Patents by Inventor Lirong Ye

Lirong Ye has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240138645
    Abstract: A cleaning base station includes a base, a first electrode, an infrared module, and a guiding member. The base includes an open chamber accommodating a cleaning robot, and the open chamber includes a chamber sidewall extending in an arc shape. The first electrode is arranged on the chamber sidewall and contacts a second electrode of the cleaning robot. The infrared module is arranged on the chamber sidewall and aligns the cleaning robot. The guiding member is arranged on the chamber sidewall and protrudes from the chamber sidewall, the guiding member is capable of extending into a guiding groove defined on the cleaning robot, the guiding member includes a guiding part, the guiding part is positioned on one end of the guiding member far away from the chamber sidewall, and a cross-sectional size of the guiding part gradually decreases along a direction away from the chamber sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Junjian Huang, Xue Liang, Yewei Kang, Jiwen Li, Lirong Ye
  • Publication number: 20240138640
    Abstract: A maintenance base station includes at least one function component, a man-machine interaction component and a controller. The man-machine interaction component is configured to receive a user input and determine a man-machine interaction signal based on the user input. The man-machine interaction signal indicates a device type and a device task type. A device indicated with the device type at least includes a cleaning robot or the function component of the maintenance base station. The controller electrically connecting the function component and the man-machine interaction component, and is configured to receive the man-machine interaction signal and call the corresponding device to work based on the man-machine intction signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: JUN WU, ZHEXIN GAO, JUN YANG, GUICHAO YANG, LIRONG YE, GUODONG ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240147560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of smart home, and discloses a method for network configuration, a storage medium, a base station, a cleaning device, and a cleaning system. The method includes: generating network configuration prompt information in response to receiving a second Bluetooth MAC address sent by a second device; obtaining wireless connection information sent by a user terminal through the first Bluetooth connection; connecting to a wireless network according to the wireless connection information, and uploading the second Bluetooth MAC address to a server through the wireless network, in order that the user terminal interacts with the second device. Thus, a network configuration efficiency of connecting the first device and the second device to the wireless network can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yang YANG, Juanjuan REN, Guodong ZHANG, Lirong YE
  • Publication number: 20240065503
    Abstract: A dust-collecting box includes a dust-collecting box body and a filter screen. The dust-collecting box body defines a dust inlet, a dust receiving cavity and an exhaust passage which are communicated in sequence, an air inlet end of the exhaust passage is in communication with the dust receiving cavity, and an air outlet end of the exhaust passage is in pneumatic communication with a fan assembly. The filter screen is arranged between the air inlet end and the air outlet end, the filter screen filters an airflow entering the exhaust passage from the dust receiving cavity, an exhaust direction of the air outlet end is defined as a preset reference direction, and the filter screen is arranged obliquely relative to the preset reference direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoxiao Xia, Lirong Ye
  • Publication number: 20240065501
    Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a housing, a dust box and a dust extraction duct. The housing is enclosed to form a mounting chamber and is provided with a dust outlet. The dust box is arranged in the mounting chamber and configured to collect dust, and the dust box is provided with a dust collection port and a dust extraction port. The dust collection port and the dust extraction port are respectively disposed on two sides of a centerline of the dust box. One end of the dust extraction duct communicates with the dust extraction port, and the other end of the dust extraction duct is connected to the dust outlet of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: XUE LIANG, JUN YANG, QUANLONG LU, WUJI ZHANG, JUNJIAN HUANG, NAN ZHOU, DINGRUI LU, LIRONG YE
  • Publication number: 20240032765
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes a cleaning robot and a cleaning base station. The cleaning robot includes a machine body, a first cleaning assembly and a pushing assembly, the first cleaning assembly is detachably arranged on a bottom portion of the machine body, and the pushing assembly is at least partially arranged in the machine body and connected with the first cleaning assembly. when the cleaning robot is docked with the cleaning base station, the pushing assembly is capable of pushing the first cleaning assembly to move from a first state to a second state and/or from the second state to a third state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Lirong Ye
  • Publication number: 20240023779
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of re-cleaning, a cleaning robot, and a storage medium for improving cleaning quality. The method of re-cleaning includes: obtaining a grid map of a target area, wherein the grid map includes at least one primary cleaning partition; determining whether a primary cleaning partition meeting a re-cleaning condition is present, if so, the primary cleaning partition meeting the re-cleaning condition is designated as a re-cleaning partition to obtain at least one re-cleaning partition, wherein the re-cleaning condition is that the primary cleaning partition is provided with an along-wall mark and is not filled up by a cleaning mark; determining whether a re-cleaning partition that the cleaning robot can reach is present in the at least one re-cleaning partition according to a preset obstacle information database; and if so, navigating to a target partition for cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng LI, Guoyan Tan, Qian Sun, Juanjuan Ren, Yue Ban, Lirong Ye
  • Publication number: 20240000281
    Abstract: An autonomous robot includes a robot body, a movement component, a collision sensor, an edge sensor, and a controller. The robot body includes a front collision body case, and a peripheral contour of the front collision body case is rectangular. The collision sensor is configured to generate a collision detection signal. The edge sensor is configured to transmit and receive the edge detection signal. The controller is configured to control the robot body to perform an edgewise adjustment mode. In the edgewise adjustment mode, the controller gradually adjusts a forward direction of the movement component towards the same target deflection direction according to the collision detection signal, in order to gradually reduce a relative distance between the edge sensor and an obstacle until the relative distance is within a preset edge detection distance range. Thus, a problem of low efficiency in edgewise movement is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yiting HUANG, Lirong YE
  • Patent number: 11819173
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of cleaning devices, and discloses a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a machine body, a front bumper, a cleaning assembly, a collecting assembly and a water tank. The machine body is provided with a recess, and the cleaning assembly includes a roller for cleaning the ground. The roller is mounted between the machine body and the front bumper. The collecting assembly is provided with a wastewater outlet and mounted between the machine body and the roller and abuts against the roller. The water tank is provided with a wastewater inlet and is removably mounted in the recess. The wastewater flows into the water tank through the wastewater outlet and the wastewater inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang Feng, Lirong Ye, Ruijun Yan, Changtai Xia, Xiao Hu
  • Publication number: 20230210332
    Abstract: The cleaning robot includes a housing, a brush roller and a suction device. The housing is provided with a mounting chamber. A debris collecting chamber is communicated with the mounting chamber. The brush roller is pivotally mounted in the mounting chamber and at least a part of the brush roller protrudes from the mounting chamber. The housing is further provided with a debris collecting channel, one end of the debris collecting channel is communicated with the debris collecting chamber, the other end of the debris collecting channel penetrates through the rear end of housing, and the housing is further provided with a first door for opening or closing the debris collecting channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: JIELIN YI, LIRONG YE
  • Publication number: 20230210326
    Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a housing assembly, a roller brush, a driving module, a dust box, a suction device, a power supply battery and two travelling modules. The housing assembly has a front end and a rear end, and a bottom of the housing assembly is recessed to form a mounting cavity. The roller brush is rotatably arranged in the mounting cavity and can be driven to rotate by the driving module. The two travelling modules are arranged at the rear end of the housing assembly and are spaced from the roller brush in a front-rear direction of the housing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: CHAOZHENG LIAO, LIRONG YE
  • Publication number: 20230210335
    Abstract: The disclosure belongs to the technical field of intelligent household equipment, and provides to a front bumper assembly and a cleaning robot. The front bumper assembly includes a bumper body and two elastic pieces, the two elastic pieces are disposed at the rear ends of two sides of the bumper body, each of the elastic pieces is of an integrally formed structure and is provided with a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion which are abutted against the bumper body, the first elastic portion is configured for receiving first pressure applied by the bumper body, and is able to apply a first counterforce to the bumper body, the second elastic portion is configured for receiving a second pressure applied by the bumper body, and is able to apply a second counterforce to the bumper body, the first pressure is a pressure in an advancing direction of the cleaning robot, and the second pressure is a lateral pressure perpendicular to or arranged at an acute angle with the advancing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jielin YI, Lirong YE
  • Publication number: 20230210325
    Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a housing and a roller brush. The housing is provided with a mounting cavity with an opening at its bottom. The roller brush is rotatably arranged in the mounting cavity and at least part of the roller brush is extended out of the mounting cavity. At least part of the cavity wall is transparent to form a transparent area, and a viewing area is set at a position of the housing and above the transparent area. The closed observation space is formed in the housing, and the observation space communicated with the viewing area and the transparent area, so that the user can observe the working condition of the roller brush inside the mounting cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: CHAOZHENG LIAO, LIRONG YE
  • Publication number: 20230200606
    Abstract: A debris bin includes a box body, a debris suction opening, and a debris outlet opening. The box body has an inner cavity. The debris suction opening is defined on the box body and communicates with the inner cavity of the box body. The debris outlet opening is defined on the box body and communicates with the inner cavity of the box body. The inner cavity is provided with a supporting surface for supporting debris. The supporting surface is inclined, and a top edge of the supporting surface and a bottom edge of the supporting surface are arranged parallel to each other and horizontally. The debris outlet opening is located at a side of the bottom edge of the supporting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: XIAOXIAO XIA, LIRONG YE
  • Patent number: 11586201
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method and an apparatus for recognizing a stuck status as well as a computer storage medium, with the method comprising: building an environmental map within a preset extent by taking the current position of the mobile robot as center; real-time monitoring the march information of the mobile robot and predicting whether the mobile robot is stuck or not; acquiring data from multiple sensors of the mobile robot, if the mobile robot is stuck; and recognizing the current stuck status of the mobile robot based on the data from multiple sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ShenZhen Silver Star Intelligent Technology CO.. LTD
    Inventors: Minghong Zhong, Lirong Ye, Ruijun Yan
  • Patent number: 11131996
    Abstract: An area partitioning method, a partition cleaning method and a robot are provided. The area partitioning method includes: sequentially determining, according to a preset priority order, whether each of candidate directions of a current partition can satisfy a creation condition; creating, when one of the candidate directions satisfies the creation condition, a new partition in the candidate direction satisfying the creation condition; and ending area partitioning when none of the candidate directions satisfies the creation condition. The method can improve the working efficiency of the cleaning robot and avoid the occurrence of random cleaning, which leads to good use experience and has a good application prospect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Liu, Lize Lin, Linghui Sui, Lirong Ye
  • Publication number: 20210263514
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method and an apparatus for recognizing a stuck status as well as a computer storage medium, with the method comprising: building an environmental map within a preset extent by taking the current position of the mobile robot as center; real-time monitoring the march information of the mobile robot and predicting whether the mobile robot is stuck or not; acquiring data from multiple sensors of the mobile robot, if the mobile robot is stuck; and recognizing the current stuck status of the mobile robot based on the data from multiple sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: ShenZhen Silver Star Intelligent Technology CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minghong ZHONG, Lirong YE, Ruijun YAN
  • Publication number: 20210186290
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of cleaning devices, and discloses a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a machine body, a front bumper, a cleaning assembly, a collecting assembly and a water tank. The machine body is provided with a recess, and the cleaning assembly includes a roller for cleaning the ground. The roller is mounted between the machine body and the front bumper. The collecting assembly is provided with a wastewater outlet and mounted between the machine body and the roller and abuts against the roller. The water tank is provided with a wastewater inlet and is removably mounted in the recess. The wastewater flows into the water tank through the wastewater outlet and the wastewater inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: SHANG FENG, LIRONG YE, RUIJUN YAN, CHANGTAI XIA, XIAO HU
  • Publication number: 20200192399
    Abstract: A method for traversing a subarea, a method for cleaning, and a cleaning robot thereof are provided. The method for traversing a subarea includes: gridding position information within the subarea to form a corresponding subarea grid map; searching for an edge grid in the subarea grid map, wherein the edge grid is a grid in close proximity to an edge of the subarea; searching for all continuous line segments in the subarea along a preset search direction, wherein the continuous line segment is a line segment that continuously extends from one edge grid along the search direction to another edge grid; matching the adjacent continuous line segments in sequence to form at least one connected region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Peng LIU, Linghui SUI, Lirong YE
  • Publication number: 20200174485
    Abstract: An area partitioning method, a partition cleaning method and a robot are provided. The area partitioning method includes: sequentially determining, according to a preset priority order, whether each of candidate directions of a current partition can satisfy a creation condition; creating, when one of the candidate directions satisfies the creation condition, a new partition in the candidate direction satisfying the creation condition; and ending area partitioning when none of the candidate directions satisfies the creation condition. The method can improve the working efficiency of the cleaning robot and avoid the occurrence of random cleaning, which leads to good use experience and has a good application prospect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Peng Liu, Lize Lin, Linghui Sui, Lirong Ye