Automatic Moving Apparatus with Dual-Mode Manual and Auto Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic moving apparatuses, such as robot cleaners, lack user convenience and efficiency in operation, as they typically require automated modes without manual control options.
Innovation Solution
The automatic moving apparatus is equipped with a storage unit for traveling methods, an image detection unit, and a control unit that can extract traveling directions from stored methods or external control information, allowing for both automatic and manual manipulation modes through a driving unit with wheels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If the automatic moving apparatus operates in fully automatic mode only, then automation level is improved, but user convenience and operational flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic control system that allows the apparatus to switch between automatic and manual modes based on user needs. The control unit receives signals from the communication unit to transition between operating modes, enabling the system to adapt its degree of automation dynamically rather than being fixed in one state.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system is designed with multi-functionality, supporting both automatic operation (using stored traveling methods) and manual operation (receiving control information from external terminal devices). This universal control architecture allows the same apparatus to serve different operational requirements without requiring separate systems.
2Device complexity
If the automatic moving apparatus provides only automated cleaning functions, then device simplicity is improved, but cleaning effectiveness in specific areas deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The communication unit establishes a feedback loop between the external terminal device and the apparatus control unit. Users can provide real-time control information to guide the apparatus to specific cleaning areas that require attention, creating a responsive system that adapts to actual cleaning needs while maintaining overall system simplicity.
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AI summary
Various interfaces allowing users to directly manipulate an automatic moving apparatus manually, thus enhancing user convenience and efficiency, are provided. An automatic moving apparatus includes: a storage unit configured to store a traveling method; an image detection unit configured to acquire a captured image; a driving unit having one or more wheels and driving the wheels according to a driving signal; and a control unit configured to extract a traveling direction from the traveling method stored in the storage unit in a first mode, extract a traveling direction indicated by a sensing target from the captured image acquired by the image detection unit in a second mode, and generate a driving signal for moving the automatic moving apparatus in the extracted traveling direction.