Cleaning device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11864699-B2
Application number	US-202218045495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2022
Priority date	Jan 10, 2020
Publication date	Jan 9, 2024
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024

Abstract

An intelligent cleaning device, comprising a device main body, a camera and a fill-in light, wherein the camera is mounted in the device main body and faces an outer side of the device main body; the fill-in light is mounted in the device main body by means of a fill-in light holder and faces the outer side of the device main body; and an irradiation direction of the fill-in light is the same as a photographic direction of the camera, so as to irradiate at least part of an identification region of the camera.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cleaning apparatus, comprising:
a device body;
a camera, wherein the camera is mounted on the device body through a camera support and is oriented outside of the device body; and
an illuminator, wherein the illuminator is disposed below the camera, and is mounted on the camera support through an illuminator support and is oriented outside of the device body, wherein the illuminator support is connected to the camera support.

2. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising a mounting component, wherein the mounting component is provided with an illuminator opening, the illuminator opening is located in front of the illuminator, and the cleaning apparatus is configured so that light emitted by the illuminator and passing through the illuminator opening illuminates at least part of a recognition area of the camera.

3. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an illuminator cover is disposed at the illuminator opening, and the illuminator cover is made of a material transparent to the light emitted by the illuminator.

4. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the mounting component is further provided with a photography opening, the photography opening is located outside of the camera, a camera cover is disposed at the photography opening, and the camera picks up an image through the camera cover.

5. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a bumper connected to the device body, wherein the bumper is provided with a bumper opening through which the mounting component is exposed.

6. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the illuminator support is provided with a positioning hole, the camera support is provided with a positioning post, and the positioning post passes through the positioning hole to fix the illuminator support on the camera support.

7. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the illuminator is a surface mounted illuminator, and the illuminator support is a PCB.

8. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a circuit board is disposed on the device body, the illuminator support is electrically connected to the circuit board, and a control system on the circuit board is configured to selectively turn on or turn off the illuminator based on intensity of ambient light detected by the camera.

9. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein both the camera and the illuminator are disposed at a substantially frontmost end of the device body in a travelling direction.

10. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the illuminator is disposed farther than the camera with respect to the device body.

11. A cleaning apparatus, comprising:
a device body;
a bumper, connected to the device body and comprising a bumper opening;
a camera, mounted on the device body; and
an illuminator, disposed below the camera and mounted on the device body;
wherein both the camera and the illuminator are oriented outside of the device body through single bumper opening, wherein a mounting component is disposed outside of the device body and provided with a blocking member.

12. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the mounting component is provided with an illuminator opening, which is disposed in front of the illuminator such that light emitted by the illuminator and passing through the illuminator opening illuminates at least part of a recognition area of the camera.

13. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein an illuminator cover is disposed at the illuminator opening, and the illuminator cover is made of a material transparent to the light emitted by the illuminator.

14. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the mounting component is further provided with a photography opening which is disposed outside of the camera, and a camera cover, through which the camera picks up an image, is disposed at the photography opening.

15. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the mounting component is exposed through the single bumper opening.

16. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the illuminator is a surface mounted illuminator.

17. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein both the camera and the illuminator are disposed at a substantially frontmost end of the device body in a travelling direction.

18. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the illuminator is disposed farther than the camera with respect to the device body.

19. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the camera and the illuminator are respectively disposed in a first chamber and a second chamber which are separated from each other, and the blocking member forms separation between the first chamber and the second chamber.

Assignees

• Beijing Roborock Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Guang
• Peng Song
• Wang Xiaoliang

Classifications

• G05D2105/10

  for cleaning, vacuuming or polishing · CPC title

• F21V5/04

  of lens shape · CPC title

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H05B47/105

  in response to determined parameters · CPC title