Patents Assigned to ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD
  • Publication number: 20200125103
    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: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yilan LI, Kaixuan XIE
  • Patent number: 10610070
    Abstract: A suction apparatus, a glass-wiping device and a run control method thereof. The suction apparatus comprises a suction cup unit (1). The suction cup unit (1) comprises an inner suction cup (11) and an outer suction cup (12). The inner suction cup (11) is arranged on the inside of the outer suction cup (12). A chamber on the inside of the inner suction cup (11) forms an inner negative pressure chamber (13) via vacuum suction. A chamber between the inner and outer suction cups (11 and 12) forms an outer negative pressure chamber (14) via vacuum suction. The outer negative pressure chamber (14) is connected to a vacuum detection unit. The vacuum detection unit comprises a distensible piece (20) and a distension-sensing piece (21). The distensible piece (20) is sealedly connected onto an opening on the top end of the outer negative pressure chamber (14). The distensible piece (20) has arranged thereon the distension-sensing piece (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoming Lv
  • Publication number: 20200100635
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rod-type cleaning component and a dust collector with the same. The rod-type cleaning component includes a rod body, the rod body includes a suction pipe connected with a suction inlet of a floor brush, a recycling tank for recycling sewage and a solution tank for providing clean liquid, a main unit joint is arranged at an upper end of the rod body, a floor brush joint is arranged at a lower end, and more than one separation ribs are arranged in an inner cavity of the suction pipe to divide the inner cavity into more than two chamber air ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiwei ZHANG, Jincheng XUE
  • Publication number: 20200089235
    Abstract: In a self-moving robot movement boundary delimiting method, in step 100: setting up three or more base stations in a movement area of a self-moving robot, and establishing a coordinate system; in step 200: artificially planning a movement path in the movement area of the self-moving robot, gathering sample points on the path, and determining the coordinates of the sample points in the coordinate system; and in step 300: delimiting a boundary according to the coordinates of the gathered sample points, and setting the self-moving robot to work inside or outside the boundary. The present invention achieves a regional division by distance measurement and positioning based on stationary base stations, thus improving accuracy and convenience compared to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju TANG
  • Publication number: 20200060497
    Abstract: Provided are a self-cleaning method of a self-moving cleaning robot and a self-moving cleaning robot which has both a working mode and a self-cleaning mode. When the self-moving cleaning robot needs to perform self-cleaning, the following steps are performed: controlling the robot to enter the self-cleaning mode; enabling the robot to start a self-cleaning action; and after a self-cleaning condition is satisfied, ending the self-cleaning mode. The present disclosure automatically clean part of the stains left at a rolling brush, a rolling brush cavity, a water suction port, a dust suction port and an air duct of the self-moving cleaning robot without changing an original working mode of the self-moving cleaning robot, and can prevent remaining pollutants from dropping onto a working surface to cause secondary pollution, is easy to operate and convenient to control, and can effectively realize a self-cleaning process of the self-moving cleaning robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zeheng TANG, Shoumu WANG
  • Publication number: 20200064481
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an autonomous mobile device, a control method and a storage medium. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the autonomous mobile device performs environment sensing based on environment information acquired by an area array laser sensor to complete various functions, where the environment information acquired by the area array laser sensor comprises high-precision and high-resolution direction and distance information and reflectivity information to obtain environment characteristics with matching and identification values, with strong environment identification capability, and the spatial understanding of the autonomous mobile device on the environment can be improved. Compared with a sensing solution based on an image sensor, the area array laser sensor may provide more accurate distance and direction information and reduce the complexity of sensing operations, thereby improving real-time performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin CEN, Yang LIU
  • Publication number: 20200061884
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surface cleaning robot and a process for manufacturing a track thereof. The surface cleaning robot includes a body, where a walking unit is provided at the bottom of the body, the walking unit includes a track and a gear driving the track, the track includes a hard layer in the inner ring engaging with the gear and a soft layer in the outer ring contacting a cleaning surface, and the hard layer and the soft layer are nested and combined as a whole. The present disclosure adopts a composite track that closely nests and combines inner and outer rings of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qi SUN
  • Publication number: 20200046192
    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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lele ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200023517
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a robot control method, a robot and a storage medium. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the robot determines a position when the robot is released from being hijacked based on relocalization operation; determines a task execution area according to environmental information around the position when the robot is released from being hijacked; and afterwards executes a task within the task execution area. Thus, the robot may flexibly determine the task execution area according to the environment in which the robot is released from being hijacked, without returning to the position when the robot is hijacked, to continue to execute the task, then acting according to local conditions is realized and the user requirements may be met as much as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bin CEN
  • Patent number: 10520950
    Abstract: In a self-moving robot movement boundary delimiting method, in step 100: setting up three or more base stations in a movement area of a self-moving robot, and establishing a coordinate system; in step 200: artificially planning a movement path in the movement area of the self-moving robot, gathering sample points on the path, and determining the coordinates of the sample points in the coordinate system; and in step 300: delimiting a boundary according to the coordinates of the gathered sample points, and setting the self-moving robot to work inside or outside the boundary. The present invention achieves a regional division by distance measurement and positioning based on stationary base stations, thus improving accuracy and convenience compared to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju Tang
  • Publication number: 20190361433
    Abstract: Provided are a robot, a remote controller, a robotic system and controlling methods for a robot, including a direction sensor determines a reference direction, a control unit determines a moving direction of the robot by using the reference direction as a reference and remote control instructions received from a remote controller and controls the driving unit to drive the robot to move in the moving direction. Different direction sensors are provided in different surface treatment robots to determine the directional references of the robot to determine the walking directions of a robot to enable the buttons on the remote control to correspond to the walking directions; regardless of the movement state of the robot, the robot will automatically walk in the corresponding direction when any button on the remote control is pressed and released or is pressed and held, thus being easy to operate and improving working efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju TANG
  • Publication number: 20190343350
    Abstract: Provided is a self-moving ground processing apparatus and a suction nozzle. The self-moving ground processing apparatus includes at least an apparatus main body and a suction nozzle coupled to the apparatus main body, where, a suction port is formed on the bottom of the suction nozzle, an advancing direction of the suction nozzle during the operation process is set as a forward direction, a front sealing strip is arranged on the front side of the suction port, the front sealing strip and includes a fixed end and a free end extending toward a working surface. The front sealing strip is made of a flexible material, and the front sealing strip is arranged to deviate from the forward direction, so that a projection of the fixed end on the working surface is positioned before a projection of the free end on the working surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shaojiang LI
  • Publication number: 20190314987
    Abstract: A combined robot and a cruise path generating method thereof includes providing or generating a working map of a self-moving robot and marking a target point on the working map. A planned path is generated according to the location of the target point in the working map. The combined robot begins to walk according to the planned path and it is determined whether an obstacle is encountered during walking. If an obstacle is encountered, a different path adjustment mode is selected according to a relative location when the obstacle is encountered and the planned path is updated according to a walking path to form an actual path. Otherwise, the robot walks directly to form the actual path. The actual path is saved as a cruise path of the combined robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju TANG
  • Patent number: 10443874
    Abstract: A method for multipoint purification by a robotic air purifier, comprising the following steps: S1: establishing a coordinate map of an area to be purified; S2: the robotic air purifier moves within the area to be purified according to a preconfigured movement model, measuring air quality, remembering as level-1 pollution sources those points where a pollution value exceeds a preset threshold, and marking the coordinates of said points on the coordinate map; S3: when having completed its movement over the area to be purified, the robotic air purifier moves to each level-1 pollution source point and performs an initial purification process, while at the same time measuring air quality, continuing in this way until the air quality at all said level-1 pollution sources complies with requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinju Tang, Liangliang Liao, Lei Zhu, Maoyong Chen
  • Publication number: 20190302778
    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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju TANG
  • Publication number: 20190298138
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fanming MENG
  • Patent number: 10429835
    Abstract: A surface treatment robotic system configured to determine direction references by providing different direction sensors in different surface treatment robots, the surface treatment robotic system comprising a surface treatment robot and a remote control; the surface treatment robot comprises a control unit and a drive unit; the control unit receives remote control instructions of the remote control and controls the drive unit to execute corresponding actions; the surface treatment robot is provided with a direction sensor for determining a reference direction; the direction sensor is coupled to the control unit; and the direction sensor transmits the determined reference direction to the control unit, and the control unit determines a walking direction of the robot by referring to the reference direction and according to the remote control instructions inputted by the input terminal of the remote control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinju Tang
  • Patent number: D869109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xintong Yu, Xiaowen Li, Pingxing Huang, XiaoJuan Chen
  • Patent number: D883596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowen Li, Fang He
  • Patent number: D884298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowen Li, Jinye Zhou, Jingya Xie, Fang He