Patents by Inventor Bincai Lan

Bincai Lan 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: 20260003361
    Abstract: An autonomous working robot including a sensor assembly configured to generate sensing data based on acquired information; and a controller configured to determine whether an entry condition is met, and perform an entry control process in response to the entry condition being met. The entry control process includes outputting a corresponding driving instruction according to the sensing data to control a first movement trajectory of the autonomous working robot moving from a vehicle transporting the autonomous working robot to a ground of a non-working area; obtaining map data of a working area of a working task to be performed; and outputting a corresponding driving instruction according to the map data and sensing data to control a second movement trajectory of the autonomous working robot moving from the ground of the non-working area to the working area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Meng WENG, Shengcang YANG, Zhiguo REN, Xiahong Zha, Bincai LAN, Xinglong HOU, Xiaohui ZHOU, Siyuan ZHENG, Hang YU, Shuailong LU
  • Publication number: 20250255213
    Abstract: A mowing control process includes: acquiring map data of a first working area of a mowing task to be executed; planning a moving path of the autonomous working apparatus in the first working area at least according to the map data of the first working area, and controlling the autonomous working apparatus to autonomously traverse the first working area along the planned movement path and perform single-pass mowing in the first working area. The single-pass mowing is achieved through simultaneously mulching or collecting grass during mowing. The autonomous working apparatus switches to a state of moving or preparing to move toward a next first working area after detecting completion of traversal of the first working area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Shiping JIAO, Jiang Du, Xinghong LI, Xiahong ZHA, Bincai LAN, Liangliang LIAO
  • Publication number: 20250165002
    Abstract: The autonomous working apparatus is adapted to perform at least one working task in a working area. A control method includes: obtaining at least one working parameter when the autonomous working apparatus performs a current working task; determining, according to the at least one working parameter, whether the autonomous working apparatus needs to return to a preset parking position located outside the working area, and if a determining result is yes, controlling the autonomous working apparatus to travel to a preset position to wait for a user operation to be applied, where the preset parking position is different from the preset position; and enabling the autonomous working apparatus to return to the preset parking position based on the applied user operation, and switching to a state of waiting to perform a next working task or shutting down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Meng WENG, Shuailong LU, Shengcang YANG, Zhiguo REN, Xiahong Zha, Bincai LAN
  • Publication number: 20240276909
    Abstract: An automatic lawn mower including: a frame body; a movement module; a cutting module; a controller; a plurality of sensors, configured to detect an obstacle in an environment, where the plurality of sensors include: a plurality of first sensors, where the first sensors are arranged around the frame body in a manner in which a detection direction thereof is inclined upward by a first preset angle relative to a horizontal reference plane; and a second sensor, arranged in a manner in which a detection direction thereof is toward a front end of the frame body and is inclined downward by a second preset angle relative to the horizontal reference plane, where poses of first sensors and second sensor are combined, so that a sum of detection ranges of the plurality of sensors covers all angles in a direction parallel to the horizontal reference plane, thereby avoiding the obstacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Zhiguo Ren, Jiang Du, Bincai Lan, Xiahong Zha, Xinghong Li, Dong Yin, Chunpeng Xu, Xiaochu Sheng
  • Patent number: 11844313
    Abstract: An automatic working system includes a self-moving device moving and working inside a defined working area and an energy module supplying power to the self-moving device. The self-moving device includes a body, a movement module, a task execution module, and a control module. The energy module is selectively configured to supply power to the self-moving device or another electric tool different from the self-moving device. The self-moving device includes an accommodating cavity provided with an inlet and configured to accommodate the energy module and a protective cover configured to operably block the inlet. The self-moving device further includes a drainage system configured to drain water to prevent water from entering the accommodating cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Positec Technology (China) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Don Zhendong Gao, Shiping Jiao, Jiang Du, Xiulian Chen, Fengli Zhao, Bincai Lan
  • Patent number: 11394216
    Abstract: An automatic working system includes a self-moving device powered by an energy module and moving and working in a defined working area. The self-moving device includes a body, a movement module, a task execution module, a control module, and a charging system configured to store external electrical energy in the energy module to charge the energy module. The charging system includes at least two charging modes for charging the energy module. In the different charging modes, the charging system uses different charging logics and/or different charging parameters to charge the energy module. The charging system further includes a charging management module configured to manage the charging modes, to enable the charging system to use a corresponding charging mode to charge the energy module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiping Jiao, Baoquan Zhang, Bincai Lan, Don Zhendong Gao, Xiulian Chen, Jiang Du
  • Patent number: 11249490
    Abstract: A self-moving device capable of automatically recognizing an object in front is provided. The self-moving device includes a signal transmission module, a gradient determination module, and a control module. The signal transmission module transmits recognition signals propagated along at least two different paths. The gradient determination module obtains, according to the recognition signals, a first determination result indicating whether an object in front is a slope. The control module controls a traveling path of the self-moving device according to the first determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiang Du, Davide Dalfra, Dong Wang, Bincai Lan
  • Patent number: 11188087
    Abstract: The present invention provides an autonomous vehicle, comprising: a housing; a driving module, mounted on the housing; a limit detecting module, mounted on the housing and detecting a distance between the autonomous vehicle and a limit; an energy module, mounted on the housing and providing energy for the autonomous vehicle; a control module, electrically connected to the driving module and the limit detecting module, the control module enables to the driving module to execute steering according to a signal representing an angle relationship between the autonomous vehicle and the limit and sent by the limit detecting module, such that an acute angle or right angle is always formed between the central axis of the autonomous vehicle and one lateral side of the limit when the steering is finished, and an acute angle or right angle is formed between the central axis of the autonomous vehicle and another lateral side of the limit when the steering begins; and if judging that the driving of the autonomous vehicle m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiahong Zha, Fengli Zhao, Bincai Lan
  • Publication number: 20210294348
    Abstract: The present invention provides a self-moving device. The automatic working system includes: a self-moving device, configured to move and execute a work task within a working area defined by a boundary; and a magnetic device, disposed within the working area or at a position near the boundary of the working area, where the self-moving device includes a boundary recognition module, a magnetic signal detection module, and a control module; the boundary recognition module is configured to recognize the boundary of the working area; the magnetic signal detection module is configured to detect a magnetic signal generated by the magnetic device to further recognize the boundary of the working area and/or guide the self-moving device; and the control module is configured to control a movement pattern of the self-moving device based on a recognition result of the boundary recognition module and/or a detection result of the magnetic signal detection module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bincai LAN, Xiaojun ZHANG, Wenling WU, Xiaonan PENG
  • Publication number: 20200287397
    Abstract: An automatic working system includes a self-moving device powered by an energy module and moving and working in a defined working area. The self-moving device includes a body, a movement module, a task execution module, a control module, and a charging system configured to store external electrical energy in the energy module to charge the energy module. The charging system includes at least two charging modes for charging the energy module. In the different charging modes, the charging system uses different charging logics and/or different charging parameters to charge the energy module. The charging system further includes a charging management module configured to manage the charging modes, to enable the charging system to use a corresponding charging mode to charge the energy module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Shiping Jiao, Baoquan Zhang, Bincai Lan, Zhendong Gao, Xiulian Chen, Jiang Du
  • Publication number: 20200267903
    Abstract: An automatic working system includes a self-moving device moving and working inside a defined working area and an energy module supplying power to the self-moving device. The self-moving device includes a body, a movement module, a task execution module, and a control module. The energy module is selectively configured to supply power to the self-moving device or another electric tool different from the self-moving device. The self-moving device includes an accommodating cavity provided with an inlet and configured to accommodate the energy module and a protective cover configured to operably block the inlet. The self-moving device further includes a drainage system configured to drain water to prevent water from entering the accommodating cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Zhendong GAO, Shiping JIAO, Jiang DU, Xiulian CHEN, Fengli ZHAO, Bincai LAN
  • Publication number: 20190227574
    Abstract: A self-moving device capable of automatically recognizing an object in front is provided. The self-moving device includes a signal transmission module, a gradient determination module, and a control module. The signal transmission module transmits recognition signals propagated along at least two different paths. The gradient determination module obtains, according to the recognition signals, a first determination result indicating whether an object in front is a slope. The control module controls a traveling path of the self-moving device according to the first determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jiang Du, Davide Dalfra, Dong Wang, Bincai Lan
  • Publication number: 20190113931
    Abstract: The present invention provides an autonomous vehicle, comprising: a housing; a driving module, mounted on the housing; a limit detecting module, mounted on the housing and detecting a distance between the autonomous vehicle and a limit; an energy module, mounted on the housing and providing energy for the autonomous vehicle; a control module, electrically connected to the driving module and the limit detecting module, the control module enables to the driving module to execute steering according to a signal representing an angle relationship between the autonomous vehicle and the limit and sent by the limit detecting module, such that an acute angle or right angle is always formed between the central axis of the autonomous vehicle and one lateral side of the limit when the steering is finished, and an acute angle or right angle is formed between the central axis of the autonomous vehicle and another lateral side of the limit when the steering begins; and if judging that the driving of the autonomous vehicle m
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Xiahong Zha, Fengli Zhao, Bincai Lan