Autonomous Disinfection Vehicle With Cloud-Guided Spray Control
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing disinfection methods in crowded public places are manpower-intensive, pose risks to cleaning personnel, and lack precision in identifying infected areas and ensuring effective disinfection coverage.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-managed autonomous medical vehicle equipped with detectors to analyze organic and inorganic material concentrations, nozzles with adjustable spraying modes, and navigation systems for precise disinfection, enabling omnidirectional movement and panoramic spraying without nozzle rotation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If manual disinfection is performed by cleaning personnel, then disinfection can be carried out, but the personnel risk being infected by viruses and much manpower is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The autonomous medical vehicle performs disinfection autonomously without human intervention in the contaminated environment. The vehicle navigates, detects, and sprays disinfectant automatically, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring human personnel to perform the risky manual disinfection task.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual disinfection system with an autonomous vehicle system that combines navigation, detection, and spraying mechanisms. This substitution eliminates human presence in the hazardous environment while maintaining disinfection functionality.
2Measurement precision
If manual disinfection is performed, then disinfection can be carried out, but it is difficult to determine which area is seriously infected and needs deep disinfecting
Solution Approach 1:
The autonomous vehicle is equipped with detectors that continuously monitor the environment for organic and inorganic material concentrations. This feedback mechanism allows the vehicle to identify contaminated areas automatically and adjust its disinfection strategy accordingly, eliminating the need for human judgment in determining infection severity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces human visual inspection and judgment with automated detection systems that measure chemical concentrations. This substitution provides objective, quantifiable data about contamination levels, making it easier to identify areas requiring disinfection.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple nozzles are rotated to achieve panoramic spraying, then complete coverage can be achieved, but the tubes of the disinfectant liquids become tangled
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of rotating multiple nozzles, the patent employs a single nozzle that remains stationary while the entire vehicle rotates or moves to different positions. This dynamic approach maintains tube integrity by avoiding repeated bending and twisting that would occur with rotating nozzles, while still achieving comprehensive coverage through the vehicle's movement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent achieves panoramic spraying not by rotating nozzles in one dimension, but by moving the vehicle through space in multiple dimensions. The single nozzle covers all areas by the vehicle changing its position and orientation, eliminating the need for nozzle rotation and associated tube tangling.
4Productivity
If periodic disinfection is performed in crowded public places, then disinfection can be carried out, but much manpower is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The autonomous medical vehicle performs disinfection independently without requiring human operators to manually control each disinfection cycle. The vehicle autonomously navigates public places, detects contamination, and executes disinfection routines, dramatically reducing the manpower required compared to traditional manual methods.
Solution Approach 2:
The autonomous vehicle is designed as a multi-functional system that can navigate, detect, and disinfect in various public place environments. This universal capability allows a single vehicle to perform the work that would traditionally require multiple human workers, improving productivity while reducing manpower requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
A cloud-managed autonomous medical vehicle for disinfection includes a mobile carrier and also includes nozzles, a detector, and a nozzle controller, which are arranged on the mobile carrier. A disinfectant liquid container is disposed on the mobile carrier and filled with disinfectant liquid. The nozzle is used to spray the disinfectant liquid. The nozzles are respectively connected with motors, whereby the nozzle may be switched to different spraying modes. The detector scans ambient environment to detect the concentration of organic or inorganic materials and transmits the results to a cloud server. While the concentration is higher/lower than the preset value, the cloud server sends out a spray start/stop instruction. While receiving the spray start instruction, the nozzle controller switches the motor to a spraying mode for spraying operation. While receiving a spray stop instruction, the nozzle controller turns off the motor to stop spraying.