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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding Gmbh, Wuppertal, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2013.01); A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01); G06T 2200/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30244 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for cleaning or processing a room uses an autonomously mobile device. In order the relieve the user of the task of finding the exact subarea to which the device must travel, or avoid, on a map of the room, the user in order to select a subarea takes a photograph of the subarea and transmits it to a processing unit. In this way a method is provided that is less time-consuming and more convenient for the user.