US 11,687,092 B2
Techniques for bounding cleaning operations of a robotic surface cleaning device within a region of interest
Jason B. Thorne, Dover, MA (US); Andre D. Brown, Natick, MA (US); David S. Clare, London (GB); Nicholas Sardar, London (GB); Christopher P Pinches, Surrey (GB); Samuel Emrys James, London (GB); and Michael James Douglas, London (GB)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating, LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/392,452.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/661,496, filed on Apr. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0320866 A1, Oct. 24, 2019
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC G05D 1/0276 (2013.01) [A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning system comprising:
a robotic surface cleaning device configured to autonomously travel about a surrounding environment while collecting dirt and debris;
a hand-held surface cleaning device comprising:
a body having a handle and a nozzle;
a power supply;
a suction motor fluidly coupled to the nozzle;
an antenna arrangement to communicate with the robotic surface cleaning device; and
at least a first sensor to capture a plurality of location data points, each location data point corresponding to a physical location in the surrounding environment; and
a controller configured to:
translate the captured location data points into a plurality of localized coordinates, each localized coordinate of the plurality of localized coordinates corresponding to locations in a map that virtually represents the surrounding environment;
identify at least one region of interest in the map based on the translated localized coordinates; and
send a command to cause the robotic surface cleaning device to remain substantially within areas of the surrounding environment corresponding to the at least one identified region of interest during cleaning operations.