Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
AUTONOMOUS CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING EXPANSION AREA
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/082719
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention is provided with: a map generation unit (181) for generating a new map in which the position of a reference member installed in a cleaning area serves as a reference position; an expansion area determination unit (183) which determines that an expansion area is present when the new map protrudes from an accumulation of maps; and an informing unit (186) for informing a user of expansion information that includes information indicating the presence of the expansion area when the new map is generated on the basis of a travel record in an automatic mode and it is determined that the expansion area is present. Accordingly, the present invention provides the autonomous cleaning device capable of generating the map that corresponds to the change in the cleaning area.

More Like This:
Inventors:
MAEDA SHIGENORI
ASAI KOJI
AMANO KATSUSHIGE
NAKAMURA TOMONORI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/038388
Publication Date:
May 02, 2019
Filing Date:
October 16, 2018
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
PANASONIC IP MAN CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
A47L9/28
Domestic Patent References:
WO2017141536A12017-08-24
Foreign References:
JP2015147091A2015-08-20
JP2005204872A2005-08-04
JP2015536489A2015-12-21
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KAMATA Kenji et al. (JP)
Download PDF: