Floor Processing Device Communication for No-Go Area Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing floor processing systems lack efficient integration of manually guided and automatically operated devices to share environmental mapping and user intentions, leading to incomplete or inaccurate area maps and inefficient floor processing.
Innovation Solution
A system where a manually guided first floor processing device detects its movement path and transmits information to an automatically operated second floor processing device, allowing the latter to define no-go areas and adjust its navigation based on user preferences and environmental data, enhancing area mapping and processing efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If an automatically operated floor processing device uses an area map for navigation, then autonomous navigation capability is improved, but the device cannot recognize user-intended no-go areas leading to incomplete area map accuracy
Solution Approach 1:
A communication module serves as an intermediary between the manually guided first floor processing device and the automatically operated second floor processing device. The first device transmits movement path information to the second device, enabling the automated device to recognize no-go areas that the user intentionally avoided, thereby improving area map accuracy without compromising autonomous navigation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by having the manually guided device provide movement path information to the automated device. This feedback loop allows the automated device to learn from user behavior patterns and adjust its navigation to respect no-go areas, resolving the contradiction between automation and mapping accuracy
2Ease of operation
If a manually guided floor processing device is used, then user control over processing areas is improved, but processing efficiency and time consumption worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The floor processing system is segmented into two distinct devices: a manually guided first device for precise user-controlled processing in specific areas, and an automatically operated second device for efficient autonomous processing in other areas. This segmentation allows each device to excel at its designated function while complementing the other through information sharing about no-go areas
Solution Approach 2:
The system achieves multi-functionality by combining manual and automatic floor processing capabilities in a unified system. The communication between devices enables the automated device to adapt its behavior based on user preferences, making it versatile enough to handle both efficient autonomous processing and respectful avoidance of user-designated no-go areas
3Area of stationary object
If the second floor processing device processes all areas based on area map, then processing coverage is improved, but it enters areas that users do not intend to be cleaned
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by having the manually guided device map out no-go areas through user-guided movement paths before the automated device begins its processing. This preliminary mapping of restricted areas allows the automated device to plan its navigation to achieve comprehensive coverage while automatically avoiding user-intended no-go areas, thus maintaining both coverage and reliability
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AI summary
A system with a first floor processing device and a second floor processing device that is designed to orient and localize itself within an environment based on an area map. The first floor processing device is set up to detect a movement path during a movement by the first floor processing device and transmit information about the detected movement path to the second floor processing device. The second floor processing device has a control and evaluation unit that is set up to analyze the received information and, based upon the movement path detected by the first floor processing device and/or a partial area of the environment not traversed by the movement path, enter a no-go area into the area map which the second floor processing device is not allowed to traverse.