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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:
Nov. 04, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Bsh Hausgeräte Gmbh, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Kristina Daniel, Bad Neustadt, DE;

Kai Schmitt, Saal, DE;

Frank Schnitzer, Bad Neustadt, DE;

Assignee:

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Munich, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/0238 (2013.01); G05D 1/0253 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining a distance between a cleaning robot and an obstacle. The cleaning robot has a first distance measuring system for a far measuring range and a second distance measuring system for a near measuring range. The second distance measuring system includes a camera. a) if the obstacle is located in the far measuring range, the distance between the cleaning robot and the obstacle is determined by way of the first distance measuring system. b) if the obstacle is located in an overlap region of the far measuring range and the near measuring range, the distance between the cleaning robot and the obstacle is determined by way of the first and the second distance measuring systems; c) if the obstacle is located in the near measuring range, the distance between the cleaning robot and the obstacle is determined by way of the second distance measuring system.


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