System with a first floor processing device and a second floor processing device as well as a method for operating such a system

US11397437B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VORWERK & CO. INTERHOLDING GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Peter Arnold · Sarnen, CH
• Thomas Buening · Bochum, DE
• Benjamin Fleczok · Essen, DE
• Robert Frielinghaus · Bochum, DE
• Martin Helmich · Duisburg, DE
• Lorenz Hillen · Wuppertal, DE
• Christian Holz · Dortmund, DE
• Gerhard Isenberg · Cologne, DE
• Andrej Mosebach · Bochum, DE
• Roman Ortmann · Gerstungen, DE
• Kevin Schmitz · Goldkronach, DE
• Fabian Vitz · Wuppertal, DE
• Niklas Van Teeffelen · Dressendorf, DE
• Uwe Kemker · Wuppertal, DE
• Georg Hackert · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 26, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47L2201/04
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system with a first floor processing device and a second floor processing device that is designed to orient and localize itself within an environment based on an area map. The first floor processing device is set up to detect a movement path during a movement by the first floor processing device and transmit information about the detected movement path to the second floor processing device. The second floor processing device has a control and evaluation unit that is set up to analyze the received information and, based upon the movement path detected by the first floor processing device and/or a partial area of the environment not traversed by the movement path, enter a no-go area into the area map which the second floor processing device is not allowed to traverse.