Interaction between a mobile robot and an alarm installation
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1. A system, comprising:
- a statically fitted alarm installation configured to monitor an area;
an autonomous mobile robot configured to autonomously perform activities, said autonomous mobile robot having a map of an environment to navigate, using the map, across a floor space through at least a portion of the area to be monitored and to locate a position of itself on the map, wherein the map including information about a location of the area to be monitored and said autonomous mobile robot being further configured to detect, whether said autonomous mobile robot is moving into the area to be monitored or out of the area to be monitored based on information representing the position of said autonomous mobile robot on the map;
a communication link, said autonomous mobile robot and said statically fitted alarm installation communicate with one another via said communication link;
wherein the system is configured to prevent said statically fitted alarm installation from triggering an alarm when said autonomous mobile robot moves into the area to be monitored and the system is further configured to enable the triggering of the alarm by said statically fitted alarm installation when said autonomous mobile robot moves out of the area to be monitored; and
wherein the triggering of the alarm is prevented by said autonomous mobile robot communicating to said statically fitted alarm installation, via said communication link, that it is about to move into the area to be monitored, for which said autonomous mobile robot has detected that it is about to move into.
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Abstract
A system has a mobile robot for autonomously performing activities and a statically fitted alarm installation for monitoring an area. Accordingly, the robot and the alarm installation communicate with one another via a communication link. The mobile self-propelled robot uses a map of the environment to navigate across a floor space through at least a portion of the area and to locate its position on the map. Triggering of an alarm by the alarm installation is prevented when the robot moves into the area to be monitored. The triggering of the alarm by the alarm installation is made possible again when the robot moves out of the area to be monitored.
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28 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a statically fitted alarm installation configured to monitor an area; an autonomous mobile robot configured to autonomously perform activities, said autonomous mobile robot having a map of an environment to navigate, using the map, across a floor space through at least a portion of the area to be monitored and to locate a position of itself on the map, wherein the map including information about a location of the area to be monitored and said autonomous mobile robot being further configured to detect, whether said autonomous mobile robot is moving into the area to be monitored or out of the area to be monitored based on information representing the position of said autonomous mobile robot on the map; a communication link, said autonomous mobile robot and said statically fitted alarm installation communicate with one another via said communication link; wherein the system is configured to prevent said statically fitted alarm installation from triggering an alarm when said autonomous mobile robot moves into the area to be monitored and the system is further configured to enable the triggering of the alarm by said statically fitted alarm installation when said autonomous mobile robot moves out of the area to be monitored; and wherein the triggering of the alarm is prevented by said autonomous mobile robot communicating to said statically fitted alarm installation, via said communication link, that it is about to move into the area to be monitored, for which said autonomous mobile robot has detected that it is about to move into. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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19. A method for operating an autonomous mobile robot for autonomously performing activities in an area monitored by a statically fitted alarm installation, which comprises the following steps of:
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storing at least one map of an environment, the map including information about a location of the area to be monitored; navigating the autonomous mobile robot across a floor space of the area using the map of the environment while performing the activities; detecting, based on information representing a position of the autonomous mobile robot on the map, whether the autonomous mobile robot moves into the area to be monitored or a specific portion of the area or whether the autonomous mobile robot moves out of the area to be monitored or, respectively, the specific portion; preventing a triggering of an alarm by the statically fitted alarm installation, when it is detected, based on information representing the position of said autonomous mobile robot on the map, that the autonomous mobile robot moves into the area to be monitored, wherein the step of preventing the triggering of the alarm includes that the autonomous mobile robot communicates to the statically fitted alarm installation, via a communication link, that the autonomous mobile robot is about to move into the area to be monitored for which the autonomous mobile robot has detected that it is about to move into; and enabling the triggering of the alarm again by the statically fitted alarm installation when it is detected, based on the information representing the position of said autonomous mobile robot on the map, that the autonomous mobile robot moves out of the area to be monitored. - View Dependent Claims (21, 23)
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20. An autonomous mobile robot for autonomously performing activities, the mobile robot comprising:
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a drive for moving the autonomous mobile robot across a floor space; a treatment module for performing activities during a treatment process while the autonomous mobile robot moves across the floor space; at least one sensor for acquiring information relating to an environment and/or relating to the floor space; a navigation computer for navigating the autonomous mobile robot across the floor space using a map of the environment; a communication link communicating with at least one of a statically fitted alarm installation or a monitoring unit, the statically fitted alarm installation being configured to monitor an area; the autonomous mobile robot programmed to; store information about a location of the area to be monitored inside the map; detect, based on information representing a position of the autonomous mobile robot on the map, whether the autonomous mobile robot moves into the area to be monitored or a specific portion of the area or whether the autonomous mobile robot moves out of the area to be monitored or, respectively, the specific portion; communicate to at least one of the statically fitted alarm installation or the monitoring unit, via said communication link, that the autonomous mobile robot is about to move into the area to be monitored, for which the autonomous mobile robot has detected that it is about to move into; communicate with at least one of the statically fitted alarm installation or the monitoring unit by the further steps of; transmitting a request to deactivate or ignore the statically fitted alarm installation to the statically fitted alarm installation and/or the monitoring unit, when the autonomous mobile robot detects, based on the information representing the position of the autonomous mobile robot on the map, that the autonomous mobile robot is moving into the area to be monitored; and transmitting a request to activate or heed the statically fitted alarm installation again to the statically fitted alarm installation and/or the monitoring unit when the autonomous mobile robot detects, based on the information representing the position of the autonomous mobile robot on the map, that the autonomous mobile robot is moving out of the area to be monitored.
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22. A method for operating an autonomous mobile robot for autonomously performing activities in an area monitored by a statically fitted alarm installation, which comprises the following steps of:
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storing at least one map of an environment, the map including information about a location of the area to be monitored; navigating the autonomous mobile robot across a floor space of the area using the map of the environment while performing the activities; detecting, based on information representing a position of the autonomous mobile robot on the map, whether the autonomous mobile robot moves into the area to be monitored or a specific portion of the area or whether the autonomous mobile robot moves out of the area to be monitored or, respectively, the specific portion; preventing a triggering of an alarm by the statically fitted alarm installation, when it is detected that the autonomous mobile robot moves into the area to be monitored, wherein the autonomous mobile robot communicating, via a communication link, that the autonomous mobile robot is about to enter a specific detection region, wherein the step of preventing the triggering of the alarm further includes the autonomous mobile robot receiving, via the communication link, a confirmation that the alarm will not be triggered when entering the specific detection region; and enabling the triggering of the alarm again by the statically fitted alarm installation when it is detected that the autonomous mobile robot moves out of the area to be monitored.
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28. A system, comprising:
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a statically fitted alarm installation configured to monitor an area; an autonomous mobile robot configured to autonomously perform activities, said autonomous mobile robot having a map of an environment to navigate, using the map, across a floor space through at least a portion of the area to be monitored and to locate a position of itself on the map, wherein the map including information about a location of the area to be monitored, and said autonomous mobile robot being further configured to detect, whether said autonomous mobile robot is moving into the area to be monitored or out of the area to be monitored based on information representing the position of said autonomous mobile robot on the map; a communication link, said autonomous mobile robot and said statically fitted alarm installation communicate with one another via said communication link; wherein the system is configured to prevent said statically fitted alarm installation from triggering an alarm when said autonomous mobile robot moves into the area to be monitored and the system is further configured to enable the triggering of the alarm by said statically fitted alarm installation when said autonomous mobile robot moves out of the area to be monitored; and wherein said statically fitted alarm installation having at least one sensor component for monitoring the area entirely or at least the portion of the area; wherein the map being created during a learning trip of the autonomous mobile robot, during which the autonomous mobile robot moves across the area to be monitored and creates the map in the process; and wherein during the learning trip the position of said at least one sensor component and/or the monitored portion of the area associated therewith are detected and stored in the map.
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