often forgets, which causes the rolling brush to perform sweeping work in the case of being entangled with many hairs. This not only reduces the cleaning efficiency, but also even causes secondary pollution of the surface to be cleaned, thereby bringing a poor experience to the user.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to improve the prior art to overcome the above-mentioned defects in the prior art. SUMMARY

[0005] Therefore, the provided sweeping control method of the cleaning equipment can solve the technical problems of the prior art that cleaning of the rolling brush relies on active identification of the user, cleaning of the rolling brush is not timely, the cleaning efficiency is low, and even the ground is secondarily polluted.

[0006] To solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present application provides a method for reminding cleaning of a rolling brush of a cleaning equipment, comprising:

[0007] obtaining sweeping history data of a working area by the cleaning equipment;

[0008] evaluating a dirt degree of the working area to be swept currently according to the sweeping history data;

[0009] if the dirt degree is greater than a preset dirt degree, controlling the cleaning equipment to send a reminding signal for cleaning of the rolling brush after completion of sweeping of the working area this time.

[0010] Optionally, the evaluating of the dirt degree of the working area to be swept currently according to the sweeping history data comprises:

[0011] obtaining a latest sweeping time of the cleaning equipment for sweeping the working area;

[0012] evaluating the dirt degree of the working area to be swept currently according to an interval length between the latest sweeping time and a current time.

[0013] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0014] If the interval duration is greater than or equal to the preset duration, it is determined that the dirt degree of the current working area is greater than the preset dirt degree.

[0015] Optionally, the method further comprises:

[0016] acquiring an area of the working area;

[0017] adjusting the preset duration according to the area of the working area.

[0018] Optionally, the acquiring the cleaning history data of the cleaning device for the working area comprises:

[0019] identifying whether the current working area is a new cleaning environment;

[0020] If the working area is a new cleaning environment, the cleaning history data is identified as empty.

[0021] Optionally, after the cleaning history data is identified as empty, the method comprises:

[0022] controlling the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the brush after completing the cleaning of the working area.

[0023] Optionally, the controlling the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the brush after completing the cleaning of the working area comprises:

[0024] controlling the cleaning device to send the reminder signal to a user mobile terminal.

[0025] Optionally, the controlling the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the brush after completing the cleaning of the working area comprises:

[0026] controlling the cleaning device to send a sound reminder signal and / or a light reminder signal; wherein the sound reminder signal comprises a voice reminder signal or a buzzer reminder signal.

[0027] In addition, the present application also provides a system for reminding a cleaning device to clean a brush, comprising:

[0028] a cleaning history acquisition module, configured to acquire cleaning history data of the cleaning device for a working area;

[0029] a dirt degree evaluation module, in communication connection with the cleaning history acquisition module, configured to evaluate a dirt degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data;

[0030] The reminding module is connected with the dirtiness degree assessment module, and is configured to control the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after the cleaning of the working area is completed, when the dirtiness degree is greater than the preset dirtiness degree.

[0031] Furthermore, the application also provides a cleaning device, comprising:

[0032] a device body;

[0033] a controller arranged on the device body;

[0034] The controller is configured to:

[0035] obtain cleaning history data of the working area by the cleaning device;

[0036] assess the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data;

[0037] if the dirtiness degree is greater than a preset dirtiness degree, control the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after the cleaning of the working area is completed.

[0038] The application has the following advantages:

[0039] The cleaning device reminding method, system and cleaning device provided by the application can obtain the cleaning history of the working area by the cleaning device, assess the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data, and control the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after the cleaning of the working area is completed, if the dirtiness degree is greater than a preset dirtiness degree, so as to remind the user to clean the roller brush according to the assessed dirtiness degree, improve the intelligence of the cleaning device, and ensure the cleaning efficiency of the roller brush. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0040] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings according to these drawings without any creative effort.

[0041] Figure 1 The flowchart of the cleaning device reminding method for cleaning the roller brush provided by the embodiments of the application;

[0042] Figure 2 The module structure schematic diagram of the cleaning device reminding system for cleaning the roller brush provided by the embodiments of the application.

[0043] Marked legend:

[0044] 100 - system for reminding cleaning device to clean roller brush; 110 - cleaning history acquisition module; 130 - dirt level assessment module; 150 - reminding module. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] The technical solutions of the present application will be described clearly and completely below in combination with the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and in combination with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

[0046] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the specification and claims of the present application and the above-mentioned drawings are used to distinguish similar objects, and do not necessarily describe a specific order or sequence.

[0047] In the present application, the orientation words such as "up", "down", "top", "bottom" used without the opposite description are generally directed to the direction shown in the drawings, or to the vertical, perpendicular or gravity direction of the components themselves. Similarly, for the convenience of understanding and description, "inner" and "outer" refer to the inner and outer relative to the contour of the components themselves, but the above-mentioned orientation words are not used to limit the present application.

[0048] Embodiment 1

[0049] The present embodiment provides a method for reminding a cleaning device to clean a roller brush. The method is applied to a cleaning device, which can be a sweeping device, a mopping device or a sweeping and mopping integrated device. In some embodiments, the cleaning device includes a cleaning robot, which is a device that relies on artificial intelligence to autonomously clean the working area. It mainly includes a machine body, a roller brush and a suction port arranged at the bottom of the machine body, the roller brush is connected with a driving motor and is driven to rotate during the cleaning process to roll the dirt on the surface to be cleaned near the suction port and is sucked into the dust box inside the machine body under the action of negative pressure.

[0050] The roller brush generally includes a roller brush body with a rotation axis and bristles arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the roller brush body. However, in the household cleaning scene, there are usually hair and other filamentous materials on the ground, which are easy to wind around the bristles of the roller brush during the rotation of the roller brush, resulting in reduced cleaning ability of the roller brush, and even stall. The existing cleaning device relies on the user to actively identify whether the roller brush is entangled with hair, but the user often forgets, which results in the roller brush performing cleaning work in the case of being entangled with a lot of hair, not only low cleaning efficiency, but also secondary pollution of the ground, bringing bad experience to the user.

[0051] To solve the above technical problems, the present application provides a method for reminding cleaning of a rolling brush of a cleaning device. Please refer to Figure 1 The method comprises the following steps:

[0052] S10, obtaining cleaning history data of the cleaning device on a working area;

[0053] S20, evaluating dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data;

[0054] S30, if the dirtiness degree is greater than a preset dirtiness degree, controlling the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning of the rolling brush after completion of cleaning of the working area.

[0055] That is, the cleaning history data of the cleaning device on the working area is obtained, and the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned is evaluated according to the historical cleaning data. In the case where the dirtiness degree is greater than a preset dirtiness degree, the cleaning device is controlled to send a reminder signal for cleaning of the rolling brush after completion of cleaning of the working area. In the above-mentioned solution, only the cleaning history data of the working area is obtained, and the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned can be evaluated. The evaluation index is simple, and the evaluation method is simple. Moreover, the dirtiness degree evaluation based on the cleaning history data fully considers the habits of family life, and the evaluation is more accurate. The timeliness and accuracy of the reminder signal are ensured, and the risk of the rolling brush performing cleaning work in a contaminated state is reduced.

[0056] Specifically, in the step S20, i.e., the step of evaluating the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data, the following steps are included:

[0057] S21, obtaining the latest cleaning time of the cleaning device for cleaning of the working area;

[0058] S22, evaluating the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the interval time length between the latest cleaning time and the current time.

[0059] The latest cleaning time of the cleaning device for cleaning of the working area is obtained, i.e., the time when the cleaning device covers the working area last time. From the latest cleaning time to the current time, the working area is not cleaned, and this time period is the time for accumulation of dirt. Therefore, the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned can be evaluated according to the interval time length between the latest cleaning time and the current time.

[0060] More specifically, in the step S22, the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned is evaluated, which specifically includes:

[0061] S220, if the interval duration is greater than or equal to the preset duration, it is determined that the dirt degree of the current working area is greater than the preset dirt degree.

[0062] It can be understood that the closer the distance to the nearest cleaning time, the less the ground pollution of the working area to be cleaned, and vice versa, the farther the distance to the nearest cleaning time, the more serious the ground pollution of the working area to be cleaned. Through observation and research on family living habits, the preset duration is reasonably set. When the interval duration is greater than or equal to the preset duration, it is determined that the dirt degree of the current working area is greater than the preset dirt degree, and it is predicted that the pollution of the current cleaning to the roller brush is more serious, so that the cleaning of the roller brush is reminded after the current cleaning is completed.

[0063] However, the area of different working areas is different, and the pollution of the roller brush by the cleaning of the working area once covered is also different. The larger the working area, the more serious the pollution of the roller brush.

[0064] In order to solve the above problems, further, the method further comprises the following steps:

[0065] S221, acquiring the area of the working area;

[0066] S222, adjusting the preset duration according to the area of the working area.

[0067] Specifically, the larger the area of the working area, the shorter the preset duration; the smaller the area of the working area, the longer the preset duration. The cleaning device reminding to clean the roller brush can be more in line with the logic of the pollution degree of the roller brush, and the intelligence thereof is improved.

[0068] The area of the working area can be calculated by the stored map of the working area. In specific embodiments, the working area is divided into different levels according to the area, and a preset duration is set corresponding to each working area area level. Different levels correspond to different preset durations. After the cleaning device acquires the area of the working area, the level of the area of the working area is automatically identified, and the corresponding preset duration is selected according to the level.

[0069] However, in actual working scenarios, the cleaning device may be cleaning the working area for the first time, and there is no historical cleaning data of the current working area. In this case, the cleaning device cannot know the dirt degree.

[0070] In order to solve the above problems, in an embodiment, the step S10, i.e. the step of acquiring the cleaning history data of the cleaning device for the working area, specifically comprises the following steps:

[0071] S11, identifying whether the current working area is a new cleaning environment;

[0072] S12, if the working area is a new cleaning environment, identifying the cleaning history data as empty.

[0073] Further, after the step S12, i.e., the step of identifying the cleaning history data as empty, the method further comprises:

[0074] S120, controlling the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the brush after completing the cleaning of the working area.

[0075] When facing a new cleaning environment, the cleaning device identifies the cleaning history data as empty, and then controls the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the brush after completing the cleaning of the working area. That is, after the first cleaning of the new environment is completed, the cleaning device sends a reminder signal to remind the user to check and clean the contaminated brush in time.

[0076] The cleaning device can identify the new cleaning environment by automatically scanning the surrounding environment information through an environment acquisition sensor, comparing the surrounding environment information with the stored working area map, and identifying the current working area to be cleaned as a new cleaning environment if it does not match the stored working area map. Specifically, the environment acquisition sensor can be one or more of an image acquisition sensor, a laser radar sensor, and an ultrasonic sensor.

[0077] The reminder signal for cleaning the brush can take various forms. In order to facilitate the user to obtain the reminder signal in time, the step S30, i.e., the step of controlling the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the brush after completing the cleaning of the working area, specifically comprises the following steps:

[0078] S31, controlling the cleaning device to send the reminder signal to a user mobile terminal.

[0079] The user mobile terminal can be a mobile phone, a notebook computer, a PAD, a phone watch, or the like. The mobile terminal is usually carried by the user, which facilitates the user to obtain the reminder signal in time and check and clean the contaminated brush in time.

[0080] In addition, the step S30, i.e., the step of controlling the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the brush after completing the cleaning of the working area, specifically comprises the following steps:

[0081] S32, controlling the cleaning device to send a sound reminder signal and / or a light reminder signal; wherein the sound reminder signal includes a voice reminder signal or a buzzer reminder signal.

[0082] The reminding signal is directly sent by the cleaning device, and a user near the cleaning device can obtain the reminding signal in time, thereby directly checking and cleaning the roller brush.

[0083] The method for reminding cleaning of a roller brush of a cleaning device provided by the application can autonomously evaluate the dirt degree of a working area, automatically send a reminding signal for reminding cleaning of the roller brush, and no longer relies on active identification by a user, thereby solving the technical problem of low cleaning efficiency of the cleaning device caused by user forgetfulness.

[0084] Embodiment 2

[0085] A system 100 for reminding cleaning of a roller brush of a cleaning device comprises:

[0086] A cleaning history acquisition module 110 is configured to acquire cleaning history data of a working area of the cleaning device.

[0087] A dirt degree evaluation module 130 is in communication connection with the cleaning history acquisition module 110 and is configured to evaluate the dirt degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data.

[0088] A reminding module 150 is in communication connection with the dirt degree evaluation module 130 and is configured to control the cleaning device to send a reminding signal for cleaning of the roller brush after completing cleaning of the working area in a case where the dirt degree is greater than a preset dirt degree.

[0089] In an embodiment, the dirt degree evaluation module 130 can evaluate the dirt degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data in the following manner in specific implementation: acquiring a latest cleaning time at which the cleaning device completes cleaning of the working area; and evaluating the dirt degree of the working area to be cleaned according to an interval length between the latest cleaning time and a current time.

[0090] In an embodiment, the dirt degree evaluation module 130 can evaluate the dirt degree of the working area to be cleaned in the following manner in specific implementation: if the interval length is greater than or equal to a preset length, it is determined that the dirt degree of the working area is greater than the preset dirt degree.

[0091] In an embodiment, the system 100 for reminding cleaning of a roller brush further comprises an adjustment module configured to adjust the preset length according to the area of the working area.

[0092] The system for reminding cleaning of a roller brush of a cleaning device in the embodiment corresponds to the control method for reminding cleaning of a roller brush of a cleaning device described above, and the functions of each module in the system for reminding cleaning of a roller brush in the embodiment are described in detail in the corresponding method embodiment, which will not be described herein again.

[0093] Embodiment 3

[0094] A cleaning device, comprising: a device body; a controller arranged on the device body.

[0095] The controller is configured to:

[0096] obtain cleaning history data of the cleaning device on the working area;

[0097] evaluate a dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently according to the cleaning history data;

[0098] if the dirtiness degree is greater than a preset dirtiness degree, control the cleaning device to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after completing cleaning of the working area.

[0099] Similarly, the function of the controller is to realize the control method for reminding the cleaning of the roller brush of the cleaning device, and the specific content can be referred to the description of the control method for reminding the cleaning of the roller brush, which will not be described here.

[0100] The present application can also be implemented by a computer program to instruct the related hardware to complete all or part of the above-mentioned method. The computer program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the above-mentioned method embodiments can be realized. The computer program includes computer program code, which can be in the form of source code, object code, executable file or some intermediate form. The computer readable medium can include any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, recording medium, U disk, mobile hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, computer memory, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), electrical carrier signal, telecommunication signal and software distribution medium, etc. It should be noted that the content of the computer readable medium can be appropriately increased or decreased according to the requirements of legislation and patent practice in the jurisdiction. For example, in some jurisdictions, according to legislation and patent practice, the computer readable medium does not include electrical carrier signals and telecommunication signals.

[0101] Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments of the present application can be provided as a method, a system, a server or a computer program product. Therefore, the present application can take the form of a complete hardware embodiment, a complete software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Moreover, the present application can take the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer usable storage media (including but not limited to magnetic disk storage and optical storage, etc.) containing computer usable program code.

[0102] Obviously, the above described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, other different forms of changes or variations can be made by those skilled in the art without making any creative labor, and all should belong to the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method of a cleaning device reminding to clean a roll brush, characterized in that, The method comprises: obtaining cleaning history data of the cleaning equipment on the working area; evaluating the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data; if the dirtiness degree is greater than a preset dirtiness degree, controlling the cleaning equipment to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after completing the cleaning of the working area this time; wherein the evaluation of the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the cleaning history data comprises: obtaining the latest cleaning time of the cleaning equipment on the working area; evaluating the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned according to the interval time between the latest cleaning time and the current time; wherein the evaluation of the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned comprises: if the interval time is greater than or equal to a preset time, it is determined that the dirtiness degree of the working area is greater than the preset dirtiness degree; wherein the method further comprises: obtaining the area of the working area; adjusting the preset time according to the area of the working area; the larger the area of the working area, the shorter the preset time; the smaller the area of the working area, the longer the preset time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cleaning device is a robotic vacuum cleaner. The obtaining of the cleaning history data of the cleaning equipment on the working area comprises: identifying whether the current working area is a new cleaning environment; if the working area is a new cleaning environment, identifying the cleaning history data as empty.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the cleaning device is a robotic vacuum cleaner. After identifying the cleaning history data as empty, the method comprises: controlling the cleaning equipment to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after completing the cleaning of the working area this time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cleaning device is a robotic vacuum cleaner. The control of the cleaning equipment to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after completing the cleaning of the working area this time comprises: controlling the cleaning equipment to send the reminder signal to a user mobile terminal. The control of the cleaning equipment to send a reminder signal for cleaning the roller brush after completing the cleaning of the working area this time comprises:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the cleaning device is a robotic vacuum cleaner. controlling the cleaning equipment to send a sound reminder signal and / or a light reminder signal; wherein the sound reminder signal comprises a voice reminder signal or a buzzer reminder signal. comprises: a cleaning history obtaining module for obtaining cleaning history data of the cleaning equipment on the working area; ​ 6. A system for a cleaning device to remind of cleaning a roll brush, characterized by, ​ ​ The dirtiness degree evaluation module is connected in communication with the cleaning history acquisition module, and is configured to evaluate the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently according to the cleaning history data; wherein the evaluation of the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently according to the cleaning history data comprises: acquiring the latest cleaning time when the cleaning equipment completes cleaning of the working area; evaluating the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently according to the interval length between the latest cleaning time and the current time; wherein the evaluation of the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently comprises: if the interval length is greater than or equal to a preset length, judging that the dirtiness degree of the working area currently is greater than a preset dirtiness degree; wherein further comprising: acquiring the area of the working area; adjusting the preset length according to the area of the working area; the greater the area of the working area is, the shorter the corresponding preset length is set to be; the smaller the area of the working area is, the longer the preset length is set to be; The reminding module is connected in communication with the dirtiness degree evaluation module, and is configured to control the cleaning equipment to send a reminding signal for cleaning the brush after completing cleaning of the working area in the case that the dirtiness degree is greater than the preset dirtiness degree.

7. A cleaning apparatus, characterized by The device comprises: a device main body; a controller arranged on the device main body; wherein the controller is configured to: acquire cleaning history data of the cleaning equipment on the working area; evaluate the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently according to the cleaning history data; wherein the evaluation of the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently according to the cleaning history data comprises: acquiring the latest cleaning time when the cleaning equipment completes cleaning of the working area; evaluating the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently according to the interval length between the latest cleaning time and the current time; wherein the evaluation of the dirtiness degree of the working area to be cleaned currently comprises: if the interval length is greater than or equal to a preset length, judging that the dirtiness degree of the working area currently is greater than a preset dirtiness degree; wherein further comprising: acquiring the area of the working area; adjusting the preset length according to the area of the working area; the greater the area of the working area is, the shorter the corresponding preset length is set to be; the smaller the area of the working area is, the longer the preset length is set to be; if the dirtiness degree is greater than the preset dirtiness degree, controlling the cleaning equipment to send a reminding signal for cleaning the brush after completing cleaning of the working area.

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