JPS53110257A - Automatic vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Automatic vacuum cleaner

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Publication number
JPS53110257A
JPS53110257A JP2559877A JP2559877A JPS53110257A JP S53110257 A JPS53110257 A JP S53110257A JP 2559877 A JP2559877 A JP 2559877A JP 2559877 A JP2559877 A JP 2559877A JP S53110257 A JPS53110257 A JP S53110257A
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Japan
Prior art keywords
vacuum cleaner
automatic vacuum
obtacles
encounters
collision
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
JP2559877A
Other languages
Japanese (ja)
Other versions
JPS619047B2 (en
Inventor
Junichi Inohara
Daishiro Hayakawa
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Panasonic Holdings Corp
Original Assignee
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
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Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd filed Critical Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
Priority to JP2559877A priority Critical patent/JPS53110257A/en
Publication of JPS53110257A publication Critical patent/JPS53110257A/en
Publication of JPS619047B2 publication Critical patent/JPS619047B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4011—Regulation of the cleaning machine by electric means; Control systems and remote control systems therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4061—Steering means; Means for avoiding obstacles; Details related to the place where the driver is accommodated
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
    • A47L2201/04—Automatic control of the travelling movement; Automatic obstacle detection

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Electric Vacuum Cleaner (AREA)
  • Control Of Position, Course, Altitude, Or Attitude Of Moving Bodies (AREA)

Abstract

PURPOSE: To accomplish automatic avoidance of collision with obtacles each time it encounters thereof through control of a direction changing mechanism and a driving mechanism by the output of a plurality of piezoelectric detecting elements provided on the surface of a vacuum cleaner body.
COPYRIGHT: (C)1978,JPO&Japio
JP2559877A 1977-03-08 1977-03-08 Automatic vacuum cleaner Granted JPS53110257A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2559877A JPS53110257A (en) 1977-03-08 1977-03-08 Automatic vacuum cleaner

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2559877A JPS53110257A (en) 1977-03-08 1977-03-08 Automatic vacuum cleaner

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
JPS53110257A true JPS53110257A (en) 1978-09-26
JPS619047B2 JPS619047B2 (en) 1986-03-19

Family

ID=12170334

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP2559877A Granted JPS53110257A (en) 1977-03-08 1977-03-08 Automatic vacuum cleaner

Country Status (1)

Country Link
JP (1) JPS53110257A (en)

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