Cleaning Robot Obstacle Image Display for Visual Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cleaning robots or machines equipped with cameras cannot effectively display obstacles they avoid, leading to a poor user experience when users view cleaning maps, as the obstacle information is not visually visible.
Innovation Solution
An image-viewing method and system that allows users to view obstacle images by sending identification information to a terminal, which requests and displays the obstacle image from a database, including options to show type, confidence, and avoidance count, with the ability to crop and display the image in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If cleaning robots are equipped with cameras to detect obstacles, then obstacle avoidance capability is improved, but user experience deteriorates because users cannot visually verify the obstacles on cleaning maps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle by transmitting obstacle images captured by the cleaning robot's camera to the user terminal. Instead of requiring users to physically inspect obstacles or rely on abstract map data, the system creates visual copies of the actual obstacle scenes and displays them on the user's device, enabling direct visual verification while maintaining the robot's autonomous obstacle avoidance functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses the communication network and terminal device as intermediaries to bridge the gap between the cleaning robot's obstacle detection capability and the user's need for visual information. The terminal device receives obstacle identification information from the robot, retrieves corresponding images, and presents them to the user, serving as a mediator that transforms raw sensor data into comprehensible visual evidence
2Ease of operation
If obstacle images are stored and transmitted to terminals, then user experience is improved, but system complexity increases due to database management and image processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-storing obstacle images in a database before they are needed for user display. When the cleaning robot detects an obstacle, the system retrieves the corresponding pre-captured image from storage and transmits it to the terminal, rather than capturing and processing images in real-time during user interaction. This approach reduces computational complexity during operation while maintaining comprehensive image availability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the obstacle information system into distinct functional components: the cleaning robot captures images and stores identification information, the database stores both images and their corresponding identifiers, and the terminal retrieves and displays images based on received identification data. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently with well-defined interfaces, reducing overall system complexity while enabling sophisticated functionality
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides an image-viewing method, a terminal, and a cleaner.