Floor and air cleaning systems and related methods
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing home cleaning systems lack efficient coordination between autonomous cleaning robots and air purifiers, requiring manual user intervention to manage schedules and settings, which is time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
The integration of autonomous cleaning robots and air purifiers with sensors and controllers that coordinate activities based on location and environmental data, allowing for synchronized cleaning and air purification operations, and providing user interfaces for managing these devices through a single application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If autonomous cleaning robots and air purifiers are operated independently with manual coordination, then users can manage each device separately, but user convenience deteriorates and time consumption increases due to manual schedule and setting management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cleaning devices (autonomous cleaning robots and air purifiers) into a unified coordinated system. The controller integrates scheduling and control of both devices, allowing them to operate synergistically rather than independently. This merging eliminates the need for manual coordination of separate devices, directly improving user convenience and reducing time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automatic coordination between cleaning devices through the controller, which autonomously manages schedules and settings based on environmental data and device locations. This self-service capability eliminates manual intervention for schedule management and setting adjustment, allowing the system to optimize its own operation without user input.
2Productivity
If cleaning devices operate without coordination, then device complexity remains low, but cleaning efficiency deteriorates due to lack of synchronized operations
Solution Approach 1:
The controller receives environmental data from sensors and uses this feedback to coordinate the operation of cleaning devices. The system continuously monitors conditions such as air quality and floor cleanliness, adjusting the timing and intensity of cleaning operations accordingly. This feedback mechanism enables efficient synchronized operations while managing system complexity through data-driven decision-making.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary coordination of cleaning device schedules and settings before actual cleaning operations begin. The controller pre-plans the sequence and timing of device operations based on environmental assessments, ensuring that devices are ready and synchronized when cleaning begins. This preliminary action optimizes cleaning efficiency while avoiding complex real-time adjustments during operation.
3Reliability
If manual intervention is used to manage device schedules and settings, then system automation level remains low, but operational effectiveness deteriorates due to suboptimal cleaning timing and settings
Solution Approach 1:
The controller autonomously manages the coordination of cleaning devices without requiring manual intervention. It automatically adjusts schedules and settings based on environmental data, device locations, and cleaning requirements. This self-service automation ensures optimal operational effectiveness while eliminating the need for user input in schedule and setting management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical coordination with automated electronic control. The controller uses electronic signals and data processing to manage device operations, substituting the manual adjustment mechanism with an automated intelligence-based system. This substitution improves operational effectiveness by ensuring consistent, data-driven coordination decisions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This integration improves the efficiency and efficacy of cleaning and air filtration operations by automatically adjusting settings and schedules, enhancing user convenience and maintaining better air and floor cleanliness without extensive user input.
Implementation Method 1
an air purifier that draws air into the air purifier to filter the air
Implementation Method 2
The autonomous cleaning robot can autonomously move about the floor surface in the home while cleaning the floor surface
Data Source
AI summary
An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive system to move the autonomous cleaning robot about a floor surface in a space, a cleaning system to clean a floor surface in the space as the drive system moves the autonomous cleaning robot about the floor surface, and a controller configured to execute instructions to perform one or more operations. The one or more operations include initiating a cleaning mission to clean the floor surface in the space, and transmitting a signal to control an operation of an air purifier remote from the autonomous cleaning robot as the autonomous cleaning robot performs the cleaning mission