Autonomous mobile robot cleaner system
First Claim
1. An autonomous mobile robot cleaner system comprising:
- a robot cleaner; and
remote controllers serving as signposts for guiding the robot cleaner to rooms via wireless communication, wherein the robot cleaner includes;
a sensor for use in autonomous movement;
selection means for selecting a cleaning area from a plurality of cleaning areas and selecting a cleaning mode designated for the selected cleaning area, based on information received from each of the remote controllers via wireless communication;
moving means for autonomously moving to the cleaning area selected by the selection means and thereafter autonomously moving in the cleaning area, based on an output of the sensor;
cleaning means for cleaning the cleaning area selected by the selection means; and
communication means for wirelessly communicating with the remote controllers, wherein each of the remote controllers includes;
setting means placed in the vicinity of an entrance of each room, which is a unit of a clearing area, so as to be operated by a user to designate a number assigned to said each room and a cleaning mode for said each room; and
communication means for wirelessly communicating with the robot cleaner in regard to information stored in the setting means.
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Abstract
An autonomous mobile robot cleaner system including a robot cleaner and remote controllers for guiding the robot cleaner to rooms so as to clean several rooms in a house automatically and successively in user-selected cleaning modes. The remote controllers are placed on a corridor in the vicinity of the entrances of rooms so that a user can operate them to input information including a number assigned to each room and a cleaning mode desired for the room. The robot cleaner communicates with each of the remote controllers to obtain the information while autonomously moving around. Based on the information, the robot cleaner selects a room and a cleaning mode, enters the selected room to clean the room in the selected cleaning mode. After cleaning the room, the robot cleaner moves to the corridor and thereafter communicates with a next remote controller to repeat the above process.
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3 Claims
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1. An autonomous mobile robot cleaner system comprising:
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a robot cleaner; and
remote controllers serving as signposts for guiding the robot cleaner to rooms via wireless communication, wherein the robot cleaner includes;
a sensor for use in autonomous movement;
selection means for selecting a cleaning area from a plurality of cleaning areas and selecting a cleaning mode designated for the selected cleaning area, based on information received from each of the remote controllers via wireless communication;
moving means for autonomously moving to the cleaning area selected by the selection means and thereafter autonomously moving in the cleaning area, based on an output of the sensor;
cleaning means for cleaning the cleaning area selected by the selection means; and
communication means for wirelessly communicating with the remote controllers, wherein each of the remote controllers includes;
setting means placed in the vicinity of an entrance of each room, which is a unit of a clearing area, so as to be operated by a user to designate a number assigned to said each room and a cleaning mode for said each room; and
communication means for wirelessly communicating with the robot cleaner in regard to information stored in the setting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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