Cleaning device with foot data collection facility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cleaning systems lack efficient process planning and logistics integration, leading to suboptimal cleaning operations in professional settings.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning system comprising autonomous units with signal generators, microchips, and sensor systems that communicate with a cleaning device via near-field communication, enabling data collection, evaluation, and user instruction for optimized cleaning processes without additional infrastructure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cleaning systems use traditional manual scheduling methods, then implementation is simple, but cleaning process efficiency and logistics integration are poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual scheduling and tracking methods with automated sensor-based systems. Movement sensors, position sensors, and data processing units automatically track cleaning device usage, replacing manual logs and scheduling sheets. This substitution enables efficient process planning and logistics integration without requiring complex manual coordination systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning system automatically monitors and records its own operational data through integrated sensors. The cleaning devices self-report their position, movement, and usage status to the central control system, eliminating the need for external manual tracking. This self-service capability improves productivity while keeping the system relatively simple to implement.
2Productivity
If cleaning systems implement comprehensive process planning and logistics integration, then cleaning efficiency improves, but system complexity and infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs multi-functional sensor units that serve multiple purposes: movement detection, position tracking, and usage monitoring. The same sensor infrastructure supports both real-time cleaning efficiency optimization and comprehensive logistics integration. This universal approach enables improved productivity without proportionally increasing infrastructure complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a centralized data processing unit that acts as an intermediary between various sensors and the control system. This intermediary consolidates data from multiple sources (movement sensors, position sensors, usage sensors) and presents integrated information for process planning. The mediator simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing data handling rather than requiring direct complex connections between all components.
3Measurement precision
If movement sensors and position sensors are integrated into cleaning devices, then correct movement sequences can be trained and position determined, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines movement sensors and position sensors into an integrated sensor system within the cleaning devices. Rather than treating these as separate complex subsystems, they are merged into a unified sensing architecture that shares processing resources and data pathways. This merging maintains high measurement precision for position determination while reducing overall device complexity through component integration.
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 system allows for individualized and efficient cleaning process planning, reducing resource waste and improving cleaning task allocation by providing real-time data-driven instructions to users, enhancing overall cleaning efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Implementation Method 1
As soon as the cleaning device comes into close proximity to these, a wireless data connection is established between the cleaning device and the autonomous units
Data Source
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AI summary
A cleaning device for an object to be cleaned comprises a receiving unit (16) configured to exchange data in close proximity with autonomous units (30) permanently installed in the object to be cleaned and to receive data (34) from the autonomous units; a data acquisition unit (18) suitable for acquiring the data received by the receiving unit (16) and supplying it in a suitable form to a data processing unit (20), wherein the data processing unit (20) comprises evaluation software for processing the supplied data. The cleaning device further comprises an output unit (22), which preferably comprises a display and particularly preferably a touchscreen display, wherein the output unit is in information communication with the data processing unit (20) and is suitable for outputting information and/or instructions to the user of the cleaning device (12).