Method and apparatus for operating vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. A method of operating a vacuum cleaner having at least an electric blower and a speed control unit for controlling the operating speed of said electric blower, said speed control unit having stored therein a plurality of operation control rules for controlling said electric blower, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting continuously a value of a load current of said electric blower during a cleaning operation;
determining a type of surface being cleaned in response to said detected load current;
selecting one of said plurality of operation control rules based upon the determination of the type of surface being cleaned; and
controlling said electric blower in accordance with said selected one of said plurality of operation control rules.
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Abstract
In a vacuum cleaner comprising an electric blower and a speed control unit to operate the electric blower at a variable speed, a plurality of kinds of operation control rules of the electric blower are previously stored in the speed control unit, a load current value of the electric blower is continuously detected during the cleaning and the type of the surface to be cleaned is estimated from the load current value. Thereafter, the operation control rule suitable for the estimated cleaning surface is selected from the operation control rules stored in the speed control unit and the electric blower is driven on the basis of the selected operation control rule.
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1. A method of operating a vacuum cleaner having at least an electric blower and a speed control unit for controlling the operating speed of said electric blower, said speed control unit having stored therein a plurality of operation control rules for controlling said electric blower, said method comprising the steps of:
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detecting continuously a value of a load current of said electric blower during a cleaning operation; determining a type of surface being cleaned in response to said detected load current; selecting one of said plurality of operation control rules based upon the determination of the type of surface being cleaned; and controlling said electric blower in accordance with said selected one of said plurality of operation control rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
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an electric blower for collecting dust in a dust chamber through a suction port, said electric blower creating a suction pressure; blower control means for controlling a rotational speed of said electric blower; control rule generating means for generating a plurality of control rules for controlling the operation of said vacuum cleaner; means for selecting one of said plurality of control rules generated by said control rule generating means; and signal processing means for processing said selected one of said plurality of operation control rules and for outputting a control signal to said blower control means so as to control operation of said electric blower in accordance with said selected control rule. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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