Robot Vacuum Map Control for Flexible Room Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automatic clean machines, such as robot vacuum cleaners, are limited to cleaning fixed regions and require complex settings or manual operation to change cleaning areas, lacking efficient methods for users to select and control desired cleaning regions.
Innovation Solution
An automatic clean machine control method and system that allows users to select and control cleaning regions using a map, with a control module and guiding signal detection, enabling efficient cleaning operations via a portable device, eliminating the need for complex settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional automatic clean machine is used to clean a fixed clean region, then the machine can operate automatically, but the clean region cannot be easily changed without complex settings or manual control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a map copy of the cleaning environment displayed on a mobile device to allow users to select cleaning regions visually. Instead of complex settings, the user interacts with a visual representation (map) of the environment, selecting regions by tapping or dragging on the displayed map, which then translates to actual cleaning operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the user and the automatic clean machine. The mobile device displays the map and receives user input, then communicates the selected region to the clean machine, simplifying the user interface and separating the complexity of region selection from the cleaning execution.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual control is used to change the clean region, then the region can be changed, but the operation becomes inconvenient and requires visible range control
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a digital copy of the cleaning environment as a map displayed on the mobile device. Users can select and modify cleaning regions by interacting with this visual map representation from any location, eliminating the need for visible range remote control and making the operation more convenient.
3Adaptability or versatility
If complex settings are provided to change the clean region, then the region can be customized, but the user interface becomes complicated and difficult to use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent displays a visual map copy of the cleaning environment on the mobile device, allowing users to select and customize cleaning regions through intuitive graphical interaction (tapping, dragging, selecting areas on the map) rather than complex text-based settings or configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses visual differentiation on the map display to represent different cleaning regions and their statuses. By changing visual properties (such as highlighting selected regions, showing cleaning progress with different colors or shades), the system provides clear feedback to users without requiring complex interface elements.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a computer readable recording media recording at least one program. An automatic clean machine control method applied to an automatic clean machine can be performed while the program is executed. The automatic clean machine control method comprises: (a) controlling the automatic clean machine to acquire a map; (b) selecting at least part of the map as a region to be cleaned; and (c) controlling the automatic clean machine to perform a first clean operation to the region to be cleaned.