METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLOOR-CLEANING DEVICE AND FLOOR-CLEANING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for operating a self-propelling and self-steering floor-cleaning device, wherein at least one map of at least one room to be cleaned is storable in a storage unit of the floor-cleaning device, as is a user-predeterminable cleaning plan having one or more cleaning tasks, wherein at least one cleaning task is associated with a particular room that is identifiable from a map, and the floor-cleaning device is placed in a room, wherein, when the cleaning plan is executed, the floor-cleaning device determines whether the room in which it is placed is the particular room, and wherein, if the result of this determination is negative, performance of the cleaning task is not carried out, is interrupted or is ended.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method for operating a self-propelling and self-steering floor-cleaning device is provided, wherein at least one map of at least one room to be cleaned is storable in a storage unit of the floor-cleaning device, as is a user-predeterminable cleaning plan having one or more cleaning tasks, wherein at least one cleaning task is associated with a particular room that is identifiable from a map, and the floor-cleaning device is placed in a room. In order to provide a method of this kind that enables efficient execution of the cleaning plan, when the cleaning plan is executed, the floor-cleaning device determines whether the room in which it is placed is the particular room, and, if the result of this determination is negative, performance of the cleaning task is not carried out, is interrupted, or is ended. A floor-cleaning device for performing the method is also provided.
14 Citations
28 Claims
- 1. A method for operating a self-propelling and self-steering floor-cleaning device, wherein at least one map of at least one room to be cleaned is storable in a storage unit of the floor-cleaning device, as is a user-predeterminable cleaning plan having one or more cleaning tasks, wherein at least one cleaning task is associated with a particular room that is identifiable from a map, and the floor-cleaning device is placed in a room, wherein, when the cleaning plan is executed, the floor-cleaning device determines whether the room in which it is placed is the particular room, and wherein, if the result of this determination is negative, performance of the cleaning task is not carried out, is interrupted or is ended.
- 15. A self-propelling and self-steering floor-cleaning device including a travelling gear for moving the floor-cleaning device on a floor surface, a cleaning unit for cleaning the floor surface, a control unit coupled to the travelling gear and the cleaning unit, and a storage unit that is coupled to the control unit and in which at least one map of at least one room to be cleaned is storable, as is a user-predeterminable cleaning plan having one or more cleaning tasks, wherein at least one cleaning task is associated with a particular room that is identifiable from a map, and wherein the floor-cleaning device has a sensor unit that is coupled to the control unit, wherein, using at least one signal of the sensor unit, when the cleaning plan is executed it is determinable by the control unit whether the room in which the floor-cleaning device is placed is the particular room, and wherein, if the result of this determination is negative, performance of the cleaning task is not carried out, is interrupted or is ended.
Specification