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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Inventors:
John P. O'Brien, Newton, MA (US);
Vazgen Karapetyan, Pasadena, CA (US);
William Morris, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/24 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/0488 (2013.01); A47L 9/2826 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); G05D 1/028 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); A47L 2201/02 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for docking an autonomous mobile floor cleaning robot with a charging dock, the robot including a receiver coil and a structured light sensor, the charging dock including a docking bay and a transmitter coil, includes: positioning the robot in a prescribed docked position in the docking bay using the structured light sensor and by sensing a magnetic field emanating from the transmitter coil; and thereafter induction charging the robot using the receiver coil and the transmitter coil with the robot in the docked position.