Robot Vacuum Map Editing for Boundary-Aware Cleaning Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Robotic floor-cleaning devices often generate maps with errors and inaccuracies, failing to accurately represent areas that need servicing, and users lack the ability to customize operations based on location within the map.
Innovation Solution
A method and computer program product enable users to adjust robotic floor-cleaning device maps and settings through a graphical user interface, allowing boundary corrections and setting customization on devices like smartphones or tablets, with adjustments sent back to the robotic device via network connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a robotic floor-cleaning device generates a map using sensors, then navigation capability is provided, but map accuracy and representation of serviceable areas deteriorate due to errors in the generated map
Solution Approach 1:
A user interface acts as an intermediary between the robotic device and the user, allowing manual adjustment of map boundaries and settings. The user interface receives sensor-generated map data and enables users to correct inaccuracies by drawing or modifying boundaries, thereby improving map accuracy without requiring changes to the sensor system itself.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a robotic floor-cleaning device operates with fixed settings, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different user needs and locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to self-configure operational settings through the user interface without requiring technical expertise or complex programming. Users can independently adjust map boundaries, select cleaning settings for different areas, and customize device behavior based on their specific needs, making the system adaptable while keeping the configuration process simple.
3Ease of operation
If users can customize settings through a user interface, then operational flexibility is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional control systems and network connections
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is designed to provide multiple functions through a single unified system. It can display map data, allow boundary adjustments, configure cleaning settings, and communicate with the robotic device through standard network protocols. This multi-functional approach enables comprehensive user control without requiring separate complex control systems for each function.
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AI summary
Some aspects provide a method for instructing operation of a robotic floor-cleaning device based on the position of the robotic floor-cleaning device within a two-dimensional map of the workspace. A two-dimensional map of a workspace is generated using inputs from sensors positioned on a robotic floor-cleaning device to represent the multi-dimensional workspace of the robotic floor-cleaning device. The two-dimensional map is provided to a user on a user interface. A user may adjust the boundaries of the two-dimensional map through the user interface and select settings for map areas to control device operation in various areas of the workspace.