Patents by Inventor Lirong Ye
Lirong Ye 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).
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Publication number: 20240148212Abstract: The present application discloses the lifting device including: a drive motor, a rotating shaft, a transmission assembly, and a traction member; the rotating shaft includes a mounting portion and a lifting drive portion connected to the mounting portion; the transmission assembly is respectively connected to an output end of the drive motor and the rotating shaft; the traction member is threaded to the lifting drive portion; when the rotating shaft is rotated in a first rotation direction driven by the drive motor, the lifting drive portion rotates relative to the traction member and moves in a direction that approaches the mounting portion; and when the rotating shaft is rotated in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction driven by the drive motor, the lifting drive portion rotates relative to the traction member and moves in a direction away from the mounting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Huajun SUN, Lirong YE
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Publication number: 20240138640Abstract: A maintenance base station includes at least one function component, a man-machine interaction component and a controller. The man-machine interaction component is configured to receive a user input and determine a man-machine interaction signal based on the user input. The man-machine interaction signal indicates a device type and a device task type. A device indicated with the device type at least includes a cleaning robot or the function component of the maintenance base station. The controller electrically connecting the function component and the man-machine interaction component, and is configured to receive the man-machine interaction signal and call the corresponding device to work based on the man-machine intction signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: JUN WU, ZHEXIN GAO, JUN YANG, GUICHAO YANG, LIRONG YE, GUODONG ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240138645Abstract: A cleaning base station includes a base, a first electrode, an infrared module, and a guiding member. The base includes an open chamber accommodating a cleaning robot, and the open chamber includes a chamber sidewall extending in an arc shape. The first electrode is arranged on the chamber sidewall and contacts a second electrode of the cleaning robot. The infrared module is arranged on the chamber sidewall and aligns the cleaning robot. The guiding member is arranged on the chamber sidewall and protrudes from the chamber sidewall, the guiding member is capable of extending into a guiding groove defined on the cleaning robot, the guiding member includes a guiding part, the guiding part is positioned on one end of the guiding member far away from the chamber sidewall, and a cross-sectional size of the guiding part gradually decreases along a direction away from the chamber sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Junjian Huang, Xue Liang, Yewei Kang, Jiwen Li, Lirong Ye
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Publication number: 20240147560Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of smart home, and discloses a method for network configuration, a storage medium, a base station, a cleaning device, and a cleaning system. The method includes: generating network configuration prompt information in response to receiving a second Bluetooth MAC address sent by a second device; obtaining wireless connection information sent by a user terminal through the first Bluetooth connection; connecting to a wireless network according to the wireless connection information, and uploading the second Bluetooth MAC address to a server through the wireless network, in order that the user terminal interacts with the second device. Thus, a network configuration efficiency of connecting the first device and the second device to the wireless network can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Yang YANG, Juanjuan REN, Guodong ZHANG, Lirong YE
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Publication number: 20240065503Abstract: A dust-collecting box includes a dust-collecting box body and a filter screen. The dust-collecting box body defines a dust inlet, a dust receiving cavity and an exhaust passage which are communicated in sequence, an air inlet end of the exhaust passage is in communication with the dust receiving cavity, and an air outlet end of the exhaust passage is in pneumatic communication with a fan assembly. The filter screen is arranged between the air inlet end and the air outlet end, the filter screen filters an airflow entering the exhaust passage from the dust receiving cavity, an exhaust direction of the air outlet end is defined as a preset reference direction, and the filter screen is arranged obliquely relative to the preset reference direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Xiaoxiao Xia, Lirong Ye
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Publication number: 20240065501Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a housing, a dust box and a dust extraction duct. The housing is enclosed to form a mounting chamber and is provided with a dust outlet. The dust box is arranged in the mounting chamber and configured to collect dust, and the dust box is provided with a dust collection port and a dust extraction port. The dust collection port and the dust extraction port are respectively disposed on two sides of a centerline of the dust box. One end of the dust extraction duct communicates with the dust extraction port, and the other end of the dust extraction duct is connected to the dust outlet of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: XUE LIANG, JUN YANG, QUANLONG LU, WUJI ZHANG, JUNJIAN HUANG, NAN ZHOU, DINGRUI LU, LIRONG YE
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Publication number: 20240032765Abstract: A cleaning system includes a cleaning robot and a cleaning base station. The cleaning robot includes a machine body, a first cleaning assembly and a pushing assembly, the first cleaning assembly is detachably arranged on a bottom portion of the machine body, and the pushing assembly is at least partially arranged in the machine body and connected with the first cleaning assembly. when the cleaning robot is docked with the cleaning base station, the pushing assembly is capable of pushing the first cleaning assembly to move from a first state to a second state and/or from the second state to a third state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Lin Wang, Lirong Ye
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Publication number: 20240023779Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus of re-cleaning, a cleaning robot, and a storage medium for improving cleaning quality. The method of re-cleaning includes: obtaining a grid map of a target area, wherein the grid map includes at least one primary cleaning partition; determining whether a primary cleaning partition meeting a re-cleaning condition is present, if so, the primary cleaning partition meeting the re-cleaning condition is designated as a re-cleaning partition to obtain at least one re-cleaning partition, wherein the re-cleaning condition is that the primary cleaning partition is provided with an along-wall mark and is not filled up by a cleaning mark; determining whether a re-cleaning partition that the cleaning robot can reach is present in the at least one re-cleaning partition according to a preset obstacle information database; and if so, navigating to a target partition for cleaning.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Meng LI, Guoyan Tan, Qian Sun, Juanjuan Ren, Yue Ban, Lirong Ye
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Publication number: 20240000281Abstract: An autonomous robot includes a robot body, a movement component, a collision sensor, an edge sensor, and a controller. The robot body includes a front collision body case, and a peripheral contour of the front collision body case is rectangular. The collision sensor is configured to generate a collision detection signal. The edge sensor is configured to transmit and receive the edge detection signal. The controller is configured to control the robot body to perform an edgewise adjustment mode. In the edgewise adjustment mode, the controller gradually adjusts a forward direction of the movement component towards the same target deflection direction according to the collision detection signal, in order to gradually reduce a relative distance between the edge sensor and an obstacle until the relative distance is within a preset edge detection distance range. Thus, a problem of low efficiency in edgewise movement is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Yiting HUANG, Lirong YE
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Patent number: 11819173Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of cleaning devices, and discloses a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a machine body, a front bumper, a cleaning assembly, a collecting assembly and a water tank. The machine body is provided with a recess, and the cleaning assembly includes a roller for cleaning the ground. The roller is mounted between the machine body and the front bumper. The collecting assembly is provided with a wastewater outlet and mounted between the machine body and the roller and abuts against the roller. The water tank is provided with a wastewater inlet and is removably mounted in the recess. The wastewater flows into the water tank through the wastewater outlet and the wastewater inlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Shang Feng, Lirong Ye, Ruijun Yan, Changtai Xia, Xiao Hu
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Publication number: 20230210332Abstract: The cleaning robot includes a housing, a brush roller and a suction device. The housing is provided with a mounting chamber. A debris collecting chamber is communicated with the mounting chamber. The brush roller is pivotally mounted in the mounting chamber and at least a part of the brush roller protrudes from the mounting chamber. The housing is further provided with a debris collecting channel, one end of the debris collecting channel is communicated with the debris collecting chamber, the other end of the debris collecting channel penetrates through the rear end of housing, and the housing is further provided with a first door for opening or closing the debris collecting channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: JIELIN YI, LIRONG YE
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Publication number: 20230210326Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a housing assembly, a roller brush, a driving module, a dust box, a suction device, a power supply battery and two travelling modules. The housing assembly has a front end and a rear end, and a bottom of the housing assembly is recessed to form a mounting cavity. The roller brush is rotatably arranged in the mounting cavity and can be driven to rotate by the driving module. The two travelling modules are arranged at the rear end of the housing assembly and are spaced from the roller brush in a front-rear direction of the housing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: CHAOZHENG LIAO, LIRONG YE
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Publication number: 20230210335Abstract: The disclosure belongs to the technical field of intelligent household equipment, and provides to a front bumper assembly and a cleaning robot. The front bumper assembly includes a bumper body and two elastic pieces, the two elastic pieces are disposed at the rear ends of two sides of the bumper body, each of the elastic pieces is of an integrally formed structure and is provided with a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion which are abutted against the bumper body, the first elastic portion is configured for receiving first pressure applied by the bumper body, and is able to apply a first counterforce to the bumper body, the second elastic portion is configured for receiving a second pressure applied by the bumper body, and is able to apply a second counterforce to the bumper body, the first pressure is a pressure in an advancing direction of the cleaning robot, and the second pressure is a lateral pressure perpendicular to or arranged at an acute angle with the advancing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Jielin YI, Lirong YE
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Publication number: 20230210325Abstract: A cleaning robot includes a housing and a roller brush. The housing is provided with a mounting cavity with an opening at its bottom. The roller brush is rotatably arranged in the mounting cavity and at least part of the roller brush is extended out of the mounting cavity. At least part of the cavity wall is transparent to form a transparent area, and a viewing area is set at a position of the housing and above the transparent area. The closed observation space is formed in the housing, and the observation space communicated with the viewing area and the transparent area, so that the user can observe the working condition of the roller brush inside the mounting cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: CHAOZHENG LIAO, LIRONG YE
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Publication number: 20230200606Abstract: A debris bin includes a box body, a debris suction opening, and a debris outlet opening. The box body has an inner cavity. The debris suction opening is defined on the box body and communicates with the inner cavity of the box body. The debris outlet opening is defined on the box body and communicates with the inner cavity of the box body. The inner cavity is provided with a supporting surface for supporting debris. The supporting surface is inclined, and a top edge of the supporting surface and a bottom edge of the supporting surface are arranged parallel to each other and horizontally. The debris outlet opening is located at a side of the bottom edge of the supporting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: XIAOXIAO XIA, LIRONG YE
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Patent number: 11586201Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method and an apparatus for recognizing a stuck status as well as a computer storage medium, with the method comprising: building an environmental map within a preset extent by taking the current position of the mobile robot as center; real-time monitoring the march information of the mobile robot and predicting whether the mobile robot is stuck or not; acquiring data from multiple sensors of the mobile robot, if the mobile robot is stuck; and recognizing the current stuck status of the mobile robot based on the data from multiple sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: ShenZhen Silver Star Intelligent Technology CO.. LTDInventors: Minghong Zhong, Lirong Ye, Ruijun Yan
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Patent number: 11131996Abstract: An area partitioning method, a partition cleaning method and a robot are provided. The area partitioning method includes: sequentially determining, according to a preset priority order, whether each of candidate directions of a current partition can satisfy a creation condition; creating, when one of the candidate directions satisfies the creation condition, a new partition in the candidate direction satisfying the creation condition; and ending area partitioning when none of the candidate directions satisfies the creation condition. The method can improve the working efficiency of the cleaning robot and avoid the occurrence of random cleaning, which leads to good use experience and has a good application prospect.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN SILVER STAR INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Peng Liu, Lize Lin, Linghui Sui, Lirong Ye
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Publication number: 20210263514Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method and an apparatus for recognizing a stuck status as well as a computer storage medium, with the method comprising: building an environmental map within a preset extent by taking the current position of the mobile robot as center; real-time monitoring the march information of the mobile robot and predicting whether the mobile robot is stuck or not; acquiring data from multiple sensors of the mobile robot, if the mobile robot is stuck; and recognizing the current stuck status of the mobile robot based on the data from multiple sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: ShenZhen Silver Star Intelligent Technology CO., LTDInventors: Minghong ZHONG, Lirong YE, Ruijun YAN
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Publication number: 20210186290Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of cleaning devices, and discloses a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a machine body, a front bumper, a cleaning assembly, a collecting assembly and a water tank. The machine body is provided with a recess, and the cleaning assembly includes a roller for cleaning the ground. The roller is mounted between the machine body and the front bumper. The collecting assembly is provided with a wastewater outlet and mounted between the machine body and the roller and abuts against the roller. The water tank is provided with a wastewater inlet and is removably mounted in the recess. The wastewater flows into the water tank through the wastewater outlet and the wastewater inlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: SHANG FENG, LIRONG YE, RUIJUN YAN, CHANGTAI XIA, XIAO HU
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Publication number: 20200192399Abstract: A method for traversing a subarea, a method for cleaning, and a cleaning robot thereof are provided. The method for traversing a subarea includes: gridding position information within the subarea to form a corresponding subarea grid map; searching for an edge grid in the subarea grid map, wherein the edge grid is a grid in close proximity to an edge of the subarea; searching for all continuous line segments in the subarea along a preset search direction, wherein the continuous line segment is a line segment that continuously extends from one edge grid along the search direction to another edge grid; matching the adjacent continuous line segments in sequence to form at least one connected region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Peng LIU, Linghui SUI, Lirong YE