Cleaning System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cleaning robots rely on costly wireless communication modules for data transmission between the robot and the base station, which increases costs and may not ensure reliable instruction transmission.
Innovation Solution
A physical communication link is established between the cleaning machine and the base station using electrical contacts, allowing the cleaning machine to send work instructions and control the base station's functions without the need for a wireless communication module, reducing costs and ensuring efficient instruction transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wireless communication modules are installed on the cleaning robot and base station for data transmission, then data communication between the cleaning robot and base station is achieved, but the cost increases and reliability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the communication function with the existing electrical contact structure used for power supply and charging. The same physical contacts that provide electrical power are also used to transmit control instructions and status data, eliminating the need for separate wireless communication modules on the base station.
Solution Approach 2:
The electrical contact interface is designed to serve multiple functions: power supply, charging, and bidirectional data communication. The base station can send control instructions to the cleaning robot while the robot can send status information back, all through the same physical contacts used for electrical connection.
2Loss of information
If wireless communication modules are installed on the cleaning robot and base station, then data transmission is enabled, but the cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication function is merged into the existing electrical contact system. Control instructions are transmitted by modulating the electrical connection state (connecting/disconnecting contacts) to represent binary data, eliminating the need for dedicated communication hardware on the base station.
Solution Approach 2:
The electrical contact serves as an intermediary that carries both power and encoded information. By using the presence or absence of electrical connection (or variations in electrical characteristics) to encode data bits, the system achieves communication without requiring separate communication channels.
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 solution eliminates the need for wireless communication modules on the base station, reducing costs and ensuring reliable control and data transmission between the cleaning machine and the base station, enhancing operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
controlling a charging chip of the cleaning machine to be alternately enabled and disabled for a first preset number of times, wherein the charging chip outputs at a high level when it is enabled, and wherein the charging chip outputs at a low level when it is disabled
Implementation Method 2
the fan communicates with the dust collection space and sucks the garbage in the dust box into the dust collection space
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a cleaning system and a method for controlling a cleaning machine. The cleaning system includes a cleaning machine and a base station docking with the cleaning machine to form a physical communication link. The cleaning machine is configured to send work instructions to the base station through the physical communication link after determining that one or more preset conditions are met; and the base station is configured to execute the work instructions.