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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2018
Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., Haidian District, Beijing, CN;
Yongfeng Xia, Beijing, CN;
Ke Wu, Beijing, CN;
BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing, CN;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a charging method and a charging apparatus of a cleaning robot. With the method, position information of a plurality of charging ports available for the cleaning robot is obtained; when it is determined that the cleaning robot needs to be charged, current position information of the cleaning robot is obtained; a closest charging port from the plurality of charging ports which is the closest to a current position of the cleaning robot is determined according to the position information of the plurality of charging ports and the current position information of the cleaning robot; and the cleaning robot is controlled to move to the closest charging port according to the position information of the closest charging port. With the technical solution, the cleaning robot may be charged nearby, thereby reducing power consumption of the cleaning robot.