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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 12, 2017
Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Christopher V. Jones, Woburn, MA (US);
Colin Angle, Beverly, MA (US);
iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a user terminal includes receiving occupancy data for an operating environment responsive to navigation of the operating environment by a mobile robot, and displaying a visual representation of the operating environment based on the occupancy data. The method further includes receiving information identifying a plurality of electronic devices that are local to the operating environment and respective operating states thereof, and populating the visual representation of the operating environment with visual indications of respective spatial locations of the electronic devices in the operating environment and status indications of the respective operating states of the electronic devices. Related methods for controlling the electronic devices based on their respective spatial locations and the relative spatial context of the operating environment are also discussed.