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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Hiroshi Mori, Shiga, JP;
Kiminori Kato, Shiga, JP;
Naoyuki Ohara, Shiga, JP;
Toru Odachi, Shiga, JP;
Hidetaka Yabuuchi, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kayama, Osaka, JP;
Miki Yasuno, Osaka, JP;
Masayo Haji, Hyogo, JP;
Tadashi Matsuyo, Shiga, JP;
Hidetoshi Imai, Shiga, JP;
Yasuo Oshima, Shiga, JP;
Masaichi Fukushima, Shiga, JP;
Atsushi Nakayama, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Mori, Shiga, JP;
Kiminori Kato, Shiga, JP;
Naoyuki Ohara, Shiga, JP;
Toru Odachi, Shiga, JP;
Hidetaka Yabuuchi, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kayama, Osaka, JP;
Miki Yasuno, Osaka, JP;
Masayo Haji, Hyogo, JP;
Tadashi Matsuyo, Shiga, JP;
Hidetoshi Imai, Shiga, JP;
Yasuo Oshima, Shiga, JP;
Masaichi Fukushima, Shiga, JP;
Atsushi Nakayama, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A self-moving cleaner has a main body and comprises an intake opening for suctioning dust, an electric blower for generating airflow to suction dust, a dust receiver for collecting the dust suctioned by the electric blower, rollers driven by drive motors, a power source for supplying electric power to the electric blower and the drive motors, and sensors for optically detecting a distance to an obstacle. An enclosure surrounds the main body, the electric blower, the dust receiver, the power source, and the sensors, wherein the enclosure is transparent or semi-transparent, and the sensors transmit and receive light through the enclosure.