Patents by Inventor HSI-CHEN TSAI

HSI-CHEN TSAI 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).

  • METHOD, MOBILE DEVICE AND CLEANING ROBOT FOR SPECIFYING CLEANING AREAS
    Publication number: 20230229158
    Abstract: A method for specifying a cleaning area to a cleaning robot without an in-built map provides a hand-held mobile device capturing a two-dimensional code label arranged on a top of a cleaning robot parked on a charging base, and obtaining a positional relationship between the mobile device and the cleaning robot through the captured image. The cleaning robot is controlled to enter a cleaning mode under the guidance of the mobile device. With captured images, a user can specify an area within the environment for cleaning, and through a touch display screen can control the cleaning robot to go to the specified cleaning area for cleaning. The mobile device and the cleaning robot employing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: YEN-HSIN LIN, HSI-CHEN TSAI
  • Method, mobile device and cleaning robot for specifying cleaning areas
    Patent number: 11640166
    Abstract: A method for specifying a cleaning area to a cleaning robot without an in-built map provides a hand-held mobile device capturing a two-dimensional code label arranged on a top of a cleaning robot parked on a charging base, and obtaining a positional relationship between the mobile device and the cleaning robot through the captured image. The cleaning robot is controlled to enter a cleaning mode under the guidance of the mobile device. With captured images, a user can specify an area within the environment for cleaning, and through a touch display screen can control the cleaning robot to go to the specified cleaning area for cleaning. The mobile device and the cleaning robot employing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Hsin Lin, Hsi-Chen Tsai
  • METHOD, MOBILE DEVICE AND CLEANING ROBOT FOR SPECIFYING CLEANING AREAS
    Publication number: 20220413487
    Abstract: A method for specifying a cleaning area to a cleaning robot without an in-built map provides a hand-held mobile device capturing a two-dimensional code label arranged on a top of a cleaning robot parked on a charging base, and obtaining a positional relationship between the mobile device and the cleaning robot through the captured image. The cleaning robot is controlled to enter a cleaning mode under the guidance of the mobile device. With captured images, a user can specify an area within the environment for cleaning, and through a touch display screen can control the cleaning robot to go to the specified cleaning area for cleaning. The mobile device and the cleaning robot employing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: YEN-HSIN LIN, HSI-CHEN TSAI