Cleaner Personalization Mode for User-Designated Floor Suction Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaners lack the ability to allow users to set user-designated floors and collect data on these areas, limiting their ability to provide optimized cleaning services tailored to the user's convenience and floor conditions.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for a cleaner to enter a personalization mode, where it provides user interfaces for users to set user-designated floors, collect floor data including sensor data for various suction forces, and set optimal suction forces for each floor area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If cleaners use factory-tested floor data for determination, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to user-specific floor conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary floor data collection in a personalization mode before normal cleaning operations. The cleaner collects sensor data for each suction force level on user-designated floors and stores this information for future use, enabling adapted cleaning without increasing operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaner automatically collects its own floor data using its built-in sensors and processing unit. The system self-configures by gathering sensor data at different suction forces and determining floor types without external intervention, reducing the need for complex external calibration equipment
2Productivity
If cleaners collect comprehensive sensor data for multiple suction forces, then the cleaning service optimization improves, but the loss of time for data collection increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system collects sensor data at multiple suction force levels (excessive action) during the initial personalization phase to ensure comprehensive floor characterization. This one-time extensive data collection enables optimized cleaning performance without recurring time losses during normal operation
Solution Approach 2:
All necessary sensor data collection for different suction forces is performed in advance during personalization mode. The collected data is stored and reused during normal cleaning operations, eliminating the need for repeated data collection and reducing ongoing time losses
3Ease of operation
If cleaners provide user interface for floor setting, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The existing user interface of the cleaner is extended to serve multiple functions: it displays cleaning status, allows suction force adjustment, and now also enables floor designation and personalization mode activation. This multi-functionality approach improves ease of operation without requiring separate dedicated interfaces for each function
Data Source
AI summary
A method for operating a cleaner is provided. The method for operating a cleaner includes providing a first user interface for setting a user designated floor, identifying a first floor corresponding to a first user input among at least one floor associated with the first user interface, collecting first floor data for the first floor, providing a second user interface for setting a suction force for the first floor, and setting a first suction force corresponding to a second user input among the plurality of suction forces associated with the second user interface, as the suction force for the first floor.