Method for adjusting a parameter range on a floor treatment device, as well as floor treatment device and system with a floor treatment device and an external terminal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional floor treatment devices are limited in their ability to optimally adjust to various surface types, often requiring users to manually try out parameter settings without knowing the optimal values for their specific floor surfaces, leading to suboptimal treatment.
Innovation Solution
The method involves automatically determining a limiting device parameter based on the surface type during the adjustment process, allowing the floor treatment device to adjust its parameter range dynamically, with user guidance or control unit intervention, to ensure optimal treatment by detecting faults and adjusting parameters such as suction power and rotational speed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If pre-adjusted parameter ranges are provided for conventional floor surfaces, then the device can be easily operated on standard surfaces, but it cannot optimally treat surfaces that do not fall into pre-adjusted categories
Solution Approach 1:
The floor treatment device automatically determines limiting device parameters and adjusts parameter ranges by itself during movement over the surface, eliminating the need for manual pre-adjustment by the user. The control unit autonomously detects surface characteristics and calibrates optimal parameters, allowing the device to serve itself in adapting to different floor types.
Solution Approach 2:
The parameter ranges are made dynamically adjustable based on real-time surface detection during device movement. Instead of static pre-adjusted ranges, the system continuously adapts parameter limits according to the detected surface characteristics, enabling optimal treatment across diverse floor types while maintaining ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple pre-adjusted parameter ranges are provided for different floor types, then the device can handle various surface categories, but the user still has to manually try out parameters without knowing optimal values for their specific floor surface
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit continuously monitors device behavior and surface interaction during movement, detecting faults and performance indicators. This feedback loop enables the system to automatically determine optimal parameter ranges by analyzing real-time data about surface characteristics and device response, eliminating the need for users to manually experiment with parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary automatic calibration by determining limiting device parameters before actual floor treatment begins. During an initial adjustment process while moving over the surface, the control unit pre-establishes optimal parameter ranges based on detected surface properties, so users start with already-optimized settings rather than needing to search for optimal values.
3Manufacturing precision
If the user manually adjusts device parameters to suit specific floor surfaces, then optimal treatment can be achieved, but this requires time-consuming trial and error without knowledge of optimal parameter values
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit automatically performs the parameter adjustment function that would otherwise require manual user intervention. By autonomously detecting surface characteristics and determining optimal limiting parameters during device movement, the system eliminates the time-consuming trial-and-error process while maintaining precise treatment optimization for each specific floor surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary automatic parameter optimization during an initial adjustment phase before actual floor treatment commences. By pre-determining optimal parameter ranges based on surface detection during movement, the system prepares the device in advance with calibrated settings, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual adjustment during the treatment process itself.
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AI summary
A method for adjusting at least one parameter range of a device parameter of a floor treatment device for treating a surface. The parameter range is available on the floor treatment device and depends on a floor type of the surface to be treated. The parameter range comprises a defined scope of values of the device parameter selected by the user for the treatment of the surface. The user moves the floor treatment device over the surface to be treated during an adjustment process, wherein a limiting device parameter, which is dependent on the nature of the surface and upon its use for the treatment of the surface leads to a predefined fault, is automatically determined during the movement of the floor treatment device, and wherein the parameter range is automatically adjusted based on the determined limiting device parameter which defines a range end of the parameter range.