Vacuum Cleaner AI Floor Type Detection for Adaptive Suction Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vacuum cleaners struggle with accurately determining floor types due to user interference and obstacles, leading to unintended suction force variations and device malfunctions.
Innovation Solution
A vacuum cleaner equipped with an AI unit using machine learning to analyze current and voltage information, along with nozzle shutter states, to predict floor types and adjust suction force accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single threshold is used to predict floor type based on current load, then the device complexity is low, but the measurement precision and reliability deteriorate due to unintended results from user cleaning pattern changes and obstacles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple detection parameters (current load, voltage, cleaning speed, acceleration) into a composite feature set for floor type prediction. This merging of multiple data sources enables the AI model to distinguish between genuine floor type changes and transient variations caused by obstacles or user behavior, thereby improving prediction accuracy without requiring a single complex detection mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the detection approach from using a single parameter (current load threshold) to using multiple varying parameters (current, voltage, speed, acceleration) that change dynamically during cleaning. This parameter transformation allows the system to capture the nuanced differences between floor types while filtering out noise from obstacles and user patterns through temporal and multi-dimensional analysis.
2Reliability
If multiple composite data parameters are used for floor type prediction, then the measurement precision and reliability improve, but the device complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through the AI model that automatically processes multiple data parameters and makes autonomous floor type predictions without requiring manual intervention or complex external processing systems. The model learns from training data and independently handles the complexity of multi-parameter analysis, converting what would be a complex processing requirement into an intelligent autonomous function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-training the AI model with labeled floor type data before deployment. This preliminary training phase allows the system to learn the relationships between multiple parameters and floor types in advance, so that during actual operation, the complex data processing is already optimized and the system can reliably predict floor types using the pre-learned patterns without requiring complex real-time processing architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner. The present disclosure includes a suction motor providing a suction force, a nozzle unit sucking dust on a floor surface, a nozzle motor transferring a drive force to a rotating part, a nozzle shutter adjusting a size of a dust inlet, a battery providing power, a model selecting unit generating information on an operating state corresponding to a drive mode of the suction motor and an open/closed state of the nozzle shutter, an artificial intelligence unit generating probability information through an artificial intelligence model using current information, voltage information and the information on the operating state, and a controller controlling the drive mode in response to the probability information.


