CN102687620B - Self-driving device - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a self-driving device, comprising a housing, a driving unit, a sensing unit, and a controlling unit, wherein the driving unit is arranged in the housing and drives the self-driving device to move, the sensing unit detects signals emitted by an external lead and sends sensing signals correspondently, and the controlling unit receives the sensing signals and controls the driving unit. The sensing unit comprises a first sensing element and a second sensing element which are arranged independently. The self-driving device has a guiding work mode, which is guided by the signals emitted by the external lead. In the guiding work mode, the controlling unit controls the driving unit to drive the self-driving device to walk along the lead, and a distance between the first sensing element and the lead equals to that between the second sensing element and the lead. The self-driving device of the invention with guidance of the lead can rapidly and accurately enter a stop station for charging.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of automatic drive device.
Background technology
At present, along with the quickening of human lives's rhythm, the household equipment of robotization more and more receives an acclaim in the whole world.Do not need manpower to manipulate all the time because it can carry out work automatically, people can free from heavy home tasks, thus obtain more lie Fallow Time.The household equipment of this robotization comprises such as the automatic cleaner being mainly used in home cleaning, also comprises the automatic mower etc. being mainly used in garden.
The household equipment of this kind of robotization has some technical issues that need to address, comprises and will divide perform region, makes it in this perform region, carry out work.A general idea arranges sideband signal device on the border of perform region.Sideband signal device can send signal to self-action equipment, is beyond the boundary when avoiding equipment to work.For for automatic cleaner, its working environment room often, the wall of room surrounding just constitutes border.Automatic cleaner just can perceive border when colliding wall, so wall just makes automatic cleaner be limited in working in this perform region, room.But for automatic mower, its working environment is broad meadow, does not have wall to make boundary obstacles.Therefore common way lays a boundary line on region, meadow, and boundary line connection signal generator enables boundary line produce the signal detected by mower.Mower just can judge whether to be in perform region according to signal, and then selects corresponding mode of operation.
The problem that another one needs solve is the automatic charging of robotization household equipment.When electric energy after robotization household equipment work certain hour is not enough, wish that it can automatically enter charging station and charge, thus avoid artificial charging to improve automaticity.But bring thus problem is that automation equipment is difficult to automatically enter charging station charging accurately.If add camera probe or infrared probe no doubt can enter charging station in automation equipment, but whole device structure can be made again complicated, cost improves, and these devices cannot make, and automation equipment is disposable enters charging station exactly, often need repeatedly to test and repeatedly just can enter charging station, waste a large amount of time.
For solving the problem, common way is the wire at a design connection charging station, and robotization household equipment is moved along the guiding of wire.On equipment, be provided with sensor for this reason, utilize the transducing signal that sensor sends to sense wire.But such sensor cannot be guaranteed that equipment is accurate all the time and advance along wire, is easy to cause the spacing of equipment and wire suddenly big or suddenly small and have deviation, causes the reduction of precision.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide can along the automatic drive device of wire walking.
The present invention solves the technical scheme that prior art problem adopts: a kind of automatic drive device, there is housing, be positioned at housing and drive the driver element of automatic drive device movement, the detection signal that sends of outer lead the corresponding sensing unit sending transducing signal, receive transducing signal and control the control module of driver element, sensing unit comprises the first sensing element and the second sensing element that independently arrange, automatic drive device has the guiding mode of operation of walking along described wire, under guiding mode of operation, control module controls driver element and drives automatic drive device to walk along wire, and keep the first sensing element and the second sensing element about wire symmetry.
Preferably, the first sensing element and described second sensing element are inductance element.
Preferably, control module comprises signal analysis unit and processing unit, and signal analysis unit is analyzed the transducing signal received and exports analysis result, and processing unit receiving and analyzing result also exports steering order to driver element.
Preferably, signal analysis unit comprises signal comparing unit, and signal comparing unit receives the transducing signal of the first sensing element and the second sensing element and compares analysis to transducing signal, exports analysis result more afterwards.
Preferably, signal analysis unit comprises Signal averaging unit, and Signal averaging unit receives the transducing signal of the first sensing element and the second sensing element and transducing signal is carried out overlay analysis, compares and export analysis result after superposition with 0.
Preferably, processing unit has the CPU processed analysis result.
Preferably, driver element comprises roller and controls the power motor of roller rotating speed.
Preferably, roller comprises the first roller and the second roller, and when the first sensing element and the second sensing element are about wire symmetry, the rotating speed that processing unit controls the first roller and the second roller is constant to keep the direction of motion of automatic drive device.
Preferably, when the first sensing element and the second sensing element asymmetric about wire time, processing unit controls power motor makes the rotating speed of the first roller become large, and the rotating speed of the second roller diminishes the direction of motion changing automatic drive device.
Preferably, automatic drive device also comprises cutter unit, the cutting blade that cutter unit comprises cutting motor and driven by cutting motor.
Preferably, the housing of automatic drive device has the first electrode slice that two relative symmetry rotational symmetry are arranged, the first sensing element is symmetrical arranged with the relative described axis of symmetry of the second sensing element.
Preferably, axis of symmetry is the axis of housing.
Preferably, automatic drive device has energy storage units, and when the energy storage amount in energy storage units is less than preset value, control module output order makes automatic drive device enter guiding mode of operation.
Preferably, automatic drive device has battery, and when the magnitude of voltage of battery is less than 23.4 volts, automatic drive device enters guiding mode of operation.
Preferably, automatic drive device is provided with home key, and after home key is pressed, automatic drive device enters guiding mode of operation.
Preferably, automatic drive device is provided with external environment condition detector, and after external environment condition detector induction external environment condition meets trigger condition, automatic drive device enters guiding mode of operation.
Compared with prior art, beneficial effect of the present invention is: utilize the signal that the first and second sensing element real-time reception wires send, again by signal transmission to control module, make control module control automatic drive device all the time along wire walking, finally make automatic drive device disposablely can enter the bus stop be connected with wire exactly.
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Above-described object of the present invention, technical scheme and beneficial effect by the detailed description that can realize specific embodiments of the invention below, can describe and clearly obtain simultaneously by reference to the accompanying drawings.
Identical label in accompanying drawing and instructions and symbol are for representing identical or equivalent element.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the guidance system of the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the automatic drive device of the guidance system shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the signal schematic representation that the wire of the guidance system shown in Fig. 1 sends.
Fig. 4 is the signal schematic representation that the signal generator of the guidance system shown in Fig. 1 sends.
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of the movement under the guiding of wire of the automatic drive device shown in Fig. 1, and wherein, the first sensing element and the second sensing element are about wire symmetry.
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of the movement under the guiding of wire of the automatic drive device shown in Fig. 1, wherein, the first sensing element and the second sensing element asymmetric about wire.
Fig. 7 is that the automatic drive device shown in Fig. 1 is guiding the workflow diagram under mode of operation.
1, mower 2, housing 3, driver element
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34, cutter unit 41, first sensing element 42, second sensing element
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Be the automatic drive device of one embodiment of the invention as shown in Figure 1 to Figure 2.In the present embodiment, automatic drive device is mower 1.Automatic drive device can also be suction cleaner etc.Mower 1 has the element of housing 2 for the protection of inside.There is in housing 2 driver element 3.Driver element 3 can drive mower 1 advance or retreat.Driver element 3 comprises power motor 31 and roller 32.In the present embodiment, roller 32 helps mower 1 to carry out on ground moving and plays the effect reducing friction to have two, is respectively the first roller 321 and the second roller 322.The both sides being positioned at mower 1 that first roller 321 and the second roller 322 are symmetrical respectively.Power motor 31 also has two, each power motor 31 driving rolls 32 change the rotating speed of roller 32 independently.When the speed that two power motor 31 driving rollss 32 rotate is consistent, so mower 1 linearly moves under the drive of roller 32.When the speed that two power motor 31 driving rollss 32 rotate is not identical, mower 1 will correspondingly turn to.More specifically, the side that mower 1 way roller 32 rotating speed is slow turns to.In the present embodiment, two rollers 32 rotate around same driving shaft 33 just.Certain the present invention is not limited to this, and two rollers 32 can rotate around different driving shafts 33.In addition, the quantity of roller 32 is also not limited to 2.Mower 1 also has cutter unit 34, cutter unit 34 comprises cutting blade (not shown) and cutting motor, cutting blade has sharp cutting part, and can be driven rotation by rotating shaft (not shown), thus plays the effect of mowing.Cutting motor drives cutting blade to rotate.For the requirement making mower 1 can meet user is mowed automatically, mower 1 need be limited to the interior execution mowing in perform region 10 task of delimiting in advance.Perform region 10 can be arranged arbitrarily according to the working environment of reality.When mower 1 needs to perform other tasks, when such as, carrying out after mowing task completes resting until will be needed again or need because battery electric quantity is not enough charging, mower 1 can be found and enter the bus stop 7 being positioned at edge, perform region 10.In the present embodiment, bus stop 7 can charge to mower 1.
Mower 1 can with the route walking manner preset or move with random route in perform region 10.In moving process, mower 1 has a moving direction 12 as shown by the arrows in Figure 2.This moving direction 12 can be change in the moment, and when moving direction 12 changes, mower 1 is done corresponding along curve movement.This moving direction 10 also can be constant at certain hour section internal fixtion, then mower 1 moves linearly.The housing 2 of mower 1 is divided into two halves by the axis 13 parallel with moving direction 12.
As shown in Figure 1, wire 21 is provided with at the edge of perform region 10.In the present embodiment, bus stop 7 connects wire 21, and forms closed circuit with wire 21.Closed circuit can limit mower 1 can not run out of this loop easily.Perform region 10 and non-active area 11 are divided in ground by the closed circuit playing boundary line effect, and mower 1 is limited in perform region 10.Perform region 10 according to the working condition of reality can be set as square, circular or irregularly shaped.In the present embodiment, perform region 10 is square.
Wire 21 is connection signal generator 22 also.Conducted signal for generation of conducted signal, and conducts to wire 21 by signal generator 22.Be passed to again on whole wire 21 by the conduction of wire 21.The conducted signal that signal generator 22 produces can be the signals such as curtage.In the present embodiment, the conducted signal of signal generator 22 is current signal i.According to the law of electromagnetic induction, the wire 21 passing to electric current can in generation magnetic field, space.And the size of the magnetic field intensity of any point and the distance of this point and wire 21 are inversely proportional in space.Namely distance of wire 21 is nearer, and magnetic field intensity is larger.If the magnetic field intensity therefore detecting certain point is larger, that illustrates that this distance of wire 21 is closer.Magnetic field intensity is vector in addition, and magnetic field intensity also has direction except having size.And the direction of magnetic field intensity is also different at difference.As shown in figures 1 and 3, after the electric current that wire 21 passes to as indicated by the arrow, be that vertical paper is inside in the direction of perform region 10 internal magnetic field.And the direction in magnetic field in non-active area 11 is that vertical paper is outside.In the coordinate axis shown in Fig. 3, the positive half of X-axis is divided and is represented perform region 10, and negative half part of X-axis represents non-active area 11, and wire 21 is just in time positioned on initial point O, can analyze from Fig. 3, the magnetic field of perform region 10 and the magnetic field of non-active area 11 have contrary direction all the time.Therefore in the present embodiment, wire 21 is dealt into the pilot signal that the field signal in space is exactly wire 21.
It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the electric current that signal generator 22 produces not is the electric current of constant size, and its size changes in the moment.This is due in real process environment, usually has some electromagnetic interference (EMI) and exists.Such as, use while other household electrical appliance, also can a certain size magnetic field, those magnetic fields also can produce either large or small undesired signal.Because mower 1 cannot identify that the signal self received is the field signal or undesired signal that send from wire 21 at present intelligently.Therefore mower 1 needs some technological means to filter out these undesired signals, makes mower 1 can receive the signal of needs thus maintain normal work.For this reason in the present embodiment, presetting the electric current that signal generator 22 produces is pulse current as shown in Figure 4.Pulse current has cycle period T.In a cycle period T, pulse current has the pulse of a larger current value.And within all the other times of this cycle T, the current value of pulse current is less, almost approximate 0.Therefore, the waveform in the magnetic field that this pulse current produces in space is also roughly the same, and namely magnetic field also has recurrence interval T.In this cycle T, magnetic field has the pulse of a larger field strength values, and within all the other times of this cycle T, magnetic field intensity is less.So only need to preset to make the detecting element on mower 1 carry out detectable signal when pulse has larger field strength values.Intensity due to now undesired signal is much smaller than larger field strength values, and therefore detecting element successfully can detect signal and interference-free effect of signals.And when pulse has less field strength values being the impact avoiding interference signal, detecting element abandons the detection to signal.And make the detect cycle and recurrence interval T-phase etc. of detecting element, when signal has the pulse of higher value, detecting element just can detect it.The detectable signal of intermittent like this successfully can ensure the correct signal of detection and interference-free effect of signals.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, in the housing 2 of mower 1, sensing unit 4 is provided with.The field signal that wire 21 after sensing unit 4 can detect and pass to current signal i sends.In the present embodiment, sensing unit 4 at least contains the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42.First sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 separately can detect the field signal that wire 21 sends.In the present embodiment, the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 comprise inductance element (not shown) respectively.Inductance element is common electronic component, and inductance element can detect field signal, and field signal is converted into voltage signal.In the present embodiment, voltage signal is exactly transducing signal.The size of voltage signal is directly proportional to the size of field signal.And the generating positive and negative voltage of voltage signal can reflect the direction of field signal.In the present embodiment, by setting in advance, making positive voltage signal represent direction is the inside field signal of vertical paper, and it is the outside field signal of vertical paper that negative voltage signal represents direction.As shown in Figure 2, the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 setting side by side, and the line of the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 is perpendicular to the moving direction 12 of mower 1.In the present embodiment, the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 are arranged on the both sides of axis 13 symmetrically.Thus make the first sensing element 41 equal to the distance of axis 13 with the second sensing element 42 to the distance of axis 13.It should be noted that the first sensing element 41 and the first roller 321 corresponding, the second sensing element 42 and the second roller 322 corresponding.
As shown in Figure 2, control module 5 is also provided with in the housing 2 of mower 1.Control module 5 is electrically connected sensing unit 4.The transducing signal that first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 send passes to control module 5 respectively.After control module 5 receives transducing signal, a series of analyzing and processing work is carried out to transducing signal, finally produce control signal to driver element 3, to control the motion of mower 1.In the present embodiment, control module 5 comprises signal analysis unit 51, and signal analysis unit 51 receives transducing signal post analysis that sensing unit 4 sends and exports analysis result.In the present embodiment, signal analysis unit 51 comprises signal comparing unit, and signal comparing unit is mainly used in the size and Orientation comparing the transducing signal of the first sensing element 41 and the transducing signal of the second sensing element 42, and processing signals is compared in output.When signal comparing unit 511 judges that the first sensing element 41 is identical with the positive and negative values of the voltage sensing signal of the second sensing element 42, show that the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 are positioned at the same side of wire 21.Namely the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 are in perform region 10 simultaneously or are in non-active area 11 simultaneously.Then now control module 5 analyzes mower 1 and is positioned on incorrect position, needs to adjust it.If when the positive and negative values that signal comparing unit compares the voltage sensing signal of the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 is just in time contrary, show that the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 lay respectively at the both sides of wire 21.Namely mower 1 is across on wire 21, and the roller of side 32 and one of them sensing unit are positioned at perform region 10, and the roller 32 of side and another one sensing unit are positioned at non-active area 11 in addition.Signal comparing unit also can compare the order of magnitude of the voltage sensing signal of two sensing elements.When the absolute value of the voltage sensing signal of two sensing elements is unequal, show that two sensing elements are unequal to the distance of wire 21, mower 1 continues to move along moving direction 12 will cause mower 1 progressively away from wire 21, and mower 1 cannot be kept to move along wire 21.Control module 5 can analyze now mower 1 and be positioned on incorrect position, needs to adjust it.When the absolute value of the voltage sensing signal of two sensing elements is equal, show that two sensing elements are equal to the distance of wire 21, now the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 are about wire 21 symmetry.Control module 5 analyzes now mower 1 and is in correct position.
Certain the present invention is not limited to signal analysis unit 51 and comprises signal comparing unit.In other embodiment, signal analysis unit 51 can also comprise Signal averaging unit to replace signal comparing unit.The voltage sensing signal of Signal averaging unit to the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 carries out linear superposition, if result is 0 after superposition, show two sensing elements voltage sensing signal just what a be on the occasion of, another is negative value, and the absolute value of two voltage sensing signals is equal.Then show that mower 1 is in correct position.If result is not 0 after superposition, then show that mower 1 is in incorrect position, need its adjustment.More specifically, if result is greater than 0 after superposition, then can judge which side mower 1 offsets towards relative to wire 21 by presetting.
In the present embodiment, control module 5 also has pulse signal generator 52.Often a time interval of presetting can send pulse signal to pulse signal generator 52 excessively.Under the effect of pulse signal, the transducing signal of control module 5 to the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 gathers simultaneously and compares, and guarantees the synchronism that the transducing signal of two sensing units gathers like this.And the pulse interval of pulse signal generator 52 to be predisposed to a minimum value, the transducing signal collection of control module 5 in real time to two sensing units so can be accomplished.
Control module 5 also comprises the processing unit 53 with central processing unit in addition.Processing unit 53, for according to the result after the transducing signal of analysis first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42, exports to the instruction that driver element 3 adopts corresponding actions.Particularly such as, the absolute value comparing the voltage sensing signal of the first sensing element 41 is larger than the absolute value of the voltage sensing signal of the second sensing element 42, then illustrate that the first sensing element 41 to the second sensing element 42 is closer to wire 21.The moving direction 12 that then processing unit 53 output order makes driver element 3 change mower 1 makes the first sensing element 41 away from wire 21.If the absolute value of the voltage sensing signal of two sensing elements is equal, then processing unit 53 exports the instruction prestored and makes driver element 3 continue mobile along original moving direction 12.Finally make mower 1 on wire 21 and the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 are symmetrical about wire 21 through a series of adjustment like this.Mower 1 can be made like this can to move along wire 21.And under the guiding of wire 21, mower 1 can disposablely enter in the bus stop 7 be connected with wire 22 accurately, avoids and needs adjustment direction many times just can enter bus stop 7.Therefore, control module 5 also comprises the storage unit 54 that can store the various instruction that pre-sets and code and com-parison and analysis consequential signal.
It is to be noted in the present embodiment, the electric current that wire 21 passed to by signal generator 22 is fixed-direction, is convenient to the entrance 71 that mower 1 accurately can find bus stop 7 like this, thus enters bus stop 7 from entrance 71.As shown in Figure 1, conduct in a clockwise direction in the closed circuit that current signal i surrounds at wire 21 and bus stop 7, current signal i just in time flows out bus stop 7 from the entrance 71 of bus stop 7.By presetting, control module 5 makes mower 1 and moves along the counter clockwise direction of wire 21 after looking for wire 21 all the time.Can guarantee that mower 1 enters bus stop 7 from entrance 71 smoothly like this.
Certainly, mower 1 has multiple different mode of operation to process various different situation, such as, as grass cutting action pattern, guiding mode of operation, charge mode etc.Describe mower 1 groundwork situation under each pattern below in detail.When being in grass cutting action pattern, mower 1, under the effect of driver element 3, moves along a certain default route in perform region 10.After wire 21 passes to clockwise current signal i, the vertical component in the magnetic field in perform region 10 is all straight up.Therefore be positioned at the first sensing element 41 of workspace 10 and the second sensing element 42 under the influence of a magnetic field, the voltage sensing signal value of generation be all on the occasion of.Therefore, after control module 5 receives processing signals, analyze through processing unit 53 thus judge that now mower 1 is positioned at perform region 10.Thus control module 5 controls mower 1 keeps original mobile alignment to move on, in moving process, cut motor driving cutting blade be rotating mowing.And the route that mower 1 works can pre-set, comprise random route, regular curve or straight line etc.In addition, if when also having the barrier such as trees, pond in perform region 20, mower 1 is provided with can evade unit 6, evades the detectable barrier of unit 6 and mower 1 is evaded automatically.
If run into some unforeseeable emergency case, such as, by pet or baby, mower 1 is hauled out outside perform region 10.Then now sensing unit 4 is positioned at outside wire 21, and now sensing unit 4 is arranged in wire 21 external magnetic field vertical component is magnetic field straight down.Therefore the voltage being positioned at the sensing unit generation outside wire 21 is negative value.After this voltage sensing signal passes to control module 5, analyze mower 1 through processing unit 53 and be positioned at non-active area 11.Control module 5 just controls mower 1 by the course changing control mechanism 32 of driver element 3 and turns to.After having crossed certain hour, control module 5 detects the transducing signal of sensing unit 4 again.If now control module 5 still judges that mower 1 is positioned at outside perform region 10, control module 5 can control mower 1 and again turn to.Circulation like this normally performs grass cutting action until mower 1 is got back in perform region 10.
Mower 1 is provided with energy storage units 8, for supplying energy to the power motor 31 in cutting motor and driver element 3.In the present embodiment, the energy of storage is electric energy, and energy storage unit 8 is battery.Mower 1 is also provided with the probe unit 81 of the stored energy situation of detectable energy storage units 8 li.When probe unit 81 detect battery lower than one preset reference value time, the such as magnitude of voltage of 23.4 volts, can certainly be set to the value that other have different size or type, enters guiding mode of operation by a series of feedback mower 1.Certainly, mower 1 has the multiple situation entering guiding mode of operation.Such as, the housing 2 of mower 1 is also provided with home key (not shown), only need to press home key when operator needs mower 1 to stop work at present and enters bus stop 7, mower 1 will enter guiding mode of operation immediately.Other situation, wait weather extremes weather if run into rain, the external environment condition inductor (not shown) on mower 1 senses and mower 1 also can be made to enter guiding mode of operation after external ambient conditions meets default trigger condition.In a word, after mower 1 meets certain trigger condition, mower 1 just can enter guiding mode of operation.
As shown in Figure 7, enter after guiding mode of operation, control module 5 can make mower 1 automatically look for wire 21.Particularly, control module 5 can control sensing unit 4 and detect the field signal that wire 21 sends.According to the field signal collected, mower 1 can produce a circuit at random and point to wire 21.Then driver element 3 drives mower 1 guiding line 21 to move.Until mower 1 is positioned on wire 21, and the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 lay respectively at the both sides of wire 21.The voltage sensing signal of such two sensing elements just what a be on the occasion of, another is negative value.Certainly in other examples, mower 1 also can search out wire 21 with the route preset.The route preset can be straight line, also can be curve.
Except comparative analysis voltage on the occasion of or negative value except, control module 5 also can compare the absolute value of voltage size of the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42.As shown in Figure 5 when absolute value of voltage equal and opposite in direction, illustrate that the distance of wire 21 to the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 is equal, namely axis 13 and wire 21 overlap, control module 5 keeps the moving direction 12 of mower 1 constant, and mower 1 is advanced to bus stop 7 under the guiding of wire 21.As shown in Figure 6 when absolute value of voltage size is unequal, illustrate the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 asymmetric about wire 21.Particularly in the present embodiment, the first sensing element 41 is less than the distance of the second sensing element 42 to wire 21 to the distance of wire 21, and control module 5 output order controls power motor 31 makes the rotating speed of the first roller 321 diminish, and the rotating speed of the second roller 322 becomes large.Adjustment like this correspondingly can change the moving direction 13 of mower 1, until mower 1 moves along perpendicular to the direction of line between the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 all the time, make the first sensing element 41 and the second sensing element 42 about wire 21 symmetry, as shown in Figure 5.Such mower 1 just moves along wire 21 substantially, and under the guiding of wire 21, mower 1 can spend the number of times of minimizing to enter bus stop 7 exactly from entrance 72.
In addition, the shell 2 of mower 1 is also provided with the first electrode slice 23.First electrode slice 23 is arranged on outside, and this is for ease of contacting with the second electrode slice 72 of setting in bus stop 7.In the present embodiment, the first electrode slice 23 is symmetrically arranged two, and the axis of symmetry of the first electrode slice 23 and the first sensing element 41 overlap with the axis of symmetry of the second sensing element 42, and this axis of symmetry is the axis 13 of housing 2.Like this when mower 1 enters bus stop 7 along wire 21 walking, can facilitate make the first electrode slice 23 and the second electrode slice 72 symmetry.After mower 1 enters bus stop 7 exactly, the first electrode slice 23 on mower 1 just in time touches the second electrode slice 72 in bus stop 7, and both produce electric connection.Now, mower 1 just enters charge mode.Electric energy is supplemented to mower 1, until the energy storage units 8 of mower 1 is full of by the first electrode slice 23 of contacting with each other and the second electrode slice 72 by bus stop 7.
In a word, the present invention is not limited to lifted specific embodiment structure, and the structure based on the present invention's design all belongs to scope.
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1. an automatic drive device, there is housing, be positioned at described housing and drive the driver element of described automatic drive device movement, the detection signal that sends of outer lead the corresponding sensing unit sending transducing signal, receive described transducing signal and control the control module of described driver element, described automatic drive device has the guiding mode of operation of walking along described wire, it is characterized in that: described sensing unit comprises the first sensing element and the second sensing element that independently arrange, under described guiding mode of operation, described control module controls described driver element and drives described automatic drive device to walk along described wire, and keep described first sensing element and described second sensing element about described wire symmetry.
2. automatic drive device according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described first sensing element and described second sensing element are inductance element.
3. automatic drive device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described control module comprises signal analysis unit and processing unit, described signal analysis unit is analyzed the described transducing signal received and exports analysis result, and described processing unit receives described analysis result and exports steering order to described driver element.
4. automatic drive device according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: described signal analysis unit comprises signal comparing unit, described signal comparing unit receives the described transducing signal of described first sensing element and described second sensing element and compares analysis to described transducing signal, exports described analysis result more afterwards.
5. automatic drive device according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: described signal analysis unit comprises Signal averaging unit, described Signal averaging unit receives the described transducing signal of described first sensing element and described second sensing element and described transducing signal is carried out overlay analysis, compares and export described analysis result after superposition with 0.
6. automatic drive device according to claim 3, is characterized in that: described processing unit has the CPU processed described analysis result.
7. automatic drive device according to claim 6, is characterized in that: described driver element comprises roller and drives the power motor of described roller.
8. automatic drive device according to claim 7, it is characterized in that: described roller comprises the first roller and the second roller, when described first sensing element and described second sensing element are about described wire symmetry, the rotating speed that described processing unit controls described first roller and described second roller is constant to keep the direction of motion of described automatic drive device.
9. automatic drive device according to claim 8, it is characterized in that: when described first sensing element and described second sensing element asymmetric about described wire time, described processing unit controls described power motor makes the rotating speed of described first roller become large, and the rotating speed of described second roller diminishes the direction of motion changing described automatic drive device.
10. automatic drive device according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described automatic drive device also comprises cutter unit, the cutting blade that described cutter unit comprises cutting motor and driven by described cutting motor.
11. automatic drive devices according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the described housing of described automatic drive device has the first electrode slice that two relative symmetry rotational symmetry are arranged, described first sensing element is symmetrical arranged with the relative described axis of symmetry of described second sensing element.
12. automatic drive devices according to claim 11, is characterized in that: described axis of symmetry is the axis of described housing.
13. automatic drive devices according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described automatic drive device has energy storage units, when the energy storage amount in described energy storage units is less than preset value, described control module output order makes described automatic drive device enter described guiding mode of operation.
14. automatic drive devices according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described automatic drive device has battery, and when the magnitude of voltage of described battery is less than 23.4 volts, described automatic drive device enters described guiding mode of operation.
15. automatic drive devices according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described automatic drive device is provided with home key, and after described home key is pressed, described automatic drive device enters described guiding mode of operation.
16. automatic drive devices according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described automatic drive device is provided with external environment condition detector, when described external environment condition detector senses that described automatic drive device enters described guiding mode of operation after external condition meets trigger condition.
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