CN116257068A

CN116257068A - Pool wall obstacle avoidance moving method and device of swimming pool cleaning robot and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN116257068A
Application number: CN202310478881.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 请求不公布姓名
Original assignee: Beijing Smorobot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Smorobot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-08-05
Filing date: 2022-08-05
Publication date: 2023-06-13
Also published as: CN116466725B; WO2024026938A1; CN115185282B; CN116466725A; CN115185282A

Abstract

The application provides a pool wall obstacle avoidance moving method and device of a swimming pool cleaning robot and electronic equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along a cleaning route on the pool wall of the swimming pool so as to execute the pool wall cleaning task; after collision with a pool wall obstacle in the process that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along the cleaning route, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall; or controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along an obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, returning to the pool wall after avoiding the pool wall obstacle, and continuously executing the pool wall cleaning task. Therefore, the method and the device can improve the execution success rate and the execution efficiency of the pool wall cleaning task.

Description

Pool wall obstacle avoidance moving method and device of swimming pool cleaning robot and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of cleaning control, in particular to a pool wall obstacle avoidance moving method and device of a swimming pool cleaning robot, electronic equipment and a computer storage medium.

Background

The swimming pool cleaning robot is one kind of cleaning robot for swimming pool to clean and to clean water in swimming pool.

The pool cleaning task of the swimming pool cleaning robot mainly comprises a pool bottom and pool wall cleaning, wherein various pool wall barriers such as a floor drain (e.g. a water inlet), an escalator, a step, a corner and the like are usually arranged on the pool wall, and all the pool wall barriers can block the pool wall cleaning task of the swimming pool cleaning robot and influence the execution success rate and the pool wall cleaning efficiency of the pool wall cleaning task.

Therefore, there is a need for an improved pool wall obstacle avoidance movement scheme to address the problem of poor performance of existing pool wall cleaning tasks.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, embodiments of the present application provide an improved pool wall obstacle avoidance movement solution to at least partially solve the above problems.

According to a first aspect of the present application, there is provided a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a swimming pool cleaning robot, comprising: controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along a cleaning route on the pool wall of the swimming pool so as to execute the pool wall cleaning task; after the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with a pool wall barrier in the process of moving along the cleaning route, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall; or controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along an obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, returning to the pool wall after avoiding the pool wall obstacle, and continuously executing the pool wall cleaning task.

According to a second aspect of the present application, there is provided a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement device of a swimming pool cleaning robot, comprising: the movement control module is used for controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along a cleaning route on the pool wall of the swimming pool so as to execute a pool wall cleaning task; the obstacle avoidance control module is used for controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall after colliding with the pool wall obstacle in the process that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along the cleaning route; or controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along an obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, returning to the pool wall after avoiding the pool wall obstacle, and continuously executing the pool wall cleaning task.

According to a third aspect of the present application, there is provided an electronic device comprising: a processor; a memory storing a program; wherein the program comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

According to a fourth aspect of the present application, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of the first aspect described above.

In summary, the method, the device and the computer storage medium for moving the pool wall obstacle avoidance of the swimming pool cleaning robot provided by the application can control the swimming pool cleaning robot to continue to execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall after colliding with the pool wall obstacle in the moving process along the cleaning route, or control the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom so as to return to the pool wall and continue to execute the pool wall cleaning task after avoiding the pool wall obstacle, thereby, the application can effectively avoid the pool wall obstacle on the pool wall in the process of executing the pool wall cleaning task so as to improve the execution success rate and the execution efficiency of the pool wall cleaning task.

Drawings

The following drawings are only for purposes of illustration and explanation of the present application and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Wherein, the liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal display device,

fig. 1 is a process flow diagram of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a pool cleaning robot in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2A-2B are schematic views of different embodiments of the cleaning route of the present application.

Fig. 3A-3H illustrate different embodiments of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement scheme that meets preset obstacle avoidance conditions.

Fig. 4 and 5A to 5B are process flow diagrams of a method for moving a pool wall obstacle avoidance of a swimming pool cleaning robot according to other embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 6A to 6B are views showing an embodiment of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement scheme that does not satisfy a preset obstacle avoidance condition.

Fig. 7 to 8 are process flow diagrams of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a swimming pool cleaning robot according to other embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 9A-9F are schematic illustrations of various embodiments of the present application of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement scheme that impacts a second pool wall during movement along a first pool wall.

Fig. 10A to 10B are process flow diagrams of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a pool cleaning robot according to other embodiments of the present application.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram of a pool wall obstacle avoidance mobile device of a pool cleaning robot in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals illustrate:

2. pool wall obstructions; 1100: a pool wall obstacle avoidance moving device of the swimming pool cleaning robot; 1102. a movement control module; 1104. the obstacle avoidance control module; 1200. an electronic device; 1201. a calculation unit; 1202. a ROM; 1203. a RAM; 1204. a bus; 1205. an input/output interface; 1206. an input unit; 1207. an output unit; 1208. a storage unit; 1209. and a communication unit.

Detailed Description

For a clearer understanding of technical features, objects, and effects of embodiments of the present application, a specific implementation of embodiments of the present application will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this document, "schematic" means "serving as an example, instance, or illustration," and any illustrations, embodiments described herein as "schematic" should not be construed as a more preferred or advantageous solution.

For simplicity of the drawing, only the parts relevant to the present application are schematically shown in each drawing, and they do not represent the actual structure thereof as a product. In addition, for simplicity and ease of understanding, components having the same structure or function in some of the figures are shown only schematically or only one or more of them are labeled.

Fig. 1 shows a process flow of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a swimming pool cleaning robot according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, this embodiment mainly includes the following steps:

step S102, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along a cleaning route on the pool wall of the swimming pool so as to execute the pool wall cleaning task.

In this embodiment, the cleaning route at least includes a plurality of downlink cleaning sections. For example, a downstream cleaning segment BC, a downstream cleaning segment DE as shown in fig. 2A, or a downstream cleaning segment JK, a downstream cleaning segment MN as shown in fig. 2B.

In this embodiment, the cleaning route at least includes a plurality of uplink cleaning sections. For example, the upstream cleaning segment AB, the upstream cleaning segment CD shown in fig. 2A, or the upstream cleaning segment HI, the upstream cleaning segment KL shown in fig. 2B.

Alternatively, the cleaning route on the pool wall may include a plurality of zigzag paths that are successive in sequence, wherein each zigzag path may be constituted by one upstream cleaning section on the pool wall and one downstream cleaning section connected to the upstream cleaning section.

Alternatively, the upstream and downstream sweep segments in each polyline path may be direct or indirect.

In one embodiment, when the upstream cleaning section and the downstream cleaning section are directly connected, an inverted V-shaped broken line path may be formed.

For example, referring to fig. 2A, one reverse V-shaped folding-line path ABC may be formed by the upstream cleaning section AB and the downstream cleaning section BC directly connected thereto, and another reverse V-shaped folding-line path CDE may be formed by the upstream cleaning section CD and the downstream cleaning section DE directly connected thereto, wherein the folding-line path ABC and the folding-line path CDE are continuous with each other.

In another embodiment, when the upstream cleaning section and the downstream cleaning section are indirectly connected, a trapezoid broken line path may be formed.

For example, referring to fig. 2B, one trapezoid polyline path HIJK may be formed by an upstream cleaning segment HI and a downstream cleaning segment JK connected therebetween, and another trapezoid polyline path KLMN may be formed by an upstream cleaning segment KL and a downstream cleaning segment MN connected therebetween, wherein the polyline path HIJK and the polyline path KLMN are continuous with each other.

In this embodiment, the uplink cleaning section and the downlink cleaning section may be connected to each other via the translation cleaning section. For example, the upstream cleaning section HI and the downstream cleaning section JK are connected to each other via the translational cleaning section IJ; the uplink cleaning section KL and the downlink cleaning section MN can be connected with each other by means of a translation flat cleaning section LM.

In this embodiment, the swimming pool cleaning robot can move backward from the pool surface of the swimming pool to the pool bottom of the swimming pool along any one of the directions of the downward cleaning sections on the pool wall; alternatively, the pool cleaning robot can move forward from the bottom of the pool to the pool surface of the pool along any one of the upward cleaning sections on the pool wall.

For example, in the simplified schematic diagram of the pool cleaning robot shown in fig. 2A or 2B, the black area portion is the head end of the pool cleaning robot (the following figures are all the same). Wherein the swimming pool cleaning robot can move forward along any one of the upward cleaning segments (e.g., segment AB, segment CD in fig. 2A, or segment HI, segment KL in fig. 2B) on the pool wall to climb up from the pool bottom toward the pool surface, and can move backward along any one of the downward cleaning segments (e.g., segment BC, segment DE in fig. 2A, or segment JK, segment MN in fig. 2B) on the pool wall to move downward from the pool surface toward the pool bottom.

Optionally, the road section included angle can be determined according to the measured water depth of the swimming pool cleaning robot moving along the previous broken line path and the rolling brush length of the swimming pool cleaning robot, and the current uplink cleaning road section and the current downlink cleaning road section in the current broken line path continuing the previous broken line path are generated according to the road section included angle and the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

Specifically, the included angle of the road section can be determined according to the measured water depth of the swimming pool cleaning robot moving along the previous broken line path and the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot; according to the included angle of the road section and the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot, the road section direction of the current upward cleaning road section in the current broken line path continuing to the previous broken line path is determined, the swimming pool cleaning robot can be controlled to move along the road section direction of the current upward cleaning road section from the pool bottom of the swimming pool to the pool surface direction of the swimming pool until the waterline sensor of the swimming pool cleaning robot senses that the swimming pool cleaning robot reaches the waterline position of the swimming pool, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to execute differential motion at the current position according to the determined road section included angle, and the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move from the current position to the pool bottom until the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the pool bottom of the swimming pool so as to determine the downward cleaning road section extending from the current position of the swimming pool robot to the pool bottom.

It should be noted that, the waterline sensor of the present application may use an ultrasonic sensor, and the sensor for detecting the position of the waterline may be implemented by using various prior art means, which is not limited herein.

In this embodiment, the included angle between the direction of the swimming pool cleaning robot after performing the differential motion and the direction before performing the differential motion is 2 times of the included angle of the road sections, that is, the included angle of the road sections of the upstream cleaning road section and the included angle of the road sections of the downstream cleaning road section in the same broken line path are the same.

For example, referring to fig. 2A, a road segment included angle β of a current folding line path may be determined according to a measured water depth of the swimming pool cleaning robot moving along the previous folding line path ABC and a length of a rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, and a current upstream cleaning road segment CD and a current downstream cleaning road segment DE in the current folding line path CDE continuing the previous folding line path ABC may be generated according to the road segment included angle β and the current position C of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

For another example, referring to fig. 2B, the road section included angle β may be determined according to the measured water depth of the swimming pool cleaning robot moving along the previous folding line path HIJK and the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, and the current up-road cleaning road section KL and the current down-road cleaning road section MN in the current folding line path KLMN continuing the previous folding line path HIJK may be generated according to the road section included angle β and the current position K of the swimming pool cleaning robot. The distance between the translation cleaning road section LM connecting the current uplink cleaning road section KL and the current downlink cleaning road section MN can be a preset distance, and the swimming pool cleaning robot can be controlled to perform differential motion movement at the waterline position to realize the preset distance.

Therefore, the technical scheme of generating each broken line path in the pool wall cleaning route based on the dynamically measured water depth can improve the coverage rate of pool wall cleaning and improve the pool wall cleaning effect.

Optionally, the water depth of the swimming pool can be updated according to the road section included angle of the previous downward cleaning road section and/or the previous downward cleaning road section in the previous broken line path and the moving time and the moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the previous upward cleaning road section and/or the previous downward cleaning road section in the previous broken line path, and the road section included angle of the current upward cleaning road section and the current downward cleaning road section in the current broken line path is determined according to the water depth of the swimming pool after updating, the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot and the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

For example, the water depth of the swimming pool can be updated according to the road section included angle of the previous broken line path and the moving time and moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the previous up-going cleaning road section and the previous down-going cleaning road section in the previous broken line path.

For another example, the water depth of the swimming pool can be updated according to the road section included angle of the previous uplink cleaning road section in the previous broken line path and the moving time and moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the previous uplink cleaning road section in the previous broken line path.

Preferably, the water depth of the swimming pool can be updated according to the included angle of the road section of the previous downward cleaning road section in the previous broken line path and the moving time and the moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the previous downward cleaning road section in the previous broken line path.

For example, referring to fig. 2A, the water depth of the swimming pool may be updated according to the road segment included angle α of the previous downstream cleaning road segment BC in the previous polyline path ABC, the moving time and moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the previous downstream cleaning road segment BC, and the road segment included angle β of each of the current upstream cleaning road segment CD and the current downstream cleaning road segment DE in the current polyline path CDE may be determined according to the water depth of the swimming pool after updating, the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, and the current position C of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

In this embodiment, the included angle of the current upstream cleaning section and the included angle of the current downstream cleaning section in the current polygonal line path are the same, that is, the included angle of the upstream cleaning section and the included angle of the downstream cleaning section forming the same polygonal line path are the same, but in different polygonal line paths, the included angles of the respective sections of the upstream cleaning section and the downstream cleaning section may be the same or different according to the water depth of the updated swimming pool.

For example, referring to fig. 2A, the road segment included angles of the upstream cleaning road segment AB and the current downstream cleaning road segment BC in the previous broken line path ABC are α, and the road segment included angles of the current upstream cleaning road segment CD and the current downstream cleaning road segment DE in the current broken line path CDE are β.

Optionally, under the condition that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along the previous broken line path to collide with the obstacle on the pool wall, the road section included angle of the previous up-going cleaning road section and the previous down-going cleaning road section in the previous broken line path can be directly obtained to serve as the road section included angle of the current up-going cleaning road section and the current down-going cleaning road section in the current broken line path continuing the previous broken line path.

In a specific application, under the condition that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along the previous broken line path to collide with the pool wall obstacle, the included angle between the current up-road cleaning section and the current down-road cleaning section in the current broken line path can be determined according to the water depth used for determining the included angle between the sections of the previous broken line path.

For example, referring to fig. 6A, when the pool cleaning robot moves along the preset folding line path ABC and collides with the pool wall obstacle 2 at the point C4, the road section included angle θ of the folding line path C4DE to be generated may be determined directly according to the measured water depth of the pool cleaning robot moving along the folding line path XYA without updating the water depth of the pool according to the moving time and moving speed of the pool cleaning robot moving along the actual folding line path ABC4, and the folding line path C4DE continuing to the folding line path ABC4 may be generated according to the road section included angle θ and the current position C4 of the pool cleaning robot.

As can be seen from fig. 6A, since the included angles of the segments of the folding line path ABC4 (or the folding line path ABC) and the folding line path C4DE are determined based on the water depths measured by the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the folding line path XYA, the included angles of the segments of both folding line paths are θ.

For another example, referring to fig. 6B, when the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along the preset broken line path ABC and collides with the pool wall obstacle 2 at the point B1, the swimming pool cleaning robot can move along the updated broken line path AB1C1 (wherein the included angle of the road segments of the broken line path AB1C1 is the included angle of the road segments of the broken line path ABC).

After the swimming pool cleaning robot moves to the position C1, the road section included angle theta of the folding line path C1DE to be generated can be determined directly according to the measured water depth of the swimming pool cleaning robot moving along the folding line path XYA without updating the water depth of the swimming pool according to the moving time and the moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the actual folding line path AB1C1, and the folding line path C1DE continuing to the folding line path AB1C1 is generated according to the road section included angle theta and the current position C1 of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

As can be seen from fig. 6B, since the included angles of the segments of the folding line path AB1C1 (or the folding line path ABC) and the folding line path C1DE are determined based on the water depth measured by the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the folding line path XYA, the included angles of the segments of the two folding line paths are both θ.

Step S104, after collision with the obstacle on the pool wall, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to continuously perform the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall, or the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, and after the obstacle on the pool wall is avoided, the swimming pool cleaning robot returns to the pool wall and continuously performs the pool wall cleaning task.

Alternatively, the pool wall barrier may include, but is not limited to, one of a floor drain (e.g., water inlet), an escalator, a step, a corner.

Alternatively, the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downward cleaning road section or the current upward cleaning road section can be determined after the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the obstacle on the pool wall in the process of moving along any one of the downward cleaning road sections on the pool wall.

Alternatively, the moving distance of the pool cleaning robot along the current downstream cleaning path may be determined by:

and determining a road section end point close to the pool surface in the current downward cleaning road section of the current broken line path as a movement starting point, and determining the actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downward cleaning road section according to the movement time of the swimming pool cleaning robot from the movement starting point to the pool wall obstacle along the current downward cleaning road section and the movement speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

For example, referring to fig. 3A, a section end point B near the pool surface in the current downstream cleaning section BC of the current broken line path ABC may be determined as a movement start point, and an actual movement distance of the pool cleaning robot along the current downstream cleaning section BC may be determined according to a time when the pool cleaning robot moves from the movement start point B along the current downstream cleaning section BC to the pool wall obstacle 2, a movement speed of the pool cleaning robot.

Alternatively, the moving distance of the pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning path may be determined by:

and determining a road section end point close to the pool bottom in the current upward cleaning road section of the current broken line path as a movement starting point, and determining the actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current upward cleaning road section according to the movement time of the swimming pool cleaning robot from the movement starting point to the pool wall obstacle along the current upward cleaning road section and the movement speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

For example, referring to fig. 3E, a section end point a near the pool bottom in the current up-going cleaning section AB of the current broken line path ABC may be determined as a movement start point, and an actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning section AB may be determined according to a time when the swimming pool cleaning robot moves from the movement start point a along the current up-going cleaning section AB to the pool wall obstacle 2, a movement speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

Alternatively, it may be determined whether the pool cleaning robot collides with a pool wall obstacle according to a detection result of the collision detection sensor during the movement of the pool cleaning robot.

It should be noted that, whether the pool cleaning robot collides with the pool wall obstacle in the moving process can also be determined by other methods, which is not limited by the above scheme, and the application is not limited thereto.

Optionally, if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, and returning to the pool wall to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task after avoiding the pool wall obstacle.

Optionally, after collision with the obstacle on the pool wall, calculating a movement ratio of an actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section relative to a calculated movement distance of the current downlink cleaning road section, and based on the movement ratio, obtaining a judgment result of whether the movement distance meets a preset obstacle avoidance condition.

Optionally, if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, and returning to the pool wall to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task after avoiding the pool wall obstacle.

Optionally, after collision with the obstacle on the pool wall, calculating a movement ratio of an actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section relative to a calculated movement distance of the current uplink cleaning road section, and based on the movement ratio, obtaining a judgment result of whether the movement distance meets a preset obstacle avoidance condition.

Specifically, after the obstacle on the wall of the swimming pool is collided, according to the water depth of the swimming pool and the included angle between the current downlink cleaning road section and the current uplink cleaning road section, the calculated moving distance between the current downlink cleaning road section and the current uplink cleaning road section is determined, and according to the actual moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section and the current uplink cleaning road section and the calculated moving distance between the current downlink cleaning road section and the current uplink cleaning road section, the moving ratio of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section and the current uplink cleaning road section is determined, if the moving ratio does not exceed the preset ratio, the judging result that the moving distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition is obtained, and if the moving ratio exceeds the preset ratio, the judging result that the moving distance does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition is obtained.

In this embodiment, the predetermined ratio is between 0.5 and 1, for example: 0.5, 0.6 (height indicated by a preset line Z with reference to fig. 3A to 3D, or height indicated by a preset line Z with reference to fig. 3E to 3H), 0.7, etc.

It should be noted that, also can be when collision pool wall barrier, based on the actual distance of movement of swimming pool cleaning robot along current downstream cleans the highway section, the highway section contained angle of current downstream cleans the highway section, calculate the level height of pool wall barrier, if the level height of pool wall barrier is higher than the preset height, obtain the moving distance and meet the judgement result of predetermineeing the obstacle avoidance condition, otherwise, if the level height of pool wall barrier is lower than the preset height, obtain the moving distance and not meet the judgement result of predetermineeing the obstacle avoidance condition.

Or, when the pool wall obstacle is collided, the horizontal height of the pool wall obstacle can be calculated based on the actual moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning road section and the road section included angle of the current up-going cleaning road section, if the horizontal height of the pool wall obstacle is lower than the preset height, the judgment result that the moving distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition is obtained, otherwise, if the horizontal height of the pool wall obstacle is higher than the preset height, the judgment result that the moving distance does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition is obtained.

Alternatively, the ratio of the preset height to the water depth of the pool may be between 0.5 and 1, for example: 0.5, 0.6 (height shown by a preset line Z with reference to fig. 3A to 3D or height shown by a preset line Z with reference to fig. 3E to 3H), 0.7, etc.

Optionally, if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continue to execute the pool wall cleaning task; or if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot in the current downlink cleaning road section does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continue to execute the pool wall cleaning task.

Specifically, if the moving distance does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, the obstacle touching the pool wall can be ignored, so that the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall under the condition that the swimming pool cleaning robot does not need to move from the pool wall to the pool bottom.

Optionally, if the movement ratio of the actual movement distance along the current down-road cleaning section to the measured movement distance of the current down-road cleaning section exceeds a preset ratio when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the obstacle on the pool wall, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continue to execute the pool wall cleaning task.

In practical application, the horizontal height of the obstacle on the pool wall can be measured based on the actual moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section/the current downlink cleaning road section, the road section included angle of the current downlink cleaning road section/the current downlink cleaning road section, and the water depth of the swimming pool can be measured according to the measured moving distance of the current downlink cleaning road section/the current downlink cleaning road section, the road section included angle of the current downlink cleaning road section/the current downlink cleaning road section, and the horizontal height of the obstacle on the pool wall and the water depth of the swimming pool can be used as the judging standard for meeting the preset obstacle avoidance condition. The above technical solutions are easily known to those skilled in the art according to the technical disclosure of the present application, and should be regarded as equivalent or equivalent technical solutions of the present application, and are covered in the protection scope of the embodiments of the present application.

In this embodiment, when the horizontal height of the hit pool wall obstacle is lower than the preset height during the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the current downstream cleaning path, the cleaning route on the pool wall is updated based on the current position of the pool cleaning robot, and the pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the cleaning route on the pool wall, so as to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task.

For example, referring to fig. 6A, if the pool cleaning robot collides with the pool wall barrier 2 while moving along the current downward cleaning path, when the level of the pool wall barrier 2 is lower than a preset level (the height indicated by a preset line Z shown in fig. 6A), the cleaning path on the pool wall is updated based on the current position C4 of the pool cleaning robot, and the pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the updated cleaning path (e.g., a folding line path C4 DE) on the pool wall to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task.

In this embodiment, when the pool cleaning robot moves along the current upstream cleaning path, the level of the hit pool wall obstacle is higher than the preset level of the water depth, based on the current position of the pool cleaning robot, the cleaning route on the pool wall is updated, and the pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the cleaning route on the pool wall, so as to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task.

For example, referring to fig. 6B, if the pool cleaning robot collides with the pool wall barrier 2 while moving along the current upward cleaning path, when the level of the pool wall barrier 2 is higher than a preset level (the height indicated by a preset line Z shown in fig. 6B), the cleaning path on the pool wall is updated based on the current position B1 of the pool cleaning robot, and the pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the updated cleaning path (e.g., the folding line path B1 DE) on the pool wall to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task.

In summary, in the method for moving the pool wall of the swimming pool cleaning robot according to the present embodiment, when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the pool wall obstacle in the process of executing the pool wall cleaning task, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to execute the action of the lower wall and move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, so that the pool wall cleaning task is continuously executed by being on the wall again after avoiding the pool wall obstacle.

Fig. 4 is a method for moving a pool wall of a swimming pool cleaning robot according to another exemplary embodiment of the present application, which is a specific implementation of controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along a path along the pool bottom in the step S104, as shown in the drawings, the embodiment mainly includes the following steps:

Step S402, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool wall to the pool bottom.

Alternatively, in the case where the pool cleaning robot moves along the current downstream cleaning section on the pool wall, the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to return along the current downstream cleaning section on the pool wall until reaching the end point of the section near the pool surface in the current downstream cleaning section, and the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move obliquely downward to the pool bottom along the current upstream cleaning section connected to the current downstream cleaning section.

For example, referring to fig. 3A, when the pool cleaning robot collides with the pool wall obstacle 2 satisfying the preset obstacle avoidance condition during the movement along the current downward cleaning section BC, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to return (e.g., move forward) along the current downward cleaning route BC until reaching the section end point B near the pool surface in the current downward cleaning section BC, and then controlled to move obliquely downward to the section end point a (e.g., move backward) along the current upward cleaning section AB connected to the current downward cleaning section BC until reaching the pool bottom of the pool.

Optionally, in the case that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along the current downstream cleaning section on the pool wall, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to return along the current downstream cleaning section on the pool wall until reaching a section end point near the pool surface in the current downstream cleaning section, and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to vertically move down to the pool bottom along the pool wall based on the section end point.

For example, referring to fig. 3B, when the pool cleaning robot collides against the pool wall obstacle 2 satisfying the preset obstacle avoidance condition during the movement along the current downward cleaning path BC, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to return (e.g., move forward) along the current downward cleaning path BC until reaching the path end point B near the pool surface in the current downward cleaning path BC, and then controlled to move vertically downward (e.g., move backward) along the pool wall to the position O based on the path end point B to reach the pool bottom of the pool.

Alternatively, in the case where the pool cleaning robot moves along the current upstream cleaning path on the pool wall, the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move diagonally downward along the current upstream cleaning path to the pool bottom.

For example, referring to fig. 3E, when the pool cleaning robot collides against the pool wall obstacle 2 satisfying the preset obstacle avoidance condition during the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the current upward cleaning path AB, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to return (e.g., move backward) along the current upward cleaning path AB until reaching the pool bottom of the pool.

Alternatively, in the event that the pool cleaning robot moves along the current upstream cleaning path on the pool wall, the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move vertically down the pool wall to the pool bottom.

For example, referring to fig. 3F, when the pool cleaning robot collides against the pool wall obstacle 2 satisfying the preset obstacle avoidance condition during the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning path AB, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to vertically move down (e.g., backward move) along the pool wall to the position O based on the current position, i.e., the position B1 when the pool cleaning robot collides against the pool wall obstacle 2, to reach the pool bottom of the pool.

Step S404, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom so as to avoid the pool wall obstacle.

Alternatively, the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom may be a reverse-U path (refer to the obstacle avoidance path APQC1 shown in fig. 3A or 3E or the obstacle avoidance path OPQC1 shown in fig. 3B or 3F), a V-path (refer to the obstacle avoidance path ARC2 shown in fig. 3C or 3G) or a circular path (refer to the obstacle avoidance path AC3 shown in fig. 3D or 3H).

It should be noted that the obstacle avoidance path on the bottom of the pool is not limited to the above-mentioned fig. 3A to 3H, and may be designed into other forms of obstacle avoidance paths, such as a trapezoid obstacle avoidance path, which is not limited in this application.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3A or 3E, in the case where the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom is a n-type path, the pool cleaning robot may be moved backward along the pool bottom to position P with respect to the pool wall after reaching the pool bottom (e.g., position a), and advanced after performing a 90 degree clockwise turn operation at position P to move from position P to position Q, and advanced after performing a 90 degree counterclockwise turn operation at position Q to move to position C1.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 3C or 3G, in the case that the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom is a V-shaped path, the swimming pool cleaning robot may be moved backward obliquely from the position a to the position R with respect to the pool wall after reaching the pool bottom, and continue to move forward after performing a differential motion to rotate a preset angle at the position R to move from the position R to the position C2.

In yet another embodiment, referring to fig. 3D or 3H, in the case where the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom is a loop-shaped path, the differential motion and turning operation may be performed to move from the position a to the position C3 after the pool cleaning robot reaches the pool bottom.

Step S406, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall and move along the cleaning route on the pool wall.

Optionally, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall, and based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot, the water depth of the swimming pool, the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, the cleaning route on the pool wall is updated, and the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the updated cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continue to execute the pool wall cleaning task.

In this embodiment, the water depth of the pool used to update the cleaning path on the pool wall is a measured water depth that is moved based on the previous polyline path (e.g., the previous upstream cleaning segment and/or the previous downstream cleaning segment in the previous polyline path).

For example, referring to fig. 3A or 3E, the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to perform a wall-up action at the position C1 to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall, and to move along the current folding line path C1DE based on the current position (i.e., the position C1) of the pool cleaning robot, the measured water depth of the pool cleaning robot along the previous folding line path of the current folding line path ABC (for example, may be the measured water depth during the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the previous downstream cleaning path), the length of the rolling brush of the pool cleaning robot, generate the folding line path C1DE, and control the pool cleaning robot to move along the current folding line path C1DE after updating the folding line path C1DE to the current folding line path to continue the pool wall cleaning task.

In summary, the present embodiment controls the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, so as to update the cleaning route on the pool wall after avoiding the obstacle on the pool wall, and controls the swimming pool cleaning robot to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task along the updated cleaning route, thereby improving the success rate of executing the pool wall cleaning task, and improving the cleaning coverage rate of the pool wall by dynamically updating the pool wall cleaning route, so as to improve the pool wall cleaning effect.

Fig. 5A illustrates a process flow of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a pool cleaning robot in accordance with another exemplary embodiment of the present application. The embodiment is a specific implementation manner of controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall in the step 104, and as shown in the figure, the embodiment mainly includes the following steps:

Step S502, obtaining the included angle of the road section.

Alternatively, the road section included angle can be determined according to the water depth of the swimming pool and the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

Optionally, the water depth of the pool is a measured water depth based on the previous polyline path movement.

For example, referring to fig. 6A, if the pool cleaning robot collides against the pool wall obstacle 2 that does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition while moving along the current down-going cleaning path BC, the path included angle is determined according to the measured water depth of the pool and the length of the brush of the pool cleaning robot, which are measured by the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the broken line path XYA.

Alternatively, the road segment included angle of the current downstream sweeping road segment BC may also be directly obtained.

Step S504, based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot and the included angle of the road sections, determining an uplink cleaning road section on the pool wall extending from the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot to the pool surface, and updating the uplink cleaning road section as the current uplink cleaning road section.

For example, referring to fig. 6A, an upstream cleaning segment C4D on the pool wall extending from the current position C4 of the pool cleaning robot to the pool surface may be determined based on the current position C4 of the pool cleaning robot and the segment angle θ, and updated as the current upstream cleaning segment.

Specifically, the swimming pool cleaning robot can be controlled to execute differential motion at the current position C4 according to the road section included angle theta, and based on the direction of the swimming pool cleaning robot after executing the differential motion, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move towards the pool surface direction, so that an uplink cleaning road section C4D, in which the swimming pool cleaning robot extends from the current position C4 to the pool surface, is determined, and is updated to be the current uplink cleaning road section.

Optionally, a current downlink road segment connecting the current uplink road segment may be further generated, for example, the current downlink road segment DE shown in fig. 6A.

For example, the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move in the section direction of the current upstream cleaning section C4D from the pool bottom of the pool toward the pool surface of the pool until the waterline sensor of the pool cleaning robot senses that the pool cleaning robot has reached the waterline position of the pool, and at the current position (e.g., position D shown in fig. 6A) according to the determined section angle θ, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to perform a differential motion, and based on the orientation of the pool cleaning robot after performing the differential motion, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to move from the current position D toward the pool bottom until the pool cleaning robot collides with the pool bottom (e.g., position E) of the pool to determine the current downstream cleaning section DE extending from the current position of the pool cleaning robot toward the pool bottom.

Step S506, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the current uplink cleaning road section so as to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task.

For example, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the current upstream cleaning path C4D to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task.

In summary, according to the obstacle avoidance movement scheme of the present embodiment, when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the obstacle of the pool wall that does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition in the process of moving along the current downlink cleaning road section, the cleaning route on the pool wall is directly updated without moving down to the pool bottom to interrupt the current pool wall cleaning task, so that the swimming pool cleaning robot can continue to execute the pool wall cleaning task based on the updated cleaning route, thereby improving the pool wall cleaning efficiency.

Fig. 5B illustrates a process flow of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a pool cleaning robot in accordance with another exemplary embodiment of the present application. The embodiment is another specific implementation manner of controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall in the step S104, and as shown in the figure, the embodiment mainly includes the following steps:

step S512, obtaining the included angle of the road section.

For example, referring to fig. 6B, if the pool cleaning robot collides against the pool wall obstacle 2 that does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition while moving along the current up-going cleaning path AB, the path angle is determined according to the measured water depth of the pool and the length of the brush of the pool cleaning robot, which are measured by the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the broken line path XYA.

Alternatively, the road section included angle of the current uplink cleaning road section can also be directly obtained.

Step S514, determining a downlink cleaning road section on the pool wall extending from the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot to the pool bottom based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot and the road section included angle, and updating the downlink cleaning road section as the current downlink cleaning road section.

For example, referring to fig. 6B, a downstream cleaning section B1C1 on the pool wall extending from the current position B1 of the pool cleaning robot to the pool bottom may be determined based on the current position B1 of the pool cleaning robot and the section angle θ, and updated as the current downstream cleaning section.

Specifically, the swimming pool cleaning robot can be controlled to execute differential motion at the current position B1 according to the road section included angle theta, and based on the direction of the swimming pool cleaning robot after executing the differential motion, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move towards the bottom of the pool so as to determine the downlink cleaning road section B1C1 of the swimming pool cleaning robot extending from the current position B1 to the bottom of the pool.

Step S516, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the current descending cleaning road section so as to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task.

For example, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the current downstream cleaning path B1C1 to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task.

Referring to fig. 6B, a fold line path AB1C1 actually moved by the pool cleaning robot may be updated to an actual previous fold line path, and a fold line path ABC preset moved by the pool cleaning robot may be updated to a preset previous fold line path, wherein the fold line paths AB1C1 and ABC previous fold line paths are fold line paths XYA, and the road section included angle θ may be determined according to the water depths measured by the pool cleaning robot moving along the fold line path XYA, and the current up-road cleaning road section C1D and the current down-road cleaning road section DE in the current fold line path C1DE of the actual previous fold line path AB1C1 may be generated according to the road section included angle θ and the current position C1 of the pool cleaning robot.

In summary, according to the obstacle avoidance movement scheme of the present embodiment, when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the obstacle of the pool wall that does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition in the process of moving along the current uplink cleaning road section, the cleaning route on the pool wall is directly updated without moving down to the pool bottom to interrupt the current pool wall cleaning task, so that the swimming pool cleaning robot can continue to execute the pool wall cleaning task based on the updated cleaning route, thereby improving the pool wall cleaning efficiency.

Fig. 7 shows a process flow of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a pool cleaning robot in accordance with another embodiment of the present application.

In this embodiment, the pool wall may include a first pool wall and a second pool wall disposed adjacent to each other, wherein the pool cleaning robot collides with the pool wall barrier during movement along the cleaning path on the first pool wall, and further includes the second pool wall.

As shown in the figure, this embodiment mainly includes the following steps:

step S702, controlling the pool cleaning robot to move along a cleaning path on a pool wall of the pool to perform a pool wall cleaning task.

Step S704, if the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the second pool wall in the process of moving along any one of the downward cleaning road sections or any one of the upward cleaning road sections on the first pool wall, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move from the first pool wall to the second pool wall through a transfer path on the pool bottom, and the pool wall cleaning task of the second pool wall is continuously executed.

Fig. 8 shows a process flow of a pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a pool cleaning robot in accordance with another embodiment of the present application. This example is a specific implementation of step S704 described above. As shown in the figure, this embodiment mainly includes the following steps:

step S802, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the first pool wall to the pool bottom.

Optionally, in the moving process of the swimming pool cleaning robot along any one of the downstream cleaning sections on the first pool wall, under the condition of colliding with the second pool wall, the swimming pool cleaning robot can be controlled to move from the first pool wall to the pool bottom in different moving modes according to the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downstream cleaning section when colliding with the second pool wall.

Referring to fig. 10A, the present step may further include the following process flows:

step S1002, measuring and calculating the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current descending cleaning road section when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the second pool wall.

Alternatively, a road section end point close to the pool surface in the current downstream cleaning road section of the current broken line path can be determined as a movement starting point, and the actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downstream cleaning road section can be determined according to the movement time of the swimming pool cleaning robot from the movement starting point to the second pool wall along the current downstream cleaning road section and the movement speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

Step S1004, determining whether the moving distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, if so, executing step S1006, and if not, executing step S1008.

Optionally, it may be determined whether the movement ratio of the actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downstream cleaning road section to the measured movement distance of the current downstream cleaning road section exceeds a preset ratio, so as to selectively execute step S1006 or step S1008.

Optionally, whether the level of the obstacle on the pool wall is higher than the preset level may be determined based on the actual moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downstream cleaning road section and the measured moving distance of the current downstream cleaning road section, so as to selectively execute step S1006 or step S1008.

Step S1006, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to return along the current descending cleaning road section on the first pool wall until reaching the road section end point close to the pool surface in the current descending cleaning road section, and moving to the pool bottom from the road section end point.

Optionally, the swimming pool cleaning robot may be controlled to return along the current downstream cleaning section on the first pool wall until reaching the end point of the section of the current downstream cleaning section near the pool surface, and move obliquely downward to the pool bottom along the current upstream cleaning section connected to the current downstream cleaning section.

For example, referring to fig. 9A, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to return (e.g., move forward) along the current downstream cleaning segment BC on the first pool wall until the segment end point B is reached, and move obliquely downward (e.g., move backward) to the pool bottom along the current upstream cleaning segment AB that connects the current downstream cleaning segment BC.

Alternatively, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to return along the current downstream cleaning path on the first pool wall until the end point of the path near the pool surface in the current downstream cleaning path is reached, and move vertically down the first pool wall to the pool bottom based on the end point of the path.

For example, referring to fig. 9A, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to return (e.g., move forward) along the current downstream cleaning path BC on the first pool wall and, upon reaching path end point B, move vertically down (e.g., move backward) along the first pool wall from path end point B to position D to reach the pool bottom.

Step S1008, determining an upstream cleaning path on the first pool wall extending from the current position of the pool cleaning robot to the pool surface based on the current position of the pool cleaning robot, the water depth of the pool, and the length of the roller brush of the pool cleaning robot.

For example, referring to fig. 9B, an upstream cleaning section (wherein the upstream cleaning section is not shown in fig. 9B, and may refer to the upstream cleaning section C4D shown in fig. 6A) on the first pool wall extending from the current position C of the pool cleaning robot in the direction of the pool surface may be determined based on the current position C of the pool cleaning robot, the water depth measured by a previous polyline path (wherein the previous polyline path is not shown in fig. 9B, and may refer to the previous polyline path XYA shown in fig. 6A) of the current polyline path ABC corresponding to the current downstream cleaning section BC.

Step S1010, judging whether the swimming pool cleaning robot can move along the uplink cleaning road section, if so, repeating the step until returning to step S1006 or executing step S1012 when judging that the swimming pool cleaning robot cannot move along the uplink cleaning road section.

Alternatively, when it is determined that the pool cleaning robot cannot move along the upstream cleaning path, it may return to step S1006.

For example, referring to fig. 9B, when it is determined that the pool cleaning robot cannot move (e.g., move forward) along the upstream cleaning path connected to the current downstream cleaning path BC, the movement scheme of step S1006 may be performed by controlling the pool cleaning robot to return (e.g., move forward) along the upstream cleaning path connected to the current downstream cleaning path BC until reaching the path end point B and move obliquely downward (e.g., move backward) along the current upstream cleaning path AB connected to the current downstream cleaning path BC to the pool bottom at the path end point B, or controlling the pool cleaning robot to move vertically downward (e.g., move backward) along the first pool wall from the path end point B to the position D directly to reach the pool bottom.

Alternatively, step S1012 may be performed when it is determined that the pool cleaning robot cannot move along the upstream cleaning path connected to the current downstream cleaning path BC.

Step S1012, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move to the pool bottom along the boundary line of the first pool wall and the second pool wall.

For example, referring to fig. 9B, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to move from position C to position J along the boundary line of the first pool wall and the second pool wall to reach the pool bottom.

Optionally, in the moving process of the swimming pool cleaning robot along any one of the up-going cleaning sections on the first pool wall, under the condition of colliding with the second pool wall, the swimming pool cleaning robot can be controlled to move from the first pool wall to the pool bottom in different moving modes according to the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning section when colliding with the second pool wall.

Referring to fig. 10B, the present step may further include the following process flows:

step S1032, measuring and calculating the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the second pool wall.

Alternatively, a road section end point close to the pool bottom in the current upstream cleaning road section of the current broken line path can be determined as a movement starting point, and the actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current upstream cleaning road section can be determined according to the movement time of the swimming pool cleaning robot from the movement starting point to the second pool wall along the current upstream cleaning road section and the movement speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

Step S1034, judging whether the moving distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, if so, executing step S1036, and if not, executing step S1038.

Optionally, it is determined whether a movement ratio of an actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning road section relative to the measured movement distance of the current up-going cleaning road section exceeds a preset ratio, so as to selectively execute step S1036 or step S1038.

Alternatively, whether the level of the obstacle on the pool wall is higher than the preset level may be determined based on the actual moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning road section and the measured moving distance of the current up-going cleaning road section, so as to selectively execute step S1036 or step S1038.

Step S1036, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move to the pool bottom.

Alternatively, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to move diagonally downward to the pool floor along the current upstream cleaning path.

For example, referring to fig. 9E, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to move (e.g., back move) diagonally downward to the pool bottom along the current upward sweeping path AB on the first pool wall.

Alternatively, the movement may be based on the road segment end point vertically down the first tank wall to the tank bottom, i.e. along the boundary line of the first tank wall and the second tank wall to the tank bottom. For example, referring to fig. 9E, the first pool wall may be vertically moved down (e.g., moved backward) to position J based on the road segment endpoint B to reach the pool bottom.

Step S1038, determining a downstream cleaning section on the first pool wall extending from the current position of the pool cleaning robot to the pool bottom based on the current position of the pool cleaning robot, the water depth of the pool, and the length of the rolling brush of the pool cleaning robot.

For example, referring to fig. 9D, a downstream cleaning section (not shown in fig. 9D, reference may be made to a downstream cleaning section B1C1 shown in fig. 6B) on the first pool wall extending from the current position B of the pool cleaning robot in the direction of the pool bottom may be determined based on the current position B of the pool cleaning robot, the water depth measured based on a preceding folding line path of the current folding line path ABC corresponding to the current upstream cleaning section AB (wherein the downstream cleaning section BC in the folding line path ABC is not shown), the length of the brush of the pool cleaning robot.

Step S1040, determining whether the pool cleaning robot can move along the downstream cleaning path, if so, repeating the step until step S1042 is performed when it is determined that the pool cleaning robot cannot move along the downstream cleaning path.

Step S1042, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move obliquely downward to the pool bottom along the current up-going cleaning road section or to move vertically downward to the pool bottom along the boundary line of the first pool wall and the second pool wall.

For example, referring to fig. 9D, when it is determined that the pool cleaning robot cannot move (e.g., move backward) along the downstream cleaning path connected to the current upstream cleaning path AB, the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move obliquely downward (e.g., move backward) along the current upstream cleaning path AB to the pool bottom, or the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move vertically downward (e.g., move backward) from the position B directly along the boundary line of the first pool wall and the second pool wall to the position J to reach the pool bottom.

Step S804, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the pool bottom in a direction away from the first pool wall until the interval distance between the swimming pool cleaning robot and the first pool wall can meet the requirement that the swimming pool cleaning robot performs steering operation.

For example, when the pool cleaning robot moves down to the position a of the pool bottom (refer to fig. 9A to 9B, or refer to fig. 9D to 9F), the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move to the position E in a direction away from the first pool wall along the pool bottom so that a separation distance between the pool cleaning robot and the first pool wall may be sufficient for the pool cleaning robot to perform a turning operation.

As another example, when the pool cleaning robot moves down to the position D of the pool bottom (refer to fig. 9A to 9C), the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move to the position F along the pool bottom in a direction away from the first pool wall such that the separation distance between the pool cleaning robot and the first pool wall may satisfy the steering operation performed by the pool cleaning robot.

For another example, when the pool cleaning robot moves down to the position J of the pool bottom (refer to fig. 9B), the pool cleaning robot may be controlled to move to the position F1 in a direction away from the first pool wall along the pool bottom so that the separation distance between the pool cleaning robot and the first pool wall may be sufficient for the pool cleaning robot to perform a turning operation.

As another example, when the pool cleaning robot moves down to the position J of the pool bottom (refer to fig. 9D or 9E), the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to move to the position F along the pool bottom in a direction away from the first pool wall so that the separation distance between the pool cleaning robot and the first pool wall can be satisfied that the pool cleaning robot performs a turning operation.

Step S806, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to perform a steering operation in a direction facing the second pool wall.

For example, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to perform a clockwise rotation at position E (see FIGS. 9A-9B) or to perform a clockwise rotation at position F (see FIGS. 9A-9C) such that the pool cleaning robot head end faces the second pool wall.

As another example, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to perform a clockwise rotation at position E (see fig. 9D-9F) or at position F (see fig. 9D or 9E) such that the pool cleaning robot head end faces the second pool wall.

Step S808, judging whether the steering operation is successful, if so, executing step S810, and if not, executing step S814.

Step S810, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the pool bottom towards the second pool wall.

For example, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to move along the pool wall from position E (see FIGS. 9A-9B), from position F (see FIGS. 9A-9C), or from position F1 (see FIG. 9B) in the direction of position G.

As another example, referring to fig. 9D or 9E, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to move along the pool wall from position E toward position G.

Step S812, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the second pool wall.

For example, the pool cleaning robot is controlled to perform a wall-up operation to move from the pool bottom to the second pool wall and along a cleaning path on the pool wall (e.g., the polyline path GHI on fig. 9A, 9B, 9C) to perform a pool wall cleaning task for the second pool wall.

As another example, the pool cleaning robot can be controlled to perform a wall-up operation to move from the pool bottom to the second pool wall and along a cleaning path on the pool wall (e.g., the broken line path GHI on fig. 9D-9F) to perform a pool wall cleaning task for the second pool wall.

Step S814, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to execute steering operation in the direction back to the second pool wall and move in the direction far away from the second pool wall until the interval distance between the swimming pool cleaning robot and the second pool wall can meet the requirement that the swimming pool cleaning robot executes turning operation, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to execute turning operation, moving along the pool bottom in the direction close to the second pool wall after completing turning operation, and continuing to execute step S812.

For example, referring to fig. 9C, when the swimming pool cleaning robot cannot perform a clockwise rotation at the position F such that the head end of the swimming pool cleaning robot faces the second pool wall, then the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to perform a counterclockwise rotation at the position E such that the head end of the swimming pool cleaning robot faces away from the second pool wall and the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move the position W in a direction away from the second pool wall such that the separation distance between the swimming pool cleaning robot and the second pool wall can satisfy the turning operation performed by the swimming pool cleaning robot and, after the turning operation is completed, is moved from the position W toward the second pool wall to the position G along the pool bottom, and the step S812 is continued.

As another example, referring to fig. 9F, when the swimming pool cleaning robot cannot perform a clockwise rotation at the position E such that the head end of the swimming pool cleaning robot faces the second pool wall, then the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to perform a counterclockwise rotation at the position E such that the head end of the swimming pool cleaning robot faces away from the second pool wall, and the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move the position D in a direction away from the second pool wall, such that the separation distance between the swimming pool cleaning robot and the second pool wall can satisfy the requirement that the swimming pool cleaning robot performs a turn-around operation, and the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to perform a turn-around operation, and after the turn-around operation is completed, is moved from the position D to the position G in a direction approaching the second pool wall along the pool bottom, and the step S812 is continued.

In summary, according to the pool wall obstacle avoidance movement scheme provided by the embodiments of the application, when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the second pool wall in the process of executing the pool wall cleaning task along the first pool wall, the swimming pool cleaning robot can move from the first pool wall to the second pool wall through the transfer path of the pool bottom, and continues to execute the pool wall cleaning task of the second pool wall, so that the intellectualization of the pool wall cleaning task is improved, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Fig. 11 shows a block diagram of a pool wall obstacle avoidance mobile device of a pool cleaning robot in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present application. As shown in the figure, the pool wall obstacle avoidance moving device 1100 of the swimming pool cleaning robot of the present embodiment mainly includes a movement control module 1102 and an obstacle avoidance control module 1104.

A movement control module 1102 for controlling the movement of the pool cleaning robot along a cleaning path on the pool wall of the pool to perform a pool wall cleaning task.

An obstacle avoidance control module 1104 for controlling the pool cleaning robot to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall after impacting the pool wall obstacle during the movement of the pool cleaning robot along the cleaning path; or controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along an obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, returning to the pool wall after avoiding the pool wall obstacle, and continuously executing the pool wall cleaning task.

Optionally, the cleaning route includes at least a plurality of downstream cleaning sections and a plurality of upstream cleaning sections, and the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: determining the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current descending cleaning road section after collision with a pool wall barrier in the process that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along any descending cleaning road section on the pool wall, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current descending cleaning road section meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, returning to the pool wall and continuously executing the pool wall cleaning task after avoiding the pool wall barrier, and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current descending cleaning road section does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition; or after collision with the obstacle on the pool wall, determining the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning road section, if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning road section meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom, returning to the pool wall and continuously executing the pool wall cleaning task after avoiding the obstacle on the pool wall, and if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current up-going cleaning road section does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall.

Optionally, the cleaning route on the pool wall includes a plurality of consecutive broken line paths, each broken line path is formed by an up-going cleaning road section on the pool wall and a down-going cleaning road section connected to the up-going cleaning road section, and the pool wall obstacle avoidance moving device 1100 further includes a path generating module (not shown) for determining a road section included angle according to the measured water depth of the swimming pool cleaning robot moving along the previous broken line path, the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, or, in case that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along the previous broken line path to collide with the pool wall obstacle, obtaining the road section included angle of the previous broken line path; and generating a current uplink cleaning road section and a current downlink cleaning road section in a current broken line path continuing to the previous broken line path according to the included angle of the road section and the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

Optionally, the swimming pool cleaning robot can move backwards from the pool surface of the swimming pool to the bottom of the swimming pool along the direction of any one of the downward cleaning road sections on the pool wall; or the swimming pool cleaning robot can move forward from the pool bottom of the swimming pool to the pool surface of the swimming pool along the direction of any one of the upward cleaning road sections on the pool wall.

Optionally, the path generation module is further configured to: updating the water depth of the swimming pool according to the road section included angle of the previous downlink cleaning road section and/or the previous downlink cleaning road section in the previous broken line path and the moving time and the moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the previous uplink cleaning road section and/or the previous downlink cleaning road section in the previous broken line path; determining the road section included angles of the current uplink cleaning road section and the current downlink cleaning road section in the current broken line path according to the updated water depth of the swimming pool, the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot and the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot; and the included angle of the road section of the current uplink cleaning road section in the current broken line path is the same as the included angle of the road section of the current downlink cleaning road section.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: determining a road section endpoint, which is close to the pool surface, in a current downlink cleaning road section of a current broken line path as a movement starting point; and determining the actual moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section according to the moving time of the swimming pool cleaning robot from the moving starting point to the obstacle on the pool wall along the current downlink cleaning road section and the moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: and determining a road section endpoint, which is close to the pool bottom, in a current uplink cleaning road section of a current broken line path as a movement starting point, and determining the actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section according to the movement time of the swimming pool cleaning robot from the movement starting point to the pool wall obstacle along the current uplink cleaning road section and the movement speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: determining the measuring and calculating moving distance of the current downlink cleaning road section or the current uplink cleaning road section according to the water depth of the swimming pool and the road section included angle; determining a movement ratio of the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the current downlink cleaning road section or the current uplink cleaning road section according to an actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section or the current uplink cleaning road section and a measured movement distance of the current downlink cleaning road section or the current uplink cleaning road section; and if the movement ratio does not exceed the preset ratio, obtaining a judgment result that the movement distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, and if the movement ratio exceeds the preset ratio, obtaining a judgment result that the movement distance does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition.

Optionally, the preset ratio is between 0.5 and 1.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool wall to the pool bottom; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along an obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom so as to avoid the pool wall obstacle; and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall and move along a cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continuously perform the pool wall cleaning task.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to return along the current downlink cleaning road section on the pool wall until reaching the road section endpoint close to the pool surface in the current downlink cleaning road section; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move obliquely downwards to the pool bottom along a current uplink cleaning road section connected with the current downlink cleaning road section; or controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to vertically move down to the pool bottom along the pool wall based on the road section end point.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom comprises one of an inverted U-shaped path, a V-shaped path and a circular path.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall; updating a cleaning route on the pool wall based on the current position of the pool cleaning robot, the water depth of the pool, and the length of the rolling brush of the pool cleaning robot; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the updated cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task; wherein the water depth of the swimming pool is the water depth measured based on the previous polyline path movement.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: and if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current downlink cleaning road section does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the updated cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: acquiring a road section included angle of a current downlink cleaning road section, or determining the road section included angle according to the water depth of the swimming pool and the length of a rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot; determining an uplink cleaning road section on the pool wall, which extends from the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot to the pool surface, based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot and the road section included angle, and updating the uplink cleaning road section as the current uplink cleaning road section; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the current uplink cleaning road section so as to continuously execute a pool wall cleaning task; wherein the water depth of the swimming pool is the water depth measured based on the previous polyline path movement.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to execute differential motion according to the included angle of the road section at the current position, and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the current position towards the direction of the pool surface based on the direction of the swimming pool cleaning robot after executing the differential motion so as to determine the upstream cleaning road section extending from the current position of the swimming pool robot to the pool surface.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool wall to the pool bottom; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along an obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom so as to avoid the pool wall obstacle; and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall and move along a cleaning route on the pool wall.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move obliquely downwards to the pool bottom along the current uplink cleaning road section; or controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move vertically downwards along the pool wall to the pool bottom.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom comprises any one of an inverted U-shaped path, a V-shaped path and a circular path.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall, updating a cleaning route on the pool wall based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot, the water depth of the swimming pool and the length of a rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the updated cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continuously execute a pool wall cleaning task; wherein the water depth of the swimming pool is the water depth measured based on the previous polyline path movement.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, acquiring a road section included angle of the current uplink cleaning road section, or determining the road section included angle according to the water depth of the swimming pool and the length of a rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot; determining a downlink cleaning road section on the pool wall, which extends from the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot to the pool bottom, based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot and the road section included angle; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the downlink cleaning road section so as to continuously execute a pool wall cleaning task; wherein the water depth of the swimming pool is the water depth measured based on the previous polyline path movement.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to execute differential motion according to the included angle of the road section at the current position, and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the current position towards the direction of the pool bottom based on the direction of the swimming pool cleaning robot after executing differential motion so as to determine the downlink cleaning road section extending from the current position of the swimming pool robot to the pool bottom.

Optionally, the pool wall comprises a first pool wall and a second pool wall which are adjacently arranged, wherein the pool cleaning robot collides with the pool wall barrier during the moving process along the cleaning route on the first pool wall, and the pool wall comprises the second pool wall; and obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is also to: and when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the second pool wall in the process of moving along any one of the downward cleaning road section or any one of the upward cleaning road section on the first pool wall, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the first pool wall to the second pool wall through a transfer path on the pool bottom, and continuously executing the pool wall cleaning task of the second pool wall.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the first pool wall to the pool bottom; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the pool bottom in a direction away from the first pool wall until the separation distance between the swimming pool cleaning robot and the first pool wall can meet the requirement that the swimming pool cleaning robot performs steering operation; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to perform steering operation towards the direction facing the second pool wall, and moving along the pool bottom towards the direction approaching the second pool wall after the steering operation is completed; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the second pool wall.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: if the steering operation of the swimming pool cleaning robot towards the direction facing the second pool wall is unsuccessful, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to perform the steering operation towards the direction facing away from the second pool wall; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move in a direction away from the second pool wall until the separation distance between the swimming pool cleaning robot and the second pool wall can meet the requirement that the swimming pool cleaning robot performs turning operation; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to perform turning operation, and moving along the pool bottom towards the direction approaching to the second pool wall after finishing the turning operation; controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the second pool wall.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: determining the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current descending cleaning road section when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the second pool wall; if the moving distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to return along the current downlink cleaning road section on the first pool wall until reaching the road section endpoint which is close to the pool surface in the current downlink cleaning road section, and moving to the pool bottom from the road section endpoint; if the moving distance does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, determining an uplink cleaning road section on the first pool wall, which extends from the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot to the pool surface direction, based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot, the water depth of the swimming pool and the length of a rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, and executing the step of if the moving distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition or moving to the pool bottom along the boundary line between the first pool wall and the second pool wall when the swimming pool cleaning robot cannot move along the uplink cleaning road section.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move obliquely downwards to the pool bottom along a current uplink cleaning road section connected with the current downlink cleaning road section; or controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to vertically move downwards to the pool bottom along the first pool wall from the road section end point.

Optionally, the obstacle avoidance control module 1104 is further configured to: determining the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section when the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the second pool wall; if the moving distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move obliquely downwards to the pool bottom along the current uplink cleaning road section or to move vertically downwards to the pool bottom along the first pool wall based on the road section end point; if the moving distance does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, determining a descending cleaning section on the first pool wall extending from the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot to the pool bottom based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot, the water depth of the swimming pool and the length of a rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move obliquely downwards to the pool bottom along the current ascending cleaning section or vertically downwards to the pool bottom along the boundary line of the first pool wall and the second pool wall when the swimming pool cleaning robot cannot move along the descending cleaning section.

In addition, the pool wall obstacle avoidance moving device 1100 of the swimming pool cleaning robot in the embodiment of the present application may be further used to implement other steps in the foregoing pool wall obstacle avoidance moving method embodiments of each swimming pool cleaning robot, and has the advantages of the corresponding method step embodiments, which are not described herein again.

The exemplary embodiment of the application also provides an electronic device, including: at least one processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. The memory stores a computer program executable by the at least one processor for causing the electronic device to perform a method according to embodiments of the present application when executed by the at least one processor.

The exemplary embodiments of the present application also provide a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor of a computer, is for causing the computer to perform a method according to the embodiments of the present application.

The exemplary embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product comprising a computer program, wherein the computer program, when being executed by a processor of a computer, is for causing the computer to perform the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

With reference to fig. 12, a block diagram of an electronic device 1200 that can be a server or a client of the present application, which is an example of a hardware device that can be applied to aspects of the present application, will now be described. Electronic devices are intended to represent various forms of digital electronic computer devices, such as laptops, desktops, workstations, personal digital assistants, servers, blade servers, mainframes, and other suitable computers. The electronic device may also represent various forms of mobile devices, such as personal digital processing, cellular telephones, smartphones, wearable devices, and other similar computing devices. The components shown herein, their connections and relationships, and their functions, are meant to be exemplary only, and are not meant to limit implementations of the application described and/or claimed herein.

As shown in fig. 12, the electronic device 1200 includes a computing unit 1201 that can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a computer program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 1202 or a computer program loaded from a storage unit 1208 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 1203. In the RAM 1203, various programs and data required for the operation of the device 1200 may also be stored. The computing unit 1201, the ROM 1202, and the RAM 1203 are connected to each other via a bus 1204. An input/output (I/O) interface 1205 is also connected to the bus 1204.

Various components in the electronic device 1200 are connected to the I/O interface 1205, including: an input unit 1206, an output unit 1207, a storage unit 1208, and a communication unit 1209. The input unit 1206 may be any type of device capable of inputting information to the electronic device 1200, and the input unit 1206 may receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and/or function controls of the electronic device. The output unit 1207 may be any type of device capable of presenting information, and may include, but is not limited to, a display, speakers, video/audio output terminals, vibrators, and/or printers. Storage unit 1204 may include, but is not limited to, magnetic disks, optical disks. The communication unit 1209 allows the electronic device 1200 to exchange information/data with other devices over computer networks, such as the internet, and/or various telecommunications networks, and may include, but is not limited to, modems, network cards, infrared communication devices, wireless communication transceivers and/or chipsets, such as bluetooth (TM) devices, wiFi devices, wiMax devices, cellular communication devices, and/or the like.

The computing unit 1201 may be a variety of general and/or special purpose processing components having processing and computing capabilities. Some examples of computing unit 1201 include, but are not limited to, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), various specialized Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing chips, various computing units running machine learning model algorithms, digital Signal Processors (DSPs), and any suitable processor, controller, microcontroller, etc. The computing unit 1201 performs the various methods and processes described above. For example, in some embodiments, the pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of the pool cleaning robot of the foregoing embodiments may be implemented as a computer software program tangibly embodied on a machine-readable medium, such as the storage unit 1208. In some embodiments, part or all of the computer program may be loaded and/or installed onto the electronic device 1200 via the ROM 1202 and/or the communication unit 1209. In some embodiments, the computing unit 1201 may be configured to perform the pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of the pool cleaning robot in any other suitable manner (e.g., by means of firmware).

Program code for carrying out methods of the present application may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These program code may be provided to a processor or controller of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus such that the program code, when executed by the processor or controller, causes the functions/operations specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram to be implemented. The program code may execute entirely on the machine, partly on the machine, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the machine and partly on a remote machine or entirely on the remote machine or server.

In the context of this application, a machine-readable medium may be a tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The machine-readable medium may be a machine-readable signal medium or a machine-readable storage medium. The machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of a machine-readable storage medium would include an electrical connection based on one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

As used herein, the terms "machine-readable medium" and "computer-readable medium" refer to any computer program product, apparatus, and/or device (e.g., magnetic discs, optical disks, memory, programmable Logic Devices (PLDs)) used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal. The term "machine-readable signal" refers to any signal used to provide machine instructions and/or data to a programmable processor.

To provide for interaction with a user, the systems and techniques described here can be implemented on a computer having: a display device (e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor) for displaying information to a user; and a keyboard and pointing device (e.g., a mouse or trackball) by which a user can provide input to the computer. Other kinds of devices may also be used to provide for interaction with a user; for example, feedback provided to the user may be any form of sensory feedback (e.g., visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and input from the user may be received in any form, including acoustic input, speech input, or tactile input.

The systems and techniques described here can be implemented in a computing system that includes a background component (e.g., as a data server), or that includes a middleware component (e.g., an application server), or that includes a front-end component (e.g., a user computer having a graphical user interface or a web browser through which a user can interact with an implementation of the systems and techniques described here), or any combination of such background, middleware, or front-end components. The components of the system can be interconnected by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: local Area Networks (LANs), wide Area Networks (WANs), and the internet.

The computer system may include a client and a server. The client and server are typically remote from each other and typically interact through a communication network. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue of computer programs running on the respective computers and having a client-server relationship to each other.

It should be understood that although the present disclosure has been described in terms of various embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate technical solution, and this description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should consider the disclosure as a whole, and the technical solutions in the various embodiments may be combined appropriately to form other embodiments that will be understood by those skilled in the art.

The foregoing is illustrative of the embodiments of the present application and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments of the present application. Any equivalent alterations, modifications and combinations thereof will be effected by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and principles of the embodiments of this application, and it is intended to be within the scope of the embodiments of this application.

Claims

1. A pool wall obstacle avoidance movement method of a swimming pool cleaning robot, comprising:

controlling a pool cleaning robot to move along a cleaning path on a pool wall of the pool to perform a pool wall cleaning task, the cleaning path including at least a plurality of upstream cleaning paths;

in the process that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along any one current uplink cleaning route of all uplink cleaning routes, after colliding with the obstacle on the pool wall,

if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall; or alternatively

If the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, the swimming pool cleaning robot is controlled to move obliquely downwards to the pool bottom along the current uplink cleaning road section or vertically downwards to the pool bottom along the pool wall and move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom so as to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall and move along the cleaning route on the pool wall after avoiding the pool wall obstacle, so that the pool wall cleaning task is continuously executed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cleaning path on the pool wall comprises a plurality of sequentially successive polyline paths, each polyline path being formed by an upstream cleaning section on the pool wall and a downstream cleaning section connecting the upstream cleaning sections, the cleaning path on the pool wall being determinable by:

determining a road section included angle according to the measured water depth of the swimming pool cleaning robot moving along the previous broken line path and the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, or acquiring the road section included angle of the previous broken line path under the condition that the swimming pool cleaning robot moves along the previous broken line path and collides with a pool wall obstacle;

and generating a current uplink cleaning road section and a current downlink cleaning road section in a current broken line path continuing to the previous broken line path according to the included angle of the road section and the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of determining the position of the substrate comprises,

the swimming pool cleaning robot can move backwards from the pool surface of the swimming pool to the pool bottom of the swimming pool along the direction of any one of the downward cleaning road sections on the pool wall; or alternatively, the process may be performed,

The swimming pool cleaning robot can move forward from the pool bottom of the swimming pool to the pool surface of the swimming pool along the direction of any one of the upward cleaning road sections on the pool wall.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein in the event that the road segment angle is determined from the measured water depth of the pool cleaning robot moving along a preceding polyline path, the length of the brush of the pool cleaning robot, the method further comprises:

updating the water depth of the swimming pool according to the road section included angle of the previous downlink cleaning road section and/or the previous downlink cleaning road section in the previous broken line path and the moving time and the moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the previous uplink cleaning road section and/or the previous downlink cleaning road section in the previous broken line path;

determining the road section included angles of the current uplink cleaning road section and the current downlink cleaning road section in the current broken line path according to the updated water depth of the swimming pool and the length of the rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot;

and the included angle of the road section of the current uplink cleaning road section in the current broken line path is the same as the included angle of the road section of the current downlink cleaning road section.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the travel distance of the pool cleaning robot along the current upstream cleaning path is determined by:

And determining a road section endpoint, which is close to the pool bottom, in a current uplink cleaning road section of a current broken line path as a movement starting point, and determining the actual movement distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section according to the movement time of the swimming pool cleaning robot from the movement starting point to the pool wall obstacle along the current uplink cleaning road section and the movement speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein whether the movement distance of the pool cleaning robot satisfies a preset obstacle avoidance condition is determined by:

determining the measuring and calculating moving distance of the current uplink cleaning road section according to the water depth of the swimming pool and the road section included angle;

determining a moving ratio of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section according to the actual moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section and the measuring and calculating moving distance of the current uplink cleaning road section;

and if the movement ratio does not exceed the preset ratio, obtaining a judgment result that the movement distance meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, and if the movement ratio exceeds the preset ratio, obtaining a judgment result that the movement distance does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the predetermined ratio is between 0.5 and 1.

8. The method of any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein controlling the pool cleaning robot to continue to perform the pool wall cleaning task on a pool wall if a travel distance of the pool cleaning robot along a current upstream cleaning path does not meet a preset obstacle avoidance condition, comprises:

acquiring a road section included angle of a current uplink cleaning road section, or determining the road section included angle according to the water depth of the swimming pool and the length of a rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot;

determining a downlink cleaning road section on the pool wall, which extends from the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot to the pool bottom, based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot and the road section included angle;

controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the downlink cleaning road section so as to continuously execute a pool wall cleaning task;

wherein the water depth of the swimming pool is the water depth measured based on the previous polyline path movement.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said determining a downstream sweep segment on said pool wall extending from a current location of said pool cleaning robot to said pool bottom based on said segment angle and a current location of said pool cleaning robot, comprises:

And controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to execute differential motion according to the included angle of the road section at the current position, and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the current position towards the direction of the pool bottom based on the direction of the swimming pool cleaning robot after executing differential motion so as to determine the downlink cleaning road section extending from the current position of the swimming pool robot to the pool bottom.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the obstacle avoidance path on the floor of the pool comprises any one of a n-type path, a V-type path, and a loop-type path.

11. The method of any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the moving from the bottom of the pool to the pool wall and along a cleaning path on the pool wall comprises:

controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall, updating a cleaning route on the pool wall based on the current position of the swimming pool cleaning robot, the water depth of the swimming pool and the length of a rolling brush of the swimming pool cleaning robot, and controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along the updated cleaning route on the pool wall so as to continuously execute a pool wall cleaning task;

12. A pool wall obstacle avoidance mobile device for a pool cleaning robot, comprising:

a movement control module for controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move along a cleaning route on the pool wall of the swimming pool to execute a pool wall cleaning task, wherein the cleaning route at least comprises a plurality of uplink cleaning routes;

the obstacle avoidance control module is used for controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task on the pool wall if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section does not meet the preset obstacle avoidance condition after the swimming pool cleaning robot collides with the pool wall obstacle in the process of moving along any one current uplink cleaning route of the uplink cleaning routes; or if the moving distance of the swimming pool cleaning robot along the current uplink cleaning road section meets the preset obstacle avoidance condition, controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot to move obliquely downwards to the pool bottom along the current uplink cleaning road section or vertically downwards to the pool bottom along the pool wall and move along the obstacle avoidance path on the pool bottom so as to move from the pool bottom to the pool wall and move along the cleaning route on the pool wall after avoiding the pool wall obstacle, so as to continuously execute the pool wall cleaning task.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is onboard a pool cleaning robot.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing a program;

wherein the program comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method according to any of claims 1-11.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions for causing a computer to perform the method of any one of claims 1-11.