Cleaning device control method and apparatus, electronic device, and readable storage medium
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cleaning technologies face inefficiencies due to absolute demarcations between cleaning permitted and prohibited regions, leading to detours and jamming of cleaning devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a low-frequency passage region within the cleaning path that allows passage without cleaning, optimizing the path planning to minimize detours and jamming by separating the path into passing and cleaning segments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a region is set as cleaning prohibited region, then the cleaning device avoids jamming in that region, but the cleaning device must take detours which reduce cleaning efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the cleaning area into three distinct types of regions: cleaning permitted regions, cleaning prohibited regions, and low-frequency passage regions. This segmentation allows the cleaning device to differentiate between areas that should be avoided entirely and areas that can be traversed occasionally for passage purposes, thereby reducing unnecessary detours while maintaining reliability by preventing jamming in truly prohibited areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different cleaning frequencies and permissions to different spatial regions. Specifically, low-frequency passage regions are designated as areas where the cleaning device can pass through but should not perform cleaning operations. This localized differentiation allows optimal passage routes to be established without the need for extensive detours, thus improving cleaning efficiency while avoiding jamming-prone areas.
2Productivity
If the cleaning device repeatedly moves in a region for cleaning, then cleaning coverage is improved, but the cleaning device is more likely to get jammed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic region classification where the same physical space can serve different functions depending on the cleaning device's operational state and task requirements. The low-frequency passage region concept allows the system to dynamically permit passage when needed for task completion while restricting cleaning operations in those same areas, thereby balancing cleaning coverage with jamming avoidance through adaptive behavior rather than static region definitions.
3Device complexity
If absolute demarcation is used between cleaning permitted and prohibited regions, then control simplicity is maintained, but cleaning path optimization is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the simple binary classification (permitted/prohibited) into a three-tier segmentation system that adds the low-frequency passage region category. This maintains relative control simplicity by using clear categorical definitions while significantly improving path optimization capabilities. The cleaning device can now plan more efficient routes by utilizing low-frequency passage regions as corridors, reducing unnecessary detours around prohibited regions while maintaining straightforward control logic.
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AI summary
A cleaning device control method and apparatus, an electronic device and a readable storage medium, relating to the field of intelligent household appliances. The cleaning device control method comprises: step 101, determining a low-frequency passing area in a room to be cleaned; step 102, acquiring cleaning task information of the cleaning device; step 103, on the basis of the cleaning task information, planning in the low-frequency passing area a passing path for the cleaning device, and planning outside the low-frequency passing area a cleaning path for the cleaning device; and step 104, controlling the cleaning device to move along the passing path and move along the cleaning path.