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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:
Sep. 08, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Irobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Inventors:

Qunxi Huang, Somerville, MA (US);

Wesley Johnson, Watertown, MA (US);

Mark Edward Piana, Cambridge, MA (US);

Erik Steltz, Melrose, MA (US);

Benjamin Axelrod, Burlington, MA (US);

Ira Renfrew, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); A01D 34/008 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0221 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user device, such as a smartphone or a tablet computer, can provide a user with information pertaining to operations of an autonomous robotic lawnmower to assist the user with monitoring the operations of the robotic lawnmower and with setting up the autonomous robotic lawnmower. For example, the user device can present example lawn shapes and recommended locations of beacons suitable for these lawn shapes, can indicate the quantity of beacons detected by the autonomous robotic lawnmower, can be used to establish a region on a lawn where the autonomous robotic lawnmower performs a particular behavior, can be used to select a grass height that the autonomous robotic lawnmower cuts the lawn, and can be taught a particular path to take when returning to a docking station to charge the autonomous robotic lawnmower.


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