G05D1/6484

Green Area Maintenance System and Method for Identifying at Least a Section of a Boundary Edge of an Area to Be Treated

A green area maintenance system, includes: an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot having a treatment tool, a cutting tool differing from the treatment tool, wherein the green area maintenance robot and the cutting tool are configured to allow fixing of the cutting tool to the green area maintenance robot, a user control device, an autonomous operation mode and a cutting operation mode, wherein in the autonomous operation mode the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot with its treatment tool operates autonomously and the cutting tool is set out of operation, and wherein in the cutting operation mode the cutting tool is fixed to the green area maintenance robot and operable. The green area maintenance robot with its treatment tool and the cutting tool are controlled by a user via the user control device, and an operation mode switching device for switching between the autonomous operation mode and the cutting operation mode.

CLEANING PATH DETERMINATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20240310856 · 2024-09-19 ·

The application discloses a method, system, device, and storage medium for determining a cleaning path. The method includes: in response to a cleaning instruction from a cleaning robot, controlling the cleaning robot to rotate a preset angle on the surface to be cleaned based on a target rotation direction; detecting whether the cleaning robot generates a first edge corner trigger signal during its rotation; and determining a working path of the cleaning robot on a surface to be cleaned based on the detecting result of the first edge corner trigger signal. This application automatically determines the working path based on the detecting result of the first edge corner trigger signal, which, compared to existing technologies that rely on manually selecting the working path, ensures the adaptability of the working path to the surface to be cleaned.

AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AGRICULTURAL MACHINE, AND AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE DEVICE

An agricultural work assistance system includes an input to input agricultural field information about a contour of an agricultural field, dimension information of an agricultural machine or a working device coupled to the agricultural machine, and a work condition about agricultural work on the agricultural field by the agricultural machine and the working device, a route creator to create a traveling route along which the agricultural machine travels within a map of the agricultural field based on the agricultural field information, the dimension information, and the work condition and to secure a turning space where the agricultural machine turns, a turning margin calculator to calculate a turning margin, i.e., a size of the turning space, and determine that the turning margin is insufficient when the turning margin is less than a threshold, and a notifier to provide notification of a place where the insufficient turning margin determined by the turning margin calculator exists.

SERVER DEVICE

A server device includes an area setting unit that sets a first area in which a first lawnmower executes first lawn-mowing work in a work area and a second area in which a second lawnmower executes second lawn-mowing work in the work area, a time calculation unit that obtains a first time necessary for the first lawnmower to execute the first lawn-mowing work in the first area and a second time necessary for the second lawnmower to execute the second lawn-mowing work in the second area, a machine number calculation unit that obtains the number of first lawnmowers and the number of second lawnmowers based on the first time and the second time, and a notification unit that notifies the number of first lawnmowers and the number of second lawnmowers to a smartphone. Consequently, a user can check the number of first lawnmowers and the number of second lawnmowers.

METHOD FOR SELECTING DIRECTION, MOWER, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
20240302844 · 2024-09-12 ·

A method for selecting a direction, a mower, and an electronic equipment are provided. With the method, a boundary of a target region is identified via a mower. If a distance between the mower and the boundary is determined to be within a first preset range according to the boundary as identified, the mower is controlled to move along the boundary in a movement direction. The movement direction is either a leftward direction along the boundary or a rightward direction along the boundary, which direction has a less angle with respect to an orientation of a head of the mower.

LOAD HANDLING SYSTEM AND LOAD HANDLING METHOD
20240338038 · 2024-10-10 · ·

In a load handling system, a load handling operation is performed between a platform and the inside of a container of a container truck. A load handling device that performs the load handling operation includes a mobile robot including, on an unmanned transport vehicle, a robot with a robot arm capable of handling a load. A proper position display unit is installed outside the mobile robot and displays a proper position of the mobile robot relative to a position of the container of the truck. After aligning the mobile robot to the proper position, the mobile robot autonomously travels.

CLEANING DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CLEANING ROUTE, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CLEANING MAP
20240292993 · 2024-09-05 ·

A cleaning path acquisition method includes: generating a cleaning path of a cleaning device on the basis of a path of the cleaning device, a state mode of the cleaning device, and the amount of water consumed by the cleaning device, wherein the state modes of the cleaning device comprise one or more of a sweeping state mode, a mopping state mode, a sweeping and mopping state mode, and a sweeping and mopping idle state mode; and the cleaning path comprises one or more of a sweeping path, a mopping path, a sweeping and mopping path, and a sweeping and mopping idle path corresponding to the state modes of the cleaning device.

Detection Method, Detection Program, And Work Vehicle
20240393803 · 2024-11-28 · ·

A combine harvester includes a detection unit capable of detecting a surrounding detection target, and automatically travels along a target route. A setting processing unit sets the detection function for the detection target to be enabled or disabled based on the target route. The detection processing unit causes the combine harvester to execute predetermined processing on the detection target in accordance with the setting state of the detection function.

Method and system for generating virtual boundary of working area of autonomous mobile robot, and autonomous mobile robot and readable storage medium

A method, system, self-moving robot, and/or readable storage medium can be used to generate a virtual boundary of a working region for a self-moving robot. A mobile positioning module circles for a predetermined number of loops along a patrol path formed by the boundary of the working region to acquire recording points which are stored and then retrieved in groups to acquire boundary fitting points forming a boundary fitting point sequence, from which boundary points are acquired. Successively connecting the boundary points generates the virtual boundary of the working region.

VISUAL IDENTIFICATION POSITIONING SYSTEM OF MOWING ROBOT
20240375286 · 2024-11-14 ·

A visual identification positioning system includes a first positioning member, a second positioning member, and a mowing robot. The mowing robot has a visual identification unit and a computation unit. The visual identification unit identifies a first identification feature of the first positioning member and a second identification feature of the second positioning member to generate first and second signals to the computation unit. The computation unit computes a first coordinate, a second coordinate, a first distance between the mowing robot and the first coordinate, and a second distance between the mowing robot and the second coordinate according to the first and second signals, and defines first and second ranges with the first and second coordinates as centers according to the first and second distances, and computes a coordinate of an intersection of the first and second ranges as a current location coordinate of the mowing robot.