Celestial navigation system for an autonomous vehicle
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1. An autonomous robotic cleaning device comprising:
- a robot body;
a drive supporting the robot body above a floor surface of a home and configured to maneuver the robot body across the floor surface;
a cleaning apparatus to clean the floor surface;
a processor configured towirelessly receive data indicative of a user selection of one or more rooms in the home and a user selection of a schedule to clean the floor surface in the one or more rooms, andinitiate, in accordance to the schedule, one or more cleaning operations, wherein during each of the one or more cleaning operations, the drive maneuvers the autonomous robotic cleaning device about the floor surface in accordance to the user selection of the one or more rooms while the cleaning apparatus cleans the floor surface.
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Abstract
A navigation control system for an autonomous vehicle comprises a transmitter and an autonomous vehicle. The transmitter comprises an emitter for emitting at least one signal, a power source for powering the emitter, a device for capturing wireless energy to charge the power source, and a printed circuit board for converting the captured wireless energy to a form for charging the power source. The autonomous vehicle operates within a working area and comprises a receiver for detecting the at least one signal emitted by the emitter, and a processor for determining a relative location of the autonomous vehicle within the working area based on the signal emitted by the emitter.
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1. An autonomous robotic cleaning device comprising:
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a robot body; a drive supporting the robot body above a floor surface of a home and configured to maneuver the robot body across the floor surface; a cleaning apparatus to clean the floor surface; a processor configured to wirelessly receive data indicative of a user selection of one or more rooms in the home and a user selection of a schedule to clean the floor surface in the one or more rooms, and initiate, in accordance to the schedule, one or more cleaning operations, wherein during each of the one or more cleaning operations, the drive maneuvers the autonomous robotic cleaning device about the floor surface in accordance to the user selection of the one or more rooms while the cleaning apparatus cleans the floor surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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