CN211212954U - Floor sweeper - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a sweeper, comprising a main body, the main part is equipped with the inductor, the inductor includes the subassembly of making a video recording, the subassembly of making a video recording includes the camera, just the axis of camera with the contained angle setting is personally submitted in sweeper's work. The sensor of the sweeper provided by the utility model can adopt the camera assembly, the camera assembly can monitor the scene in the workplace (such as indoor) more clearly and intuitively, the path of the sweeper is more convenient to plan, and the capability of the sweeper for coping with and accessing complex environments can be greatly improved; in addition, above-mentioned subassembly of making a video recording can also regard as indoor control to have the function of security protection concurrently, more be favorable to guaranteeing indoor safety, and set up the axis of camera into and be the contained angle setting with the working face of machine of sweeping the floor (generally for horizontal ground), can make the camera have a bigger field of vision, can further improve its security protection ability.

Description

Floor sweeper

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an intelligence house equipment technical field, concretely relates to machine of sweeping floor.

Background

The sweeper, also known as a sweeping robot, has gradually become one of the indispensable smart home devices of modern families, and the principle is to arrange a sensor on the sweeper so as to detect obstacles through the sensor, and when the sweeper touches obstacles such as a wall, the sweeper can turn automatically so as to sweep indoor ground in a planned place.

However, the sensors of the existing sweeper are mainly radar devices, and cannot monitor indoor situations more clearly.

Therefore, how to provide a device to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks remains a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a sweeper, this sweeper can adopt the subassembly of making a video recording as the inductor, and more clear, directly perceived to the monitoring of scene in the workplace, are favorable to improving the ability of sweeper to handle complex environment, and can have the function of security protection concurrently, and the angle setting of camera can enlarge its field of vision, can further strengthen the security protection ability.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a sweeper, comprising a main body, the main part is equipped with the inductor, the inductor includes the subassembly of making a video recording, the subassembly of making a video recording includes the camera, just the axis of camera with the contained angle setting is personally submitted in sweeper's work.

Optionally, the camera shooting assembly is installed in the front side of the main body, and further comprises a front panel and an upper cover plate which are connected, the camera is installed in a cavity formed by the front panel, the upper cover plate and the main body in a surrounding mode, the front panel is provided with an observation port, and the camera and the observation port are right opposite.

Optionally, the observation port is provided with a blocking window made of transparent materials; and/or, the front panel is provided with a rotatable blocking cover, and the blocking cover can block the observation port.

Optionally, the camera shooting assembly further comprises an on-off switch, and the on-off switch is in signal connection with the camera and is used for controlling the on-off of the camera.

Optionally, the camera and the on-off switch are mounted on the fixing frame, the on-off switch is a microswitch, a first elastic piece is arranged between the microswitch and the front panel or the upper cover plate, and the microswitch can be triggered by the pressure deformation of the position of the front panel or the upper cover plate corresponding to the first elastic piece.

Optionally, the camera further comprises a collision switch, the collision switch is mounted on the fixing frame of the camera shooting assembly, a second elastic piece is arranged between the collision switch and the front panel, the collision switch is in signal connection with the controller of the main body, and the collision switch can be triggered by the compression deformation of the position of the front panel corresponding to the second elastic piece.

Optionally, the main body includes an upper housing, the sensor further includes a radar component mounted on the upper housing, the upper cover plate is connected to the upper housing, and a height of an upper surface of the upper cover plate is not higher than a height of the upper surface of the upper housing.

Optionally, the thickness of the upper cover plate is gradually reduced from back to front, and the position where the upper cover plate is connected with the front panel is provided with an upward protruding part.

Optionally, the main part still includes casing and center down, the center install in the front end of casing down, go up the casing with the center under link to each other through the transition panel between the casing, the center is equipped with detachable limit brush apron.

Optionally, the number of the camera assemblies is multiple.

Optionally, the mobile terminal further comprises a sending module, wherein the sending module is in signal connection with the camera and is used for sending the information shot by the camera to a user terminal and/or a storage unit.

Optionally, the included angle is 20-30 degrees.

Be different from prior art, the utility model provides a sensor of machine of sweeping floor can adopt the subassembly of making a video recording, and the subassembly of making a video recording can more clearly, monitor the scene in the workplace (like indoor) directly perceivedly, is more convenient for plan the route of machine of sweeping floor, can improve the ability of machine of sweeping floor reply complex environment, discrepancy complex environment by a wide margin.

In addition, the camera shooting assembly can also be used for indoor monitoring, so that the camera shooting assembly has a security function and is more favorable for ensuring indoor safety; and set up the axis of camera into and be the contained angle setting with the working face of machine of sweeping the floor (generally for horizontal ground), can be so that the camera has the bigger field of vision, can further improve its security protection ability.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural view of a sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

figure 2 illustrates an exploded view of a sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

figure 3 illustrates a side view of a sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

figure 4 illustrates a front view of a camera assembly of a sweeper, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

figure 5 illustrates a rear view of a camera assembly of a sweeper according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

figure 6 illustrates a rear view of a front panel of a sweeper, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

figure 7 illustrates a front view of a front panel of a sweeper, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

The reference numerals in fig. 1-7 are illustrated as follows:

1, a main body, an upper shell 11, a radar component 12, a lower shell 13, a middle frame 14, a brush cover plate with 141 sides, a transition panel 15 and a dust box 16;

the camera comprises a 2 camera component, a 21 camera, a 22 front panel, a 221 observation port, a 222 spring column, a 223 clamping hook, a 23 upper cover plate, a 24 fixing frame, a 25 on-off switch, a 26 first elastic piece, a 27 collision switch, a 28 second elastic piece and a 29 blocking cover.

Detailed Description

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solution of the present invention, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The terms "first", "second", and the like, as used herein are used for convenience only to describe two or more structures or components that are the same or similar in structure, and do not denote any particular limitation on the order.

Referring to fig. 1-2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 2 is an exploded view of the sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the utility model provides a sweeper, including main part 1, main part 1 can be equipped with the inductor, and the inductor includes camera assembly 2, and camera assembly 2 includes camera 21, and camera 21's axis is personally submitted the contained angle setting with sweeper's work.

It can be understood that the camera 21 usually includes a lens and an image sensor, the lens is a lens assembly formed by combining a plurality of lenses, the central axis of the camera 21 mentioned herein is the central axis of the lens, i.e. the central axis of each lens, and the working surface of the sweeper is the walking surface of the sweeper, i.e. the indoor ground if in a room, and in general, the working surface is a horizontal plane.

Be different from prior art, the utility model provides a sweeper's inductor can adopt camera module 2, and camera module 2 can more clearly, monitor workplace (like indoor) scene directly perceivedly, is more convenient for plan the route of sweeper, can improve the ability of sweeper reply complex environment, discrepancy complex environment by a wide margin.

Moreover, the camera module 2 can also be used for indoor monitoring, so that the camera module has the function of security and protection, and is more favorable for ensuring indoor safety. Furthermore, the embodiment of the utility model provides a set up the axis of camera 21 into personally submitting the contained angle setting with the work of machine of sweeping the floor, still be favorable to guaranteeing the shooting field of vision of camera 21 to improve the effect of control.

In a preferred embodiment, the angle may be set to 20-30 degrees, which may allow the camera 21 to have a larger field of view. Specifically, can combine fig. 3, fig. 3 shows according to this machine of sweeping floor's a side view of this disclosed embodiment, after adopting foretell angle setting, camera 21's the field of vision can reach about 120 degrees, and it is better to the effect of accomodating of machine of sweeping floor place ahead scene, and through experimental verification, the whole formation of image of the people of the 1.5 meters department in place ahead can be observed to above-mentioned subassembly 2 of making a video recording, and is better to indoor monitoring effect, and the security protection ability is stronger.

It should be noted that the aforesaid included angle range is only an optimal range obtained according to the related experiments, and it can not be regarded as the limit to the implementation range of the sweeper provided by the present invention, and in the specific implementation, those skilled in the art can also adopt other angle settings as long as the working requirement of the camera module 2 can be satisfied.

When the monitoring exists, the information shot by the camera 21 can be stored in a storage unit (such as a hard disk) of the sweeper, and can be extracted and checked from the storage unit when needed; alternatively, the information captured by the camera 21 may be transmitted to a remote storage unit such as a user terminal or a cloud space in real time, and in this case, a transmission module (not shown) may be further included, and the transmission module is in signal connection with the camera 21. The sending module may transmit the information shot by the camera 21 via a wireless network, a mobile network, etc., and send the information shot by the camera 21 to the user terminal and/or the storage unit. The user terminal herein generally refers to an intelligent terminal, such as a smart phone, a pad, and the like.

In specific scheme, the subassembly 2 of making a video recording can be installed in the front side of main part 1 to directly shoot the scene in the place ahead of the sweeper motion, the subassembly 2 of making a video recording can also be including front panel 22 and upper cover plate 23 that are connected, camera 21 can install in front panel 22, upper cover plate 23 and main part 1 enclose close the cavity that forms, and front panel 22 can be equipped with and observe mouthful 221, camera 21 can just right with observing mouthful 221, so that monitor indoor through observing mouthful 221. The orientation definitions of "front" and "rear" in this context may refer to fig. 1, i.e., "front" may be the forward direction of the sweeper and "rear" may be the opposite direction to the forward direction of the sweeper.

The front panel 22 is an anti-collision panel, which can prevent direct collision between obstacles and the camera 21 during the operation of the sweeper, and is beneficial to prolonging the service life of the camera 21. And the front panel 22 is matched with the upper cover plate 23, so that the camera 21 can be integrally protected, and the problems that impurities such as dust directly fall on the camera 21, the camera 21 is polluted, and the camera 21 is damaged and the shooting definition is reduced due to the pollution can be avoided.

In order to avoid the front panel 22 from blocking the camera 21 as much as possible, the front panel 22 may be set to be perpendicular to the central axis of the camera 21, and the observation port 221 may be provided with a blocking window made of transparent materials such as glass, polyethylene film, and acrylic plastic, so as to block impurities such as dust from entering the cavity from the observation port 221 without affecting the observation of the camera 21.

And/or, please refer to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows a connection structure diagram of a front panel and an upper cover plate of a sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 7, a rotatable cover 29 may be provided on the front panel 22, and when not in use, the cover 29 may be rotated to shield the observation port 221, thereby achieving a certain dust-shielding effect.

Referring to fig. 4-6, fig. 4 shows a front view of a camera assembly of a sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, fig. 5 shows a rear view of a camera assembly of a sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and fig. 6 shows a front view of a front panel of a sweeper according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Further, camera module 2 can also be equipped with on-off switch 25, and on-off switch 25 can signal connection with camera 21 to control camera 21's start-up and closing through on-off switch 25, that is to say, camera module 2 can not be in operating condition all the time, when need not use, for example, family member all, when less to the security protection function demand, can also close camera module 2 through on-off switch 25, in order to save electric power.

The on-off switch 25 can be controlled by a switch button arranged on the sweeper, and can also be remotely controlled by intelligent equipment such as a remote controller, a mobile phone and the like. Taking the former as an example, the on-off switch 25 may be a micro switch, which may be installed together with the camera 21, specifically, as shown in fig. 4-6, the camera assembly 2 may further include a fixing frame 24, both the camera 21 and the micro switch may be installed on the fixing frame 24, a first elastic element 26 may be disposed between the micro switch and the front panel 22 or the upper cover plate 23, and the micro switch may be triggered by a compressive deformation of a position of the front panel 22 or the upper cover plate 23 corresponding to the first elastic element 26, so as to control the start and the stop of the camera 21.

For identification, a key mark may be provided at a position of the front panel 22 or the upper cover 23 corresponding to the first elastic member 26 to facilitate operation by a user.

It should be pointed out that the aforesaid scheme of locating start-stop switch 25 at mount 24 is only the embodiment of the utility model provides an exemplary scheme, it can not be as right the utility model provides a limit to the implementation scope of sweeper, under the condition that satisfies the function, start-stop switch 25 also can install in other positions, like in main part 1, and at this moment, the button of direct control start-stop switch 25 action also can set up on the outer wall of main part 1, and this is the same can realize controlling to start-stop switch 25.

The first elastic member 26 may be a spring, or may be an elastic element such as an elastic block or an elastic ball. Taking a spring as an example, the inner plate surface of the front panel 22 may be provided with a spring post 222, the spring may be sleeved on the spring post 222, and two ends of the spring may respectively abut against the front panel 22 and the micro switch, the spring post may limit the installation position of the spring, and may guide the stretching movement of the spring, so as to largely avoid the radial movement and dislocation of the spring in the stretching process.

The front panel 22 and the fixing frame 24 may also be connected, specifically, referring to fig. 5, the inner surface of the front panel 22 may be provided with a hook 223, the fixing frame 24 may be provided with a bayonet, and the front panel 22 may be clamped with the bayonet through the hook 223, so as to connect the front panel 22 and the fixing frame 24.

Further, a collision switch 27 may be further included, the collision switch 27 may be mounted on the fixed frame 24, a second elastic member 28 may be disposed between the collision switch 27 and the front panel 22, and the second elastic member 28 may buffer the collision force received by the front panel 22 and may transmit the buffered collision force to the collision switch 27, that is, the collision force received by the collision switch 27 is substantially small, so that the collision switch 27 may be protected.

The collision switch 27 may be specifically a travel switch, which may be in signal connection with a controller (not shown in the figure) of the main body 1, and when the collision switch 27 is triggered, the controller may receive a collision signal of the position where the collision switch 27 is located, so that the controller may adjust the running track of the sweeper in real time according to the actual situation.

It can be understood that the collision switch 27 herein is mainly used for monitoring whether the front panel 22 collides, and it is not necessarily the only collision monitoring component provided by the utility model, in fact, at other positions of the periphery of the main body 1, more collision monitoring components used for monitoring whether other positions collide can be distributed, the types, installation structures, installation positions, etc. of these collision monitoring components can refer to the prior art, and of course, the installation structure of the collision switch 27 can also be combined for setting.

The second elastic member 28 and the first elastic member 26 may have the same structure and installation form, and are not described in detail herein.

With continued reference to fig. 1-3, the main body 1 may include an upper housing 11, the sensor may further include a radar component 12 mounted on the upper housing 11, and the radar component 12 may also be used for planning a path, and in cooperation with the camera component 2, the path planning may be more reasonable, and the ability of the sweeper to cope with and access a complex environment may be improved to a greater extent.

The upper cover 23 of the camera module 2 may be connected to the upper housing 11, and the upper surface of the upper cover 23 may be not higher than the upper surface of the upper housing 11, so that the camera module 2 does not interfere with the view of the radar module 12. The radar component 12 may be a laser radar, and of course, may be a radar of other forms, which may refer to the prior art specifically, as long as the technical effect of path planning can be achieved.

The thickness of the upper cover 23 may be set to gradually decrease from the back to the front, and the position where the upper cover 23 is connected to the front panel 22 may have an upward protruding portion to adapt to the installation of the front panel 22, and since the thickness of the front end portion of the upper cover 23 is small, the height of the upper surface of the protruding portion above the upper housing 11 may also be avoided, as shown in fig. 3.

The main body 1 may further include a lower casing 13 and a middle frame 14, the middle frame 14 may be installed at a front end portion of the lower casing 13, the upper casing 11 may be connected with the middle frame 14 and the lower casing 13 through a transition panel 15, and the transition panel 15 may fill a connection gap between the upper casing 11 and the middle frame 14 and the lower casing 13. A dust box 16 for collecting dust and the like absorbed by the sweeper can be further arranged in the main body 1.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the number of the camera assemblies 2, which may be one or multiple, when multiple camera assemblies 2 are provided, the installation position of each camera assembly 2 may be changed, for example, the camera assembly 2 may be further disposed at the position where the middle frame 14 is provided with the side brush cover plate 141, in this scheme, the connection mode between the side brush cover plate 141 and the middle frame 14 may be detachable so as to facilitate the detachment and installation of the side brush cover plate 141, and after detaching the side brush cover plate 141, the aforementioned camera assembly 2 may be installed at the installation position of the side brush cover plate 141, so that the camera assemblies 2 will be distributed at both sides of the advancing direction of the sweeper. Of course, in practical applications, the plurality of camera assemblies 2 may also be disposed at other positions of the sweeper, which may be determined according to practical needs.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of improvements and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these improvements and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. The utility model provides a sweeper, includes main part (1), main part (1) is equipped with the inductor, its characterized in that, the inductor is including making a video recording subassembly (2), make a video recording subassembly (2) are including camera (21), just the axis of camera (21) with the contained angle setting is personally submitted in sweeper's work.

2. The sweeper according to claim 1, characterized in that the camera assembly (2) is mounted at the front side of the main body (1), and further comprises a front panel (22) and an upper cover plate (23) which are connected with each other, the camera (21) is mounted in a cavity formed by the front panel (22), the upper cover plate (23) and the main body (1) in a surrounding manner, the front panel (22) is provided with an observation port (221), and the camera (21) is opposite to the observation port (221).

3. The sweeper according to claim 2, characterized in that the observation opening (221) is provided with a blocking window made of transparent material; and/or the front panel (22) is provided with a rotatable blocking cover (29), and the blocking cover (29) can block the observation opening (221).

4. The sweeper according to claim 2, characterized in that the camera assembly (2) further comprises an on-off switch (25), and the on-off switch (25) is in signal connection with the camera (21) and is used for controlling the on-off of the camera (21).

5. The sweeper according to claim 4, characterized by further comprising a fixing frame (24), wherein the camera (21) and the on-off switch (25) are both mounted on the fixing frame (24), the on-off switch (25) is a micro switch, a first elastic member (26) is arranged between the micro switch and the front panel (22) or the upper cover plate (23), and the micro switch can be triggered by the pressure deformation of the position of the front panel (22) or the upper cover plate (23) corresponding to the first elastic member (26).

6. The sweeper according to claim 2, characterized by further comprising a collision switch (27), wherein the collision switch (27) is mounted on a fixing frame (24) of the camera assembly (2), a second elastic piece (28) is arranged between the collision switch (27) and the front panel (22), the collision switch (27) is in signal connection with a controller of the main body (1), and the collision switch (27) can be triggered by the pressure deformation of the position of the front panel (22) corresponding to the second elastic piece (28).

7. The sweeper according to any one of claims 2-6, characterized in that the main body (1) comprises an upper housing (11), the sensor further comprises a radar assembly (12) mounted to the upper housing (11), the upper cover plate (23) is connected to the upper housing (11), and the upper surface of the upper cover plate (23) is no higher than the upper surface of the upper housing (11).

8. The sweeper according to claim 7, characterized in that the thickness of the upper cover plate (23) is gradually reduced from back to front, and the upper cover plate (23) is provided with an upward protruding part at the position where it is connected with the front panel (22).

9. The sweeper according to claim 7, characterized in that the main body (1) further comprises a lower shell (13) and a middle frame (14), the middle frame (14) is installed at the front end of the lower shell (13), the upper shell (11) is connected with the middle frame (14) and the lower shell (13) through a transition panel (15), and the middle frame (14) is provided with a detachable side brush cover plate (141).

10. The sweeper according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that the number of camera assemblies (2) is multiple.

11. The sweeper according to any one of claims 1-6, further comprising a sending module in signal connection with the camera (21) for sending information captured by the camera (21) to a user terminal and/or a storage unit.

12. The sweeper according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein the included angle is 20-30 degrees.

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