Patents by Inventor Jenny SCHEFFEL

Jenny SCHEFFEL 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).

  • Patent number: 10398269
    Abstract: A method for operating a self-propelled floor cleaning device, in a first operating step, drives the floor cleaning device across a first treatment path across the floor to be cleaned according to a predetermined driving strategy, or according to a predetermined algorithm, which is calculated on the basis of data, which are detected by sensors and thereby carries out a first cleaning step by a first cleaning device. In the first operating step, areas of the floor surfaces to be cleaned, which are cleaned in at least a second operating step by a second cleaning device, or which are excluded from the cleaning by the second cleaning device, are determined. A floor cleaning device, which is suitable for carrying out the method, has a chassis, a first cleaning device for dry cleaning a floor surface, and a second cleaning device for wet cleaning areas of the floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Lorenz Hillen, Martin Meggle, Jenny Scheffel, Jan Von Der Heyden, Nazil Eidmohammadi, Sabrina Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9911226
    Abstract: A method for cleaning or processing a room uses an autonomously mobile device. In order the relieve the user of the task of finding the exact subarea to which the device must travel, or avoid, on a map of the room, the user in order to select a subarea takes a photograph of the subarea and transmits it to a processing unit. In this way a method is provided that is less time-consuming and more convenient for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Lorenz Hillen, Martin Meggle, Jenny Scheffel
  • Publication number: 20160037983
    Abstract: A method for operating a self-propelled floor cleaning device, in a first operating step, drives the floor cleaning device across a first treatment path across the floor to be cleaned according to a predetermined driving strategy, or according to a predetermined algorithm, which is calculated on the basis of data, which are detected by sensors and thereby carries out a first cleaning step by a first cleaning device. In the first operating step, areas of the floor surfaces to be cleaned, which are cleaned in at least a second operating step by a second cleaning device, or which are excluded from the cleaning by the second cleaning device, are determined. A floor cleaning device, which is suitable for carrying out the method, has a chassis, a first cleaning device for dry cleaning a floor surface, and a second cleaning device for wet cleaning areas of the floor surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Lorenz HILLEN, Martin MEGGLE, Jenny SCHEFFEL, Jan VON DER HEYDEN, Nazil EIDMOHAMMADI, Sabrina HOFFMANN
  • Publication number: 20160027207
    Abstract: A method for cleaning or processing a room uses an autonomously mobile device. In order the relieve the user of the task of finding the exact subarea to which the device must travel, or avoid, on a map of the room, the user in order to select a subarea takes a photograph of the subarea and transmits it to a processing unit. In this way a method is provided that is less time-consuming and more convenient for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH
    Inventors: Lorenz HILLEN, Martin MEGGLE, Jenny SCHEFFEL