Patents Assigned to ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD
  • Patent number: 11487297
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of travel control, a device and a storage medium. In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, a self-mobile device collects three-dimensional environment information on a travel path of itself in the travel process, identifies an obstacle area and a type thereof existing on the travel path of the self-mobile device based on the three-dimensional environment information, and the self-mobile device adopts different travel controls in a targeted manner for different types of the area, such that the obstacle avoidance performance of the self-mobile device is improved by adopting the method of the travel control in the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yilan Li, Kaixuan Xie
  • Patent number: 11460328
    Abstract: A distance measuring device includes a motor, a control box and a code discs which are relative rotate driven by the motor. A point position tooth is comprised on the code disc. The control box comprises a distance measuring unit, a detection part and a control unit. The detection part comprises a light emitter and a light receiver which are correspondingly arranged. The control box is rotated relative to the code disc, so that the point position tooth passes through a corresponding position between the light emitter and the light receiver; the control unit receives the signal output of the light receiver, judges the information on alignment status of the point position tooth with the corresponding position, and sends a start or stop operation instruction to the distance measuring unit on the basis of the status information. A method for seeking a distance measuring starting point is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju Tang
  • Publication number: 20220248919
    Abstract: The elastic sealing layer is attached to both the detachable connection part (21) and the wiping cloth (22). The elastic sealing layer is made from a foamed EPDM material (23), an integral skin sponge (33) or a common sponge (43), wherein a sealing film (24) is arranged on at least one side of the common sponge (43). The detachable connection part (21) may be a Velcro. With the structure of the elastic sealing layer between the detachable connection part and the wiping cloth, the duster cloth has good elasticity, and the air-tightness of the negative pressure chamber of the cleaning robot is greatly improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoming LV
  • Publication number: 20220225851
    Abstract: A cleaning robot, includes a body provided with a dust box and a water tank, a water outlet for discharging liquid in the water tank and a dust suction port connected with the dust box are provided with on a bottom of the body, and the water outlet is disposed rearward of the dust suction port and adjacent thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lele ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220218170
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a robot, a robot system, a dust box, and a control method. The robot includes a body, provided with a suction port and a dust box, which are fluid communicated. The dust box is provided with a plurality of dust outlets and a dust inlet communicated with the suction port. All of the plurality of dust outlets are closed when the body is in a first mode, and dust on a surface is collected into the dust box through the suction port. The plurality of dust outlets work cooperatively to discharge the dust stored in the dust box under an action of a suction airflow when the body is in a second mode. The amount of dust residue in the dust box may be effectively reduced according to the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hui WANG
  • Patent number: 11350804
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a duster cloth for a cleaning robot and a cleaning robot using the duster cloth. The duster cloth comprises a detachable connection part (21) close to a base of the robot, a wiping cloth (22) close to a surface to be cleaned, and an elastic sealing layer located between the detachable connection part (21) and the wiping cloth (22). The elastic sealing layer is attached to both the detachable connection part (21) and the wiping cloth (22). The elastic sealing layer is made from a foamed EPDM material (23), an integral skin sponge (33) or a common sponge (43), wherein a sealing film (24) is arranged on at least one side of the common sponge (43). The detachable connection part (21) may be a Velcro. With the structure of the elastic sealing layer between the detachable connection part and the wiping cloth, the duster cloth has good elasticity, and the air-tightness of the negative pressure chamber of the cleaning robot is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoming Lv
  • Patent number: 11344173
    Abstract: Provided are a cleaning robot and a cleaning cloth bracket for the cleaning robot, including a cleaning cloth bracket, where the cleaning cloth bracket includes a main body, a soft member and a raised portion, a cleaning cloth is provided under the cleaning cloth bracket, the cleaning cloth bracket is floatingly disposed at a bottom of a base of the cleaning robot, the raised portion is provided at a front end of the main body through the soft member, and the raised portion is in contact with the bottom of the base. According to the present disclosure, by increasing the height of the raised portion and providing the soft member between the raised portion and the main body of the cleaning cloth bracket, the range of application of the cleaning robot is improved, the cleaning robot is allowed to overcome higher obstacles, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zeheng Tang, Shoumu Wang, Jinting Bi
  • Publication number: 20220161665
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an autonomous mobile robot and a walking method thereof. The autonomous mobile robot includes a machine body, a driving wheel assembly and an obstacle crossing assembly. The driving wheel assembly is rotatably arranged on the machine body through a first rotating shaft. The driving wheel assembly includes a driving wheel. When the driving wheel moves from a first position to a second position relative to the machine body, the obstacle crossing assembly applies a force to the driving wheel assembly to make a change amplitude of positive pressure between the driving wheel and a traveling surface less than or equal to a set threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjie CHENG, Jie HOU
  • Patent number: 11317776
    Abstract: A cleaning robot, includes a body provided with a dust box, a water tank, a cleaning unit disposed at a bottom of the body, a water outlet mechanism outputting liquid in the water tank through the water discharge pipeline and a water discharge pipeline independently disposed outside the water tank and at least partially located directly below the dust box, so that the capacity of the water tank is increased, without requiring adding water frequently, thereby prolonging the time of operation, the layout of various parts in the body is more compact and feasible, a longer water discharge pipeline enables the corresponding cleaning unit to be made larger, by which a working area of the robot is expanded and the working efficiency is enhanced, the probability for damage is reduced, and the service life of the machine is prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lele Zhang
  • Patent number: 11287822
    Abstract: The self-moving robot may be abutted with functional modules and may include a functional module recognition mechanism and a control mechanism. The control mechanism regulates an operating parameter or an operating mode of the self-moving robot according to the type of the functional module recognized by the recognition mechanism. Due to the utilization of the self-moving robot and the control method thereof provided by the present disclosure, parameters of the sensor and the self-walking speed and the like of the self-moving robot may be regulated according to actual situations under the condition that different modules are combined together to work, so that toppling or falling of the self-moving robot is reduced, and the safety of personnel and the robot itself may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju Tang
  • Publication number: 20220079400
    Abstract: A surface cleaning robot includes: a first cleaning unit arranged at a bottom of a main body; and a second cleaning unit arranged on one side of the main body. The second cleaning unit rotates under the action of a drive mechanism. Compared with the prior art, the surface cleaning robot cleans, by means of the second cleaning unit on one side of the main body, a surface to be cleaned. The driving of the second cleaning unit is independent from the walking of the surface cleaning robot, which is different from the prior art where bottom cleaning is performed while the surface cleaning robot walks. Therefore, rollers having a large volume are omitted. By driving the second cleaning unit to rotate, the cleaning effect is better improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoumu WANG, Jianfeng HU
  • Patent number: 11273714
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an autonomous mobile robot and a walking method thereof. The autonomous mobile robot includes a machine body, a driving wheel assembly and an obstacle crossing assembly. The driving wheel assembly is rotatably arranged on the machine body through a first rotating shaft. The driving wheel assembly includes a driving wheel. When the driving wheel moves from a first position to a second position relative to the machine body, the obstacle crossing assembly applies a force to the driving wheel assembly to make a change amplitude of positive pressure between the driving wheel and a traveling surface less than or equal to a set threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjie Cheng, Jie Hou
  • Patent number: 11213176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of manufacturing of small appliances, and relates to a glass-wiping robot. The glass-wiping robot comprises a robot main body, a power cord and a safety buckle. The power cord is connected to the robot main body, and winds onto the safety buckle. The safety buckle is provided thereon with a suction cup. The safety buckle sucks on a glass via the suction cup. The glass-wiping robot of the present invention provides double protection and improved safety effects when the robot main body inadvertently falls off the window, allows for convenient fixing or moving of the safety buckle, and is convenient to carry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoming Lv
  • Publication number: 20210369069
    Abstract: Provided are a cleaning robot and a method for traveling along an edge, and a readable medium. The cleaning robot includes a body, where a rolling brush and a side brush are provided at a bottom of the body, the rolling brush and the side brush are transversely arranged at a front end of the cleaning robot, and one end of the rolling brush and the side brush are respectively arranged close to edges of two sides of the body; the cleaning robot further includes a control module and a ground medium identification sensor for detecting a type of a work surface, where the ground medium identification sensor sends a detection signal to the control module, and the control module controls the cleaning robot to travel along an edge with one side edge of the body according to the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongmei PENG, Qichao LI
  • Publication number: 20210365030
    Abstract: An obstacle avoidance moving method of a self-moving robot includes storing a coordinate of a first obstacle point and a coordinate of a second obstacle point. The coordinate of the first obstacle point and the coordinate of the second obstacle point are formed by detecting an obstacle by the self-moving robot when moving along a first direction. The method further includes performing a serpentine pattern moving according to the coordinate of the first obstacle point and the coordinate of the second obstacle point. The method accurately determines obstacle position and provides a concise moving path, and greatly improves the working efficiency of the self-moving robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju TANG
  • Publication number: 20210347050
    Abstract: Provided are a self-movement robot, a map invoking method and a combined robot. The self-movement robot includes a robot body and a control center disposed on the body, the robot body comprising a distance sensor, the distance sensor collects two-dimensional map information of a working surface on which the self-movement robot is located, and collects spatial height information above the working surface on which the self-movement robot is located; and while obtaining the two-dimensional map information of the working surface, the control center overlays the spatial height information to the two-dimensional map information and obtains three-dimensional map information of a working region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju TANG
  • Patent number: 11109734
    Abstract: A combined robot includes a self-moving robot and a functional module, in which the functional module is detachably combined into the self-moving robot through a connecting piece. Driving wheels and a driven wheel are disposed at a bottom of a machine body of the self-moving robot. By taking an advancing direction when the self-moving robot operates as a forward direction, the driving wheels are located on a left side and a right side of the bottom of the machine body. The driven wheel is located at a front end or a rear end of the bottom of the machine body. A control center is disposed in the combined robot and controls the combined robot to operate. One end away from the driven wheel of the bottom of the machine body of the self-moving robot is a supporting end, and floating supporting mechanisms are disposed at the supporting end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fanming Meng
  • Patent number: 11112800
    Abstract: An obstacle avoidance walking method of a self-moving robot includes storing a coordinate of a first obstacle point and a coordinate of a second obstacle point. The coordinate of the first obstacle point and the coordinate of the second obstacle point are formed by detecting an obstacle by the self-moving robot when walking along a first direction. The method further includes performing a preset shuttle walking according to the coordinate of the first obstacle point and the coordinate of the second obstacle point. The method accurately determines obstacle position and provides a concise walking path, and greatly improves the working efficiency of the self-moving robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju Tang
  • Patent number: D942099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xintong Yu, Fang He, Shuai Liu
  • Patent number: D960471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xintong Yu, Xiaowen Li, Pingxing Huang, XiaoJuan Chen