Debris Collecting Base Station With Feedback-Based Working Mode Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional debris collecting base stations and cleaning robots cannot effectively adjust their working status based on debris collection status, leading to inefficient debris collection and user experience issues.

Innovation Solution

A debris collecting base station and cleaning robot system that communicates interactively to control working modes, featuring a debris intake passageway, debris collecting device, communication components, and microcontrollers to manage debris extraction and storage, ensuring reliable and intelligent debris collection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If the debris collecting base station continues to extract debris without checking status, then the debris extraction operation remains simple and continuous, but the debris collection effect deteriorates and user experience worsens when the base station is full

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedebris collection efficiencyVSAvoiddebris collection reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the debris collecting base station and cleaning robot exchange status information through communication components. The base station detects whether its debris bin is full and sends feedback signals to the cleaning robot, which then adjusts its behavior accordingly. This feedback loop ensures that debris extraction stops when the base station is full, preventing the deterioration of collection effect and user experience while maintaining continuous operation when conditions are favorable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system adds communication components and controllers to enable adaptive working mode adjustment, then the intelligent debris collection capability improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptive working mode adjustmentVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies multi-functionality by designing communication components that serve multiple purposes: they enable status detection, information exchange, and coordinated control between the base station and cleaning robot. The same communication infrastructure supports both debris collection coordination and potential future extensions, reducing the need for separate dedicated systems and thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If the base station detects bin full status and stops extraction, then the debris collection effect improves by avoiding unnecessary operations, but the device complexity increases due to additional detection and control mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedebris collection efficiencyVSAvoiddetection and control mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service by enabling the debris collecting base station to autonomously detect its own bin full status and automatically adjust its extraction operations accordingly. The system monitors its internal state and makes independent decisions about when to continue or stop debris extraction without requiring complex external control systems. This self-monitoring and self-adjustment capability improves collection efficiency while minimizing the complexity increase through integrated, straightforward detection and control mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

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

The system enables adaptive debris collection by controlling working modes based on debris full status, bin position, and humidity, improving collection efficiency and user experience by preventing unnecessary operations and optimizing debris extraction.

Implementation Method 1

one end of the debris intake passageway is configured to pneumatically interface with the debris outlet of the cleaning robot

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPneumatic interface: Pressure Gradient

Data Source

PatentUS11910973B2Debris collecting base station, cleaning robot and cleaning system
Publication Date: 2024.02.27 SHENZHEN FLY RODENT DYNAMICS INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A debris collecting base station cooperates with the cleaning robot. The cleaning robot has a debris outlet for discharging debris. The debris collecting base station includes a base, a debris collecting device, a first communication component and a microcontroller. The base has a debris intake passageway. One end of the debris intake passageway pneumatically interfaces with the debris outlet, the debris collecting device is mounted on the base and is communicated with the end of the debris intake passageway away from the debris outlet. The microcontroller is electrically connected to the first communication component and the debris collecting device, which controls the first communication component to send and receive interactive signals with the cleaning robot and controls working modes of the debris collecting base station based on the interactive signals.