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Method for the operation of an automatically moving cleaning appliance

US10915107B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VORWERK & CO. INTERHOLDING GMBH · DE

Inventors

Maike Brede · Witten, DE
Pia Hahn · Schwelm, DE
Lorenz Hillen · Wuppertal, DE
Gerhard Isenberg · Cologne, DE
Harald WINDORFER · Mettmann, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2018
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05D1/0238
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for the operation of a cleaning appliance automatically moving within an environment, wherein the cleaning appliance cleans a surface in accordance with a predetermined work schedule, wherein at least one level of contamination of the surface is determined, and a cleaning task is controlled as a function of the level of contamination. In order to make the cleaning operation more flexible and individual, the level of contamination is entered on a map associated with positional information of the environment, wherein a user undertakes editing of the map, that is to say, defines on the map surface zones of the surface and manually assigns a cleaning task of the cleaning appliance to at least one surface zone.

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