CN113057531A - Integrated alignment structure and alignment method for sweeping robot and maintenance station - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an integrated alignment structure and an alignment method of a sweeping robot and a maintenance station, wherein the alignment structure comprises a first interface part, a second interface part and a third interface part, wherein the first interface part is provided with a first dust collection interface, a first water inlet interface, a first water outlet interface, a first charging part and a first positioning part; the second interface part is provided with a second dust collecting interface, a second water inlet interface, a second water outlet interface, a second charging part and a second positioning part; the first interface part and the second interface part are mutually butted so that the first positioning part is connected with the second positioning part to limit the position, the first dust collecting interface is communicated with the second dust collecting interface to collect garbage, the first water inlet interface is communicated with the second water outlet interface to collect sewage, the first water outlet interface is communicated with the second water inlet interface to supplement purified water, and the first charging part and the second charging part are in conductive contact to charge the sweeping robot. Utilize this integrated counterpoint structure can carry out comprehensive maintenance to the robot of sweeping the floor to improve the convenience of maintaining and the convenience of production equipment.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of sweeping robots, in particular to an integrated alignment structure and an alignment method of a sweeping robot and a maintenance station.
Background
Along with the improvement of the living standard of people, the automatic floor sweeping robot is more and more widely applied to daily life or work, the cleaning manpower can be saved by utilizing the automatic floor sweeping robot, and the cleaning efficiency can be improved.
When the sweeping robot is used for a period of time, the sweeping robot needs to be maintained. However, most base stations for maintaining the sweeping robot only have an automatic charging function, cannot perform other maintenance operations on the sweeping robot, and require a user to pour garbage, add water, clean hair and the like, so that the convenience of maintaining the sweeping robot is reduced, and the user experience is poor.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an integrated alignment structure and an alignment method of a sweeping robot and a maintenance station, which are used for improving the convenience of maintenance of the sweeping robot.
In order to achieve the technical purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect of the present invention, an integrated alignment structure of a sweeping robot and a maintenance station is provided, including:
the first interface part is arranged on the maintenance station, a first dust collecting interface, a first water inlet interface, a first water outlet interface, a first charging part and a first positioning part are arranged on the first interface part, the first dust collecting interface is used for being connected with a dust collecting component pipeline of the maintenance station, the first water inlet interface is used for being connected with a water purifying component pipeline of the maintenance station, the first water outlet interface is used for being connected with a sewage component pipeline of the maintenance station, and the first charging part is used for being electrically connected with a charging component of the maintenance station;
the second interface part is arranged on the sweeping robot, the second interface part is provided with a second dust collecting interface, a second water inlet interface, a second water outlet interface, a second charging part and a second positioning part, the second dust collecting interface is used for being communicated with a dust collecting cavity of the sweeping robot, the second water inlet interface is used for being communicated with a water purifying cavity of the sweeping robot, the second water outlet interface is used for being communicated with a sewage cavity of the sweeping robot, and the second charging part is used for being electrically connected with an internal battery of the sweeping robot;
the first interface part and the second interface part are mutually butted or separated; under the mutual butt joint state of first interface part with the second interface part, first location portion with the second location portion is connected in order to restrict the relative position of first interface part with the second interface part, first collection dirt interface with the second collection dirt interface is linked together in order to collect rubbish in the collection dirt intracavity, first interface of intaking with the second interface of intaking is linked together in order to collect sewage in the sewage intracavity, first interface of intaking with the second interface of intaking is linked together in order to supply the water purification to the water purification chamber, first portion of charging with the second portion of charging conductive contact is in order to charge the robot of sweeping the floor.
Preferably, the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are both magnets and have opposite magnetism, and the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion can be magnetically attracted or separated, so that the first interface portion and the second interface portion are butted with each other or separated from each other.
Preferably, the dust collector further comprises an elastic colloid and a soft colloid channel, the elastic colloid is connected between the first interface part and the maintenance station, and the soft colloid channel is connected between the first dust collecting interface and the dust collecting component, so that the first interface part can move elastically relative to the maintenance station.
Preferably, an infrared signal transmitting device is further arranged on the first interface part, an infrared sensor is further arranged on the second interface part, and the infrared sensor can receive infrared signals transmitted by the infrared signal transmitting device, so that the sweeping robot can draw close the maintenance station along a set route according to the infrared signals.
Preferably, the first charging part is an elastic conductive pin, the second charging part is a conductive sheet, the elastic conductive pin protrudes out of the first interface part and can elastically stretch out and draw back along the axial direction of the elastic conductive pin, and the conductive sheet can gradually compress the elastic conductive pin to fully contact with the elastic conductive pin in the process that the second interface part and the first interface part are mutually butted.
Preferably, the second dust collecting interface is provided with soft dust collecting glue for plugging a gap between the second dust collecting interface and the first dust collecting interface; a water purification soft rubber is arranged at the second water inlet interface and used for plugging a gap between the second water inlet interface and the first water outlet interface; and a sewage soft rubber is arranged at the second water outlet interface to be used for plugging a gap between the second water outlet interface and the first water inlet interface.
Preferably, the second dust collecting port is hinged to a baffle, and the baffle can rotate relative to the second port to open or close the second dust collecting port.
In a second aspect of the present invention, a method for aligning a sweeping robot with a maintenance station is provided, which includes the following steps:
the maintenance station emits infrared signals outwards to guide the sweeping robot to approach the maintenance station;
the sweeping robot receives the infrared signal and draws close to the maintenance station along the set route until a second interface part on the sweeping robot is aligned with a first interface part on the maintenance station;
the sweeping robot continuously approaches to the maintenance station until the second interface part is in butt joint with the first interface part, so that the first positioning part is connected with the second positioning part, the first dust collecting interface is communicated with the second dust collecting interface, the first water inlet interface is communicated with the second water outlet interface, the first water outlet interface is communicated with the second water inlet interface, and the first charging part is in conductive contact with the second charging part; at this time, an instruction of stopping advancing is sent to the sweeping robot, and the sweeping robot stops advancing. The first positioning part, the first dust collecting interface, the first water inlet interface, the first water outlet interface and the first charging part are all arranged on the first interface part; the second positioning part, the second dust collecting interface, the second water inlet interface, the second water outlet interface and the second charging part are all arranged on the second interface part.
Preferably, the robot of sweeping the floor receives infrared signal and draws close along setting for the route to the maintenance station, until the second interface part on the robot of sweeping the floor aligns specifically with the first interface part on the maintenance station and includes:
the sweeping robot receives the infrared signal and approaches the maintenance station along a set route;
the sweeping robot carries out position adjustment, and along with the sweeping robot continues to be close to, the positioning bulge on the sweeping robot is clamped with the positioning groove on the maintenance station, so that the second interface part on the sweeping robot is aligned with the first interface part on the maintenance station.
Preferably, the sweeping robot continues to approach the maintenance station until the second interface part and the first interface part are butted with each other, specifically including:
the positioning bulge on the sweeping robot slides along the positioning groove of the maintenance station to guide the sweeping robot to continuously approach the maintenance station;
after the set distance is reached, the first positioning part and the second positioning part are magnetically attracted, so that the second interface part and the first interface part are mutually butted.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
according to the integrated alignment structure of the sweeping robot and the maintenance station, which is provided by the technical scheme of the invention, the sweeping robot is provided with the second interface part, meanwhile, the maintenance station is provided with the first interface part, and when the sweeping robot is in the conditions of low electric quantity, water shortage, excessive sewage and the like, the sweeping robot needs to return to the maintenance station for maintenance. When the second interface part of the sweeping robot is in butt joint with the first interface part of the maintenance station, the first positioning part is connected with the second positioning part to limit the relative position of the first interface part and the second interface part, the first dust collecting interface is communicated with the second dust collecting interface to collect garbage in the dust collecting cavity, the first water inlet interface is communicated with the second water outlet interface to collect sewage in the sewage cavity, the first water outlet interface is communicated with the second water inlet interface to supplement purified water to the purified water cavity, and the first charging part and the second charging part are in conductive contact to charge the sweeping robot. Therefore, the sweeping robot can be comprehensively maintained at one time by utilizing the integrated alignment structure, so that the convenience of maintaining the sweeping robot is improved; meanwhile, as each interface is integrated on one part, the butt joint precision can be improved, and the integrated structure can improve the production efficiency and the assembly convenience.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a second interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a maintenance station having a first interface portion;
figure 4 is a schematic structural view of a sweeping robot having a second interface portion;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a partially exploded structure of a maintenance station;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of another perspective exploded view of the maintenance station;
fig. 7 is a flowchart of an alignment method between a cleaning robot and a maintenance station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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1. a first interface section; 11. a first dust collection interface; 12. a first water inlet interface; 13. a first water outlet interface; 14. a first charging section; 15. a first positioning portion;
2. a second interface part; 21. a second dust collecting interface; 22. a second water inlet interface; 23. a second water outlet interface; 24. a second charging section; 25. a second positioning portion; 211. a baffle plate;
3. an elastic gel; 4. a soft rubber channel;
10. a maintenance station; 101. a dust collection assembly; 102. a water purification assembly; 103. a sewage assembly; 1011. a dust collection box; 1012. a fan; 1021. a water purifying tank; 1031. a sewage tank; 104. positioning a groove;
20. a sweeping robot.
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In order to make the objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The first embodiment is as follows:
referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, an integrated alignment structure of a sweeping robot and a maintenance station according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first interface part 1 and a second interface part 2.
Referring to fig. 3 and 5, the first interface portion 1 is disposed on the maintenance station 10, the first interface portion 1 is disposed with a first dust collecting interface 11, a first water inlet interface 12, a first water outlet interface 13, a first charging portion 14 and a first positioning portion 15, the first dust collecting interface 11 is configured to be connected to a dust collecting component 101 of the maintenance station 10 through a pipeline, the first water inlet interface 12 is configured to be connected to a water purifying component 102 of the maintenance station 10 through a pipeline, the first water outlet interface 13 is configured to be connected to a sewage component 103 of the maintenance station 10 through a pipeline, and the first charging portion 14 is configured to be electrically connected to a charging component (not shown in the figure) of the maintenance station 10. Referring to fig. 4, the second interface part 2 is disposed on the sweeping robot 20, the second interface part 2 has a second dust collecting interface 21, a second water inlet interface 22, a second water outlet interface 23, a second charging part 24 and a second positioning part 25, the second dust collecting interface 21 is used for communicating with a dust collecting cavity (not shown) of the sweeping robot 20, the second water inlet interface 22 is used for communicating with a clean water cavity (not shown) of the sweeping robot, the second water outlet interface 23 is used for communicating with a sewage cavity (not shown) of the sweeping robot, and the second charging part 24 is used for electrically connecting with an internal battery of the sweeping robot; the first interface part 1 and the second interface part 2 are mutually butted or separated; under the mutual butt joint state of first interface portion 1 and second interface portion 2, first location portion 15 is connected with second location portion 25 in order to restrict the relative position of first interface portion 1 and second interface portion 2, first collection dirt interface 11 is linked together with second collection dirt interface 21 in order to collect the rubbish in the collection dirt chamber, first interface 12 that intakes is linked together with second interface 23 that goes out in order to collect the sewage in the sewage chamber, first interface 13 that goes out is linked together with second interface 22 that intakes in order to supply the clean water to the clean water chamber, first portion 14 that charges with the second portion 24 conductive contact in order to charge robot 20 of sweeping the floor.
In this embodiment, specifically, the sweeping robot 20 has the second interface part 2, and meanwhile, the maintenance station 10 has the first interface part 1, and when the sweeping robot 20 is in a situation of low power, water shortage, excessive sewage, and the like, the sweeping robot 20 needs to return to the maintenance station 10 for maintenance. When the second interface part 2 of the sweeping robot 20 is butted with the first interface part 1 of the maintenance station 10, the first positioning part 15 and the second positioning part 25 are connected to limit the relative position of the first interface part 1 and the second interface part 2, the first dust collecting interface 11 is communicated with the second dust collecting interface 21 to collect the garbage in the dust collecting cavity, the first water inlet interface 12 is communicated with the second water outlet interface 23 to collect the sewage in the sewage cavity, the first water outlet interface 13 is communicated with the second water inlet interface 22 to supplement the purified water to the purified water cavity, and the first charging part 14 is in conductive contact with the second charging part 24 to charge the sweeping robot 20. Therefore, the sweeping robot 20 can be comprehensively maintained at one time by using the integrated alignment structure, so that the convenience of maintaining the sweeping robot 20 is improved; meanwhile, as each interface is integrated on one part, the butt joint precision can be improved, and the integrated structure can improve the production efficiency and the assembly convenience.
Referring to fig. 5 and 6, in the above embodiment, specifically, the dust collecting assembly 101 includes a dust collecting box 1011 and a fan 1012, the dust collecting box 1011 is communicated with the first dust collecting interface 11 through a dust collecting pipe, the fan 1012 is disposed at the bottom of the dust collecting box 1011 and is communicated with the dust collecting box 1011, when the second interface part 2 of the cleaning robot 20 is completely butted with the first interface part 1 of the maintenance station 10, the fan 1012 starts to rotate to generate a negative pressure in the dust collecting box 1011, so that the garbage in the cleaning robot is sucked into the dust collecting box 1011, and the garbage collecting process is completed; the water purifying assembly 102 comprises a water purifying tank 1021 and a water purifying pump (not shown in the figure), the water purifying tank 1021 is connected with a water inlet of the water purifying pump, a water outlet of the water purifying pump is communicated with the first water outlet interface 13 through a water outlet pipeline, and when the second interface part 2 of the sweeping robot 20 is completely butted with the first interface part 1 of the maintenance station 10, the water purifying pump pumps out purified water from the water purifying tank 1021 and introduces the purified water into the sweeping robot through the first water outlet interface 13 to complete the water supplementing and purifying process; the sewage assembly 103 includes a sewage tank 1031 and a sewage pump (not shown in the figure), the sewage tank 1031 is communicated with a water outlet of the sewage pump, and a water inlet of the sewage pump is communicated with the first water inlet interface 12 through a water inlet pipeline, after the second interface part 2 of the sweeping robot 20 is butted with the first interface part 1 of the maintenance station 10, the sewage pump pumps out the sewage in the sweeping robot, and pumps the sewage into the sewage tank 1031 for storage, so as to complete the sewage collecting process. The charging assembly comprises a power module, the first charging part 14 is electrically connected with the power module through a conducting wire, and after the second interface part 2 of the sweeping robot 20 is in butt joint with the first interface part 1 of the maintenance station 10, the first charging part 14 is in conductive contact with the second charging part 24 so as to charge the sweeping robot 20.
Referring to fig. 1, in the above embodiment, preferably, the integrated alignment structure further includes an elastic rubber body 3 and a soft rubber passage 4, the elastic rubber body 3 is connected between the first interface portion 1 and the maintenance station 10, and the soft rubber passage 4 is connected between the first dust collecting interface 11 and the dust collecting assembly 101, so that the first interface portion 1 can elastically move relative to the maintenance station 10. Specifically, in this embodiment, the elastic colloid 3 is a circle of silica gel arranged at the end of the first interface part 1, and meanwhile, the circle of silica gel also has an elastic fold part, so that the first interface part 1 can elastically rotate relative to the maintenance station 10, and meanwhile, because the first dust collecting interface 11 and the dust collecting component 101 are provided with the soft rubber channel 4 therebetween, the first interface part 1 can also elastically move along the docking direction of the sweeping robot and the maintenance station, so that when the sweeping robot and the maintenance station are docked, the flexibility of connection between the sweeping robot and the maintenance station is improved through elastic rotation and elastic telescoping of the first interface part 1.
In the above embodiment, preferably, the first positioning portion 15 and the second positioning portion 25 are both magnets and have opposite magnetism, and the first positioning portion 15 and the second positioning portion 25 can be magnetically attracted or separated so as to make the first interface portion 1 and the second interface portion 2 butt against or separate from each other. Specifically, in this embodiment, when the second interface part 2 is butted with the first interface part 1, and after the second interface part 2 and the first interface part 1 approach to a certain distance, the magnets disposed on the two will attract each other, so as to directly attract and fix the two. Meanwhile, the first interface part 1 can flexibly rotate elastically and stretch elastically, so that when the two are butted, even if a certain deviation occurs in the butted position, the adaptability can be adjusted, and the convenience of connection of the two is improved. It should be understood that, in this embodiment, the number and the arrangement position of the magnets are not limited, and may be determined according to actual needs, and meanwhile, the magnets are not limited to ordinary magnets, and may also be electromagnets or other components having magnetic adsorption capability.
In addition, when the first positioning portion 15 and the second positioning portion 25 are both made of common magnets, in order to avoid the magnet being installed reversely, a fool-proof design may be performed, for example: the magnet to be installed on first interface portion 1 can be designed for cylindrically, and correspondingly, the mounting hole on first interface portion 1 also is the round hole, and simultaneously, the magnet to be installed on second interface portion 2 is designed for squarely, and correspondingly, the mounting hole on second interface portion 2 also is squarely, therefore, can avoid the magnet dress to influence the magnetic adsorption effect when the butt joint on the contrary. It can be understood that the fool-proof design illustrated in this embodiment is only one specific implementation manner, and in other embodiments, the fool-proof function may be implemented by various other fool-proof designs, which are not listed here.
Referring to fig. 2, in the above embodiment, it is preferable that the second dust collection interface 21 is hinged with a baffle 211, and the baffle 211 can rotate relative to the second interface part 2 to open or close the second dust collection interface 21. Specifically, the baffle 211 is hinged to the second dust collecting port 21 through a torsion spring, when the second dust collecting port 21 is aligned with the first dust collecting port 11, the fan 1012 starts to rotate to generate negative pressure in the dust collecting box 1011, so that the baffle 211 rotates relative to the second interface part 2 to open the second dust collecting port 21, at this time, the garbage in the dust collecting cavity can be sucked into the dust collecting box 1011, after the garbage collection is completed, the fan 1012 stops operating, and the baffle 211 closes the second dust collecting port 21 again under the torsion action of the torsion spring to wait for next dust collection maintenance. Therefore, the baffle 211 can seal the second dust collecting interface 21 when the sweeping robot is in normal use, so that the garbage is prevented from running out of the second dust collecting interface 21, and the garbage collecting effect is ensured.
In the above embodiment, preferably, the first interface portion 1 is further provided with an infrared signal emitting device (not shown in the figure), and the second interface portion 2 is further provided with an infrared sensor (not shown in the figure), where the infrared sensor can receive an infrared signal emitted by the infrared signal emitting device, so that the sweeping robot 20 can move close to the maintenance station 10 along the set route according to the infrared signal. Specifically, in this embodiment, when the sweeping robot 20 needs to return to the maintenance station 10 for maintenance, the specific position of the maintenance station 10 is obtained by receiving the infrared signal transmitted by the infrared signal transmitting device, so that the traveling route is planned to approach the maintenance station 10 until the second interface part 2 on the sweeping robot 20 is completely docked with the first interface part 1 on the maintenance station 10. Therefore, the infrared signal transmitting device is matched with the infrared sensor on the sweeping robot to guide the path of the sweeping robot, so that the sweeping robot can return to the maintenance station for maintenance by the optimal path.
In the above embodiment, preferably, the first charging part 14 is an elastic conductive pin, the second charging part 24 is a conductive piece, the elastic conductive pin 14 protrudes out of the first interface part 1 and can elastically expand and contract along the axial direction thereof, and the conductive piece 24 can gradually compress the elastic conductive pin 14 to fully contact with the elastic conductive pin 14 in the process of butting the second interface part 2 and the first interface part 1. Specifically, in this embodiment, when the second interface portion 2 and the first interface portion 1 are butted with each other, in a process that the second interface portion 2 gradually approaches the first interface portion 1, the conductive sheet 24 on the second interface portion 2 may contact with the end of the elastic conductive pin 14 first, and then, as the second interface portion 2 continuously approaches the first interface portion 1 until the second interface portion 1 is butted with the first interface portion 1, the conductive sheet 24 may continuously press the end of the elastic conductive pin 14, so that the elastic conductive pin 14 is in full contact with the conductive sheet 24 under the action of the elastic force, and the situation that the robot for sweeping the floor is charged due to the influence of poor contact is avoided.
In the above embodiment, preferably, a soft dust collecting glue (not shown in the figure) is disposed at the second dust collecting port 21 for blocking a gap between the second dust collecting port 21 and the first dust collecting port 11; a water-purifying soft rubber (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the second water inlet connector 22 to block a gap between the second water inlet connector 22 and the first water outlet connector 13; a sewage soft rubber (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the second water outlet port 23 to block a gap between the second water outlet port 23 and the first water inlet port 12. Therefore, the sealing performance of the first interface part 1 and the second interface part 2 in butt joint can be improved by utilizing the dust collecting soft rubber, the water purifying soft rubber and the sewage soft rubber, and the leakage of garbage, purified water or sewage is avoided.
In summary, the integrated alignment structure of the sweeping robot and the maintenance station provided by the embodiment of the invention can not only comprehensively maintain the sweeping robot at one time, but also improve the convenience of maintaining the sweeping robot; meanwhile, the interfaces are integrated on one component, so that the butt joint precision and the production and assembly convenience can be improved; in addition, can carry out the route guide to the robot of sweeping the floor through infrared signal transmitting device cooperation infrared sensor to when the two is close to certain degree, utilize magnet to carry out magnetic adsorption, thereby improve the convenience of butt joint.
Example two:
referring to fig. 7, a method for aligning a sweeping robot and a maintenance station according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:
s10, the maintenance station emits infrared signals outwards to guide the sweeping robot to approach the maintenance station;
specifically, the maintenance station can continuously emit the infrared signal outwards, and when the sweeping robot needs to return to the maintenance station for maintenance, the infrared signal can be received, so that the sweeping robot can be guided to the route by utilizing the infrared signal.
S20, the sweeping robot receives the infrared signal and draws close to the maintenance station along the set route until the second interface part on the sweeping robot is aligned with the first interface part on the maintenance station;
specifically, after the sweeping robot receives the infrared signal, the sweeping robot gradually approaches the maintenance station along the set route, and performs position adjustment in the approach process, and then the sweeping robot continues to approach the maintenance station until the positioning protrusion on the sweeping robot is engaged with the positioning groove 104 on the maintenance station, which indicates that the second interface part on the sweeping robot is aligned with the first interface part on the maintenance station.
S30, the sweeping robot continuously draws close to the maintenance station until the second interface part is in butt joint with the first interface part, so that the first positioning part is connected with the second positioning part, the first dust collecting interface is communicated with the second dust collecting interface, the first water inlet interface is communicated with the second water outlet interface, the first water outlet interface is communicated with the second water inlet interface, and the first charging part is in conductive contact with the second charging part; at this time, an instruction of stopping advancing is sent to the sweeping robot, and the sweeping robot stops advancing. The first positioning part, the first dust collecting interface, the first water inlet interface, the first water outlet interface and the first charging part are arranged on the first interface part; the second location portion, the second dust collection interface, the second water inlet interface, the second water outlet interface and the second charging portion are all arranged on the second interface portion.
Specifically, after the first interface part and the second interface part are aligned with each other, the positioning protrusion on the sweeping robot slides along the positioning groove 104 of the maintenance station to guide the sweeping robot to move closer to the maintenance station, and after a set distance is reached, the first positioning part and the second positioning part are magnetically attracted to enable the second interface part 2 and the first interface part 1 to be butted with each other, so that the alignment between the sweeping robot and the maintenance station is completed.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.
The above description is only for the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and the present invention shall be covered thereby. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.
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1. The utility model provides an integrated counterpoint structure of robot and maintenance station of sweeping floor which characterized in that includes:
the first interface part is arranged on the maintenance station, a first dust collecting interface, a first water inlet interface, a first water outlet interface, a first charging part and a first positioning part are arranged on the first interface part, the first dust collecting interface is used for being connected with a dust collecting component pipeline of the maintenance station, the first water inlet interface is used for being connected with a water purifying component pipeline of the maintenance station, the first water outlet interface is used for being connected with a sewage component pipeline of the maintenance station, and the first charging part is used for being electrically connected with a charging component of the maintenance station;
the second interface part is arranged on the sweeping robot, the second interface part is provided with a second dust collecting interface, a second water inlet interface, a second water outlet interface, a second charging part and a second positioning part, the second dust collecting interface is used for being communicated with a dust collecting cavity of the sweeping robot, the second water inlet interface is used for being communicated with a water purifying cavity of the sweeping robot, the second water outlet interface is used for being communicated with a sewage cavity of the sweeping robot, and the second charging part is used for being electrically connected with an internal battery of the sweeping robot;
the first interface part and the second interface part are mutually butted or separated; under the mutual butt joint state of first interface part with the second interface part, first location portion with the second location portion is connected in order to restrict the relative position of first interface part with the second interface part, first collection dirt interface with the second collection dirt interface is linked together in order to collect rubbish in the collection dirt intracavity, first interface of intaking with the second interface of intaking is linked together in order to collect sewage in the sewage intracavity, first interface of intaking with the second interface of intaking is linked together in order to supply the water purification to the water purification chamber, first portion of charging with the second portion of charging conductive contact is in order to charge the robot of sweeping the floor.
2. The integrated alignment structure of claim 1, wherein the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are both magnets and have opposite magnetism, and the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion can be magnetically attracted or separated to enable the first interface portion and the second interface portion to be abutted against or separated from each other.
3. The integrated alignment structure of claim 2, further comprising an elastic rubber and a soft rubber channel, wherein the elastic rubber is connected between the first interface and the maintenance station, and the soft rubber channel is connected between the first dust collecting interface and the dust collecting assembly, so that the first interface can move elastically relative to the maintenance station.
4. The integrated alignment structure according to claim 1, wherein an infrared signal emitting device is further disposed on the first interface portion, and an infrared sensor is further disposed on the second interface portion, and the infrared sensor can receive an infrared signal emitted by the infrared signal emitting device, so that the sweeping robot can move closer to the maintenance station along a set route according to the infrared signal.
5. The integrated alignment structure of claim 1, wherein the first charging portion is an elastic conductive pin, the second charging portion is a conductive piece, the elastic conductive pin protrudes out of the first interface portion and is elastically stretchable along an axial direction thereof, and the conductive piece can gradually compress the elastic conductive pin to fully contact with the elastic conductive pin during the process of butting the second interface portion and the first interface portion with each other.
6. The integrated alignment structure of claim 1, wherein dust collection soft rubber is disposed at the second dust collection interface for blocking a gap between the second dust collection interface and the first dust collection interface; a water purification soft rubber is arranged at the second water inlet interface and used for plugging a gap between the second water inlet interface and the first water outlet interface; and a sewage soft rubber is arranged at the second water outlet interface to be used for plugging a gap between the second water outlet interface and the first water inlet interface.
7. The integrated alignment structure of claim 1, wherein the second dust collecting port is hinged to a flap, and the flap can rotate relative to the second port to open or close the second dust collecting port.
8. A method for aligning a sweeping robot with a maintenance station is characterized by comprising the following steps:
the maintenance station emits infrared signals outwards to guide the sweeping robot to approach the maintenance station;
the sweeping robot receives the infrared signal and draws close to the maintenance station along the set route until a second interface part on the sweeping robot is aligned with a first interface part on the maintenance station;
the sweeping robot continuously approaches to the maintenance station until the second interface part is in butt joint with the first interface part, so that the first positioning part is connected with the second positioning part, the first dust collecting interface is communicated with the second dust collecting interface, the first water inlet interface is communicated with the second water outlet interface, the first water outlet interface is communicated with the second water inlet interface, and the first charging part is in conductive contact with the second charging part; at the moment, sending an instruction of stopping advancing to the sweeping robot, and stopping advancing of the sweeping robot; the first positioning part, the first dust collecting interface, the first water inlet interface, the first water outlet interface and the first charging part are all arranged on the first interface part; the second positioning part, the second dust collecting interface, the second water inlet interface, the second water outlet interface and the second charging part are all arranged on the second interface part.
9. The alignment method according to claim 8, wherein the step of receiving the infrared signal by the sweeping robot and moving the sweeping robot toward the maintenance station along the set path until the second interface of the sweeping robot and the first interface of the maintenance station are aligned with each other specifically comprises:
the sweeping robot receives the infrared signal and approaches the maintenance station along a set route;
the sweeping robot carries out position adjustment, and along with the sweeping robot continues to be close to, the positioning bulge on the sweeping robot is clamped with the positioning groove on the maintenance station, so that the second interface part on the sweeping robot is aligned with the first interface part on the maintenance station.
10. The alignment method according to claim 9, wherein the sweeping robot continuously moves toward the maintenance station until the second interface part and the first interface part are butted with each other, specifically comprising:
the positioning bulge on the sweeping robot slides along the positioning groove of the maintenance station to guide the sweeping robot to continuously approach the maintenance station;
after the set distance is reached, the first positioning part and the second positioning part are magnetically attracted, so that the second interface part and the first interface part are mutually butted.
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