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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Sharkninja Operating Llc, Needham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Chad Woodrow, Needham, MA (US);

David Harting, Mansfield, MA (US);

Scott A. Rhodes, North Andover, MA (US);

Sienna Ramos, Cambridge, MA (US);

Brandon A. Vasquez, Somerville, MA (US);

Paul D. Butler, Methuen, MA (US);

Assignee:

SharkNinja Operating LLC, Needham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 11/28 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/2826 (2013.01); A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 11/28 (2013.01); A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 11/4061 (2013.01); A47L 11/4066 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A robotic cleaner may include a main body, one or more drive wheels coupled to the main body, one or more surface type sensors coupled to the main body, the one or more surface type sensors being configured to receive robotic motor sound reflected from a surface to be cleaned, the robotic motor sound being generated by one or more motors of the robotic cleaner, and a controller configured to determine a surface type based, at least in part, on the reflected robotic motor sound.


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