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Interaction between a mobile robot and an alarm installation

  • US 9,984,558 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/2013
  • Issued: 05/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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