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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2018
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh, Wuppertal, DE;
Georg Hackert, Bochum, DE;
Martin Helmich, Duisburg, DE;
Lorenz Hillen, Wuppertal, DE;
Christian Holz, Dortmund, DE;
Gerhard Isenberg, Cologne, DE;
Hendrik Koetz, Wetter, DE;
Andrej Mosebach, Bochum, DE;
Roman Ortmann, Huerth, DE;
Robin Dulinski, Wuppertal, DE;
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
A system has at least two self-traveling floor treatment apparatuses, wherein each of the floor treatment apparatuses features a navigation and self-localization device that is designed for generating an environment map based on environment data of the environment of the floor treatment apparatus, which is recorded by means of a detection device. In order to realize an advantageous cooperation between the floor treatment apparatuses, it is proposed that a common memory unit for storing environment maps and a computing unit are assigned to the floor treatment apparatuses, wherein the computing unit is designed for comparing an environment map of a first floor treatment apparatus with an environment map of a second floor treatment apparatus and/or with an environment map stored in the common memory unit and for specifying which of the environment maps is stored in the common memory unit and/or in a local memory of a floor treatment apparatus based on a defined selection criterion.