阅读说明：本技术 电动吸尘器 (Electric vacuum cleaner ) 是由 渡边浩太 丸谷裕树 于 2018-05-22 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种能够使智能的吸尘动作迎合使用者喜好的电动吸尘器。电动吸尘器(11)具有主体壳体、驱动轮、吸尘部(22)、存储器(67)、传感器部(23)以及通信部(24)、辨别部(68)、行驶控制部(61)。存储器(67)存储地图数据。传感器部(23)以及通信部(24)从外部取得多个吸尘区域的信息。辨别部(68)基于由传感器部(23)以及通信部(24)取得的信息,根据存储器(67)所存储的地图数据辨别多个吸尘区域。行驶控制部(61)通过对驱动轮的驱动进行控制,由此按照由辨别部(68)辨别出的每个吸尘区域,使主体壳体自主行驶。(The invention provides an electric dust collector which can make intelligent dust collection action meet the preference of users. The electric vacuum cleaner (11) is provided with a main body housing, a drive wheel, a dust suction unit (22), a memory (67), a sensor unit (23), a communication unit (24), a determination unit (68), and a travel control unit (61). A memory (67) stores map data. The sensor unit (23) and the communication unit (24) acquire information of a plurality of dust collection areas from the outside. A determination unit (68) determines a plurality of dust collection areas from map data stored in a memory (67) on the basis of information acquired by the sensor unit (23) and the communication unit (24). The travel control unit (61) controls the driving of the driving wheels, thereby causing the main body housing to travel autonomously for each dust collection area identified by the identification unit (68).)

1. An electric vacuum cleaner is characterized by comprising:

a main body;

a travel driving unit that enables the main body to travel;

a dust suction unit for sucking dust;

a memory storing map data;

an information acquisition unit which acquires information of a plurality of dust suction areas from outside;

a determination unit configured to determine a plurality of dust collection areas from the map data stored in the memory based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit; and

and a travel control unit that controls driving of the travel driving unit to autonomously travel the main body for each dust collection area determined by the determination unit.

2. The electric vacuum cleaner of claim 1,

the information of each dust collection area acquired by the information acquisition unit includes information for identifying each dust collection area.

3. The electric vacuum cleaner of claim 2,

the identification unit identifies an existing dust collection area of the main body based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit.

4. The electric vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 or 3,

the travel control means sets the order of the dust collection areas for causing the main body to travel, based on the order of the dust collection areas included in the information acquired by the information acquisition means.

5. The electric vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 or 3,

the travel control means sets the order of the dust collection areas for causing the main body to travel from the dust collection areas identified based on the information acquired by the information acquisition means.

6. The electric vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

the travel control means sets a dust collection area in which the main body does not travel from the dust collection area identified based on the information acquired by the information acquisition means.

7. The electric vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the information acquisition means is communication means with an external device.

8. The electric vacuum cleaner of claim 7,

the external device is a mobile terminal.

9. The electric vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 8,

the information acquisition unit acquires information of the dust suction area based on an identification object attached to the dust suction area.

10. The electric vacuum cleaner of claim 9,

the identification object is installed at a position where the main body moves in and out with respect to the dust suction area.

11. The electric vacuum cleaner of claim 10,

the identification object is further attached to a connecting region side connecting the different dust suction regions.

12. The electric vacuum cleaner as claimed in any one of claims 9 to 11,

the identification object can be detached.

Technical Field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an electric vacuum cleaner capable of autonomous travel.

Background

Conventionally, a so-called autonomous traveling type electric vacuum cleaner (vacuum cleaning robot) that performs vacuum cleaning on a floor surface as a surface to be cleaned while autonomously traveling on the floor surface has been known.

In such an electric vacuum cleaner, there are techniques for achieving efficient dust collection: the size, shape, obstacle, and the like of a room to be cleaned are reflected and created (plotted) in map data, an optimum travel route is set based on the created map data, and travel is performed along the travel route.

However, the map data created is map data of the entire dust collection area, and is not map data for identifying each room in the dust collection area, and therefore, for example, there is a possibility that an action not normally taken by a dust collector when performing dust collection is performed: when the vacuum cleaner is not used for cleaning a room, it is difficult to meet the user's preference, for example, to drive the vacuum cleaner to another room and return to the previous room after cleaning the room is finished to clean the remaining part.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

The present invention provides an electric vacuum cleaner capable of making an intelligent vacuum cleaning action to meet the preference of a user.

Means for solving the problems

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal structure of an electric vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the electric vacuum cleaner as described above.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the electric vacuum cleaner shown from below.

Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a method of calculating three-dimensional coordinates of an object of the electric vacuum cleaner as described above.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of installation of the identification object of the electric vacuum cleaner as described above.

Fig. 6(a) is an explanatory view showing one embodiment of the same identifier, (b) is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the same identifier, (c) is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the same identifier, (d) is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the same identifier, and (e) is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the same identifier.

Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing input of information from an external device to the electric vacuum cleaner as described above.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing a part of the control of the electric vacuum cleaner as described above.

The electric dust collector of the embodiment comprises a main body, a driving part, a dust collecting part, a memory, an information acquiring unit, a distinguishing unit and a driving control unit. The travel driving unit enables the main body to travel. The dust suction part sucks dust. The memory stores map data. The information acquisition unit acquires information of the plurality of dust suction areas from the outside. The determination unit determines a plurality of dust collection areas from map data stored in the memory based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit. The travel control unit controls the driving of the travel driving unit, thereby causing the main body to travel autonomously in accordance with the dust collection area determined by the determination unit.