Managing cleaning robot behavior

US11185207B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Daniel Warren Mellinger, III · Philadelphia, US
• Stephen Marc Chaves · Philadelphia, US
• Michael Joshua Shomin · Philadelphia, US
• Matthew Hyatt Turpin · Philadelphia, US
• John Anthony Dougherty · Philadelphia, US
• Ross Eric Kessler · Philadelphia, US
• Jonathan Paul Davis · Philadelphia, US
• Travis Van Schoyck · Whitemarsh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2021
• Expiry date: May 10, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/45098
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various embodiments include processing devices and methods for managing cleaning behavior by a cleaning robot. In some embodiments, a processor of the cleaning robot may obtain user planning information and user location information from one or more information sources external to the cleaning robot. The processor may analyze the user planning information and the user location information. The processor may determine one or more cleaning parameters for the cleaning robot based on the analysis of the user planning information and the user location information. The processor may generate an instruction for the cleaning robot to schedule an operation of the cleaning robot based on the one or more cleaning parameters. The processor may execute the generated instruction to perform the operation of the cleaning robot.