CN216256950U - Charging base station and automatic working system - Google Patents

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CN216256950U
CN216256950U CN202122548141.5U CN202122548141U CN216256950U CN 216256950 U CN216256950 U CN 216256950U CN 202122548141 U CN202122548141 U CN 202122548141U CN 216256950 U CN216256950 U CN 216256950U
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The utility model discloses a charging base station, which is used for docking and charging with a cleaning robot and comprises: a base for docking the cleaning robot; the first charging terminal is suitable for being in butt joint with a first charging connector of the cleaning robot and arranged on the base; and a second charging terminal adapted to be docked with a second charging connector of the cleaning robot, the second charging terminal being configured to be disposed at a predetermined angle around the first charging terminal. The charging base station provided by the utility model can realize multi-angle docking of the cleaning robot, reduce the situation of adjusting the docking posture and improve the successful docking efficiency.

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Charging base station and automatic working system
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of robots, and particularly relates to a charging base station and an automatic working system.
Background
With the acceleration of life rhythm of people and the requirement on living environment quality, more and more cleaning robots enter into the actual life of people. The cleaning robot is a device capable of automatically working and automatically cleaning a working area, generally adopts direct current power supply, and has the basic principle that a host computer automatically runs to the position of a charging seat by receiving information fed back by the charging seat, and a charging connector of the host computer is contacted with a charging terminal of the charging seat, so that the charging purpose is realized.
At present, in a charging structure of a cleaning robot in the prior art, two positive and negative terminals arranged at intervals are usually installed at the front end of a robot main body, a charging seat is provided with an upward protruding charging pile, and the charging pile is provided with two positive and negative terminals corresponding to the robot main body. When the robot main body is recharged, the position of the charging seat is confirmed by receiving an infrared signal transmitted by the charging seat, the robot main body runs to the position of the charging seat, and two positive and negative terminals of the charging main body are respectively butted with two positive and negative terminals on the charging seat, so that the charging purpose is achieved. However, since the positive and negative terminals of the main body and the positive and negative terminals of the charging stand are generally rectangular or square, when the two charging terminals are connected, the positions of the main body of the cleaning robot need to be finely adjusted for many times so that the positive and negative terminals of the main body and the positive and negative terminals of the charging stand are completely aligned to be successfully connected.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a charging base station capable of realizing multi-angle docking of a cleaning robot.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a charging base station for docking and charging with a cleaning robot, including:
a base for docking the cleaning robot;
a first charging terminal adapted to be docked with a first charging connector of the cleaning robot, the first charging terminal being disposed on the base;
a second charging terminal adapted to be docked with a second charging connector of the cleaning robot, the second charging terminal being configured to be disposed at a preset angle around the first charging terminal.
In one embodiment, the preset angle is greater than or equal to 90 °.
In one embodiment, the predetermined angle is greater than or equal to 180 °.
In one embodiment, the second charging terminal is configured in a ring shape surrounding the first charging terminal by 360 °.
In one embodiment, the second charging terminal has a circular ring shape, and the first charging terminal is located in a central area of the circular ring surrounded by the second charging terminal.
In one embodiment, the second charging terminal is insulated from the first charging terminal.
In one embodiment, the charging base station comprises a control circuit, wherein the control circuit switches on the connection of the first charging terminal and the second charging terminal with a power supply when receiving a docking success signal; otherwise, the control circuit disconnects the first and second charging terminals from the power source.
In one embodiment, the first charging terminal is arranged in a liftable manner and comprises an initial position and a docking position higher than the initial position, the first charging terminal is a magnetic attraction part or the first charging terminal is connected with a magnetic attraction part, and the magnetic attraction part is suitable for attracting a magnetic part arranged on the cleaning robot so that the first charging terminal is lifted to the docking position to be docked with the second charging connector; or,
the setting of second charging terminal liftable includes initial position and is higher than initial position's butt joint position, the second charging terminal is for magnetism inhale the part or be connected with magnetism on the second charging terminal and inhale the part, magnetism inhale the part be suitable for with the last magnetism part that sets up of cleaning machines attracts so that the second charging terminal risees to butt joint position with the butt joint of second charging joint.
The utility model also provides an automatic working system which comprises the charging base station and the cleaning robot, wherein the cleaning robot comprises a first charging connector and a second charging connector which are arranged at intervals.
In one embodiment, the cleaning robot further comprises a control unit, a traveling mechanism electrically connected with the control unit, and a docking identification circuit, wherein the docking identification circuit is used for identifying whether a charging loop is formed and feeding back a docking success signal, and the control unit controls the traveling mechanism to stop traveling so as to be parked at the charging base station for charging when receiving the docking success signal.
The technical scheme provided by the utility model has the following advantages:
according to the charging base station and the automatic working system provided by the utility model, the second charging terminal of the charging base station is arranged around the first charging terminal by the preset angle, so that the second charging terminal and the second charging terminal of the cleaning robot are in a butt joint state under the condition that the first charging terminal of the cleaning robot is in butt joint with the first charging terminal within the preset angle range, the charging base station can provide the butt joint of the cleaning robot at multiple angles, the butt joint success rate is high, and the butt joint is simple and reliable.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic top view of a charging base station and a cleaning robot according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the first and second charging terminals of the charging base station shown in fig. 1;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning robot docked with a charging base station according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.
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1-a base; 11-a first charging terminal; 12-a second charging terminal; 2-cleaning the robot; 21-a first charging connector; 22-second charging connection.
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The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. The utility model will be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.
In the present invention, unless specified to the contrary, use of the terms of orientation such as "upper, lower, top, bottom" or the like, generally refer to the orientation as shown in the drawings, or to the component itself in a vertical, perpendicular, or gravitational orientation; likewise, for ease of understanding and description, "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer relative to the profile of the components themselves, but the above directional words are not intended to limit the utility model.
Example 1
The present embodiment provides a charging base station, please refer to fig. 1 to fig. 3. The charging base station is used for docking and charging with the cleaning robot 2. The charging base station includes a base 1, a first charging terminal 11, and a second charging terminal 12.
The cleaning robot 2 is used for cleaning the floor, and may be a sweeping robot, a mopping robot or a sweeping and mopping integrated robot. The cleaning robot is provided with a first charging connector 21 and a second charging connector 22 on a body thereof. The first charging terminal 11 is adapted to be docked with a first charging connector 21 of the cleaning robot 2, and the second charging terminal 12 is adapted to be docked with a second charging connector 22 of the cleaning robot 2. When the cleaning robot 2 needs to be docked and charged, the cleaning robot automatically walks to a charging base station, and at least part of the cleaning robot is docked on the base 1, so that the first charging connector 21 is docked with the first charging terminal 11, the second charging connector 22 is docked with the second charging terminal 12, the charging loop is connected, and the charging base station can charge the cleaning robot 2.
In the present embodiment, the first charging terminal 11 and the second charging terminal 12 are both provided on the base 1. The second charging terminal 12 is configured to be disposed around the first charging terminal 11 at a preset angle. In this way, under the condition that the first charging connector 21 of the cleaning robot is in the docking state with the first charging terminal 11 within the preset angle range, the second charging terminal 12 is in the docking state with the second charging connector 22 of the cleaning robot 2. The cleaning robot 2 can be in butt joint with the charging base station within a preset angle range, the condition of adjusting the butt joint posture is reduced, and the success rate of butt joint is improved. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the cleaning robot 2 may dock with the charging base station along a docking direction a and a docking direction B.
Specifically, the base 1 is substantially flat and is laid on the ground. The first charging terminal 11 and the second charging terminal 12 are both provided on the upper surface of the base 1, at least partially exposed. The second charging terminal 12 is disposed at the periphery of the first charging terminal 11. The first charging connector 21 and the second charging connector 22 of the cleaning robot 2 are both arranged at the bottom of the machine body and are arranged at intervals in the front and rear direction of the machine body. The interval between the first charging connector 21 and the second charging connector 22 matches the interval and the coverage area of the first charging terminal 11 and the second charging terminal 12, and when the first charging connector 21 is butted with the first charging terminal 11, the second charging connector 22 is just above the second charging terminal 12 and is butted with the second charging terminal 12.
In order to ensure no dead angle in the butt joint, in the present embodiment, the second charging terminal 12 is disposed around the first charging terminal 11 by an angle of 360 °. As long as the first charging terminal 11 and the second charging connector 21 are butted in any direction in the butting plane, the butting of the second charging terminal 12 and the second charging connector 22 can be ensured. Referring to fig. 2, specifically, the second charging terminal 12 is circular, and the first charging terminal 11 is located in a circular central area surrounded by the second charging terminal 12.
In order to ensure the reliability of the docking charging circuit, the second charging terminal 12 is insulated from the first charging terminal 11. Charging failure due to short-circuiting of the second charging terminal 12 with the first charging terminal 11 is prevented.
Of course, in other embodiments, the preset angle of the second charging terminal 12 around the first charging terminal 11 may be other angle values. For example, the preset angle is greater than or equal to 90 degrees or the preset angle is greater than or equal to 180 degrees, multi-angle docking of the cleaning robot can be achieved, and only the docking angles which can be supported are different in size.
It is understood that the first charging connector 21 passes over the second charging terminal 12 before contacting the first charging terminal 11 to contact the second charging terminal 12, in order to prevent the formation of a short circuit during the docking process. In one embodiment, the charging base station further includes a control circuit that turns on the connection of the first charging terminal 11 and the second charging terminal 12 to the power supply when the docking success signal is received; otherwise, the control circuit disconnects the first and second charging terminals 11 and 12 from the power source. Thus, when the docking is not successful, the first charging terminal 11 and the second charging terminal 12 are not electrified, and the power is turned on only when the docking loop formation is detected to receive the docking success signal, so that the formation of a short circuit during the docking process can be avoided. Specifically, the docking success signal is sent by the docking identification circuit, the docking identification circuit is used for detecting whether the charging circuit is formed, and the docking identification circuit can specifically adopt voltage detection or current detection. The docking recognition circuit may be provided in the charging base station or may be provided in the cleaning robot 2.
The charge base station that this embodiment provided, through the second charge terminal structure with charge base station for around the first terminal angle setting of predetermineeing, guarantee cleaning machines people's the first joint that charges under the condition of predetermineeing the angle within range and the first terminal butt joint that charges, the second charges the terminal and is in the butt joint state with cleaning machines people's second joint that charges for charge base station can provide the butt joint of a plurality of angles of cleaning machines people, and the butt joint success rate is high.
Example 2
The embodiment provides a charging base station. The charging base station is substantially the same as the above-described embodiment, and is different only in the arrangement of the first charging terminal 11 and the second charging terminal 12. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and are not described in detail.
In this embodiment, in order to prevent the formation of a short circuit during the docking process. The first charging terminal 11 is arranged to be lifted and lowered, and includes an initial position and a mating position higher than the initial position. The first charging terminal is a magnetic attraction part, and the magnetic attraction part is suitable for attracting the magnetic part arranged on the cleaning robot 2, so that the first charging terminal 11 is lifted to a butt joint position to be in butt joint with the second charging connector 22. Thus, the cleaning robot does not move to the charging position, the first charging terminal 11 cannot be lifted to the docking position to be docked with the second charging connector 22, so that a docking loop cannot be formed, and it is guaranteed that the docking loop can be formed only when the cleaning robot moves to the charging position. Of course, in other embodiments, the magnetic attraction member may be disposed on the first charging terminal 11, as long as the magnetic attraction member can move the first charging terminal 11 to be lifted upwards to the mating position.
Of course, in other embodiments, the second charging terminal 12 may be provided so as to be movable up and down. The arrangement scheme thereof is substantially the same as the arrangement structure of the first charging terminal 11 described above. Similarly, the second charging terminal includes an initial position and a docking position higher than the initial position, the second charging terminal 12 is a magnetic attraction part or the second charging terminal 12 is connected with a magnetic attraction part, the magnetic attraction part is suitable for attracting with a magnetic part arranged on the cleaning robot 2, so that the second charging terminal 12 is raised to the docking position to dock with the second charging connector 22.
It should be noted that the magnetically attracting member is understood to be a member capable of being magnetically attracted and magnetized, such as a metal member containing iron, cobalt, or nickel. The magnetic component is understood to be a component having magnetic properties, and may be an electromagnet or a permanent magnet.
As an alternative to example 1. In the present embodiment, instead of "the control circuit connects the first charging terminal 11 and the second charging terminal 12 to the power supply when receiving the docking success signal", the first charging terminal 11 or the second charging terminal 12 may be configured to be movable up and down as described above. Of course, the schemes of embodiment 1 and embodiment 2 for preventing the formation of the short circuit in the docking process can be simultaneously adopted, and as long as one of the schemes works normally, the corresponding problem can be solved, and the reliability is improved.
Example 3
The present embodiment provides an automatic working system. Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the automatic working system provided in this embodiment includes the charging base station and the cleaning robot 2 provided in the above embodiments. The cleaning robot 2 includes a first charging connector 21 and a second charging connector 22 which are provided at intervals. Specifically, with reference to the front-rear direction of the body of the cleaning robot, the first charging connector 21 is disposed in front of the second charging connector 22. The cleaning robot 2 has the same structure as the cleaning robot mentioned in the above embodiments, and the description thereof is omitted.
Specifically, the cleaning robot 2 further includes a control unit, a traveling mechanism electrically connected to the control unit, and a docking recognition circuit. The docking identification circuit is used for identifying whether a charging loop is formed or not and feeding back a docking success signal, and the control unit controls the travelling mechanism to stop travelling so as to stop at the charging base station for charging when receiving the docking success signal.
It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are only a few, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art may make other variations or modifications without creative efforts, and shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A charging base station for docking charging with a cleaning robot (2), comprising:
a base (1) for docking the cleaning robot (2);
a first charging terminal (11) adapted to be docked with a first charging connector (21) of the cleaning robot (2), the first charging terminal (11) being provided on the base (1);
a second charging terminal (12) adapted to be docked with a second charging connector (22) of the cleaning robot (2), the second charging terminal (12) being configured to be disposed at a preset angle around the first charging terminal (11).
2. The charging base station of claim 1, wherein the preset angle is 90 ° or more.
3. The charging base station of claim 1, wherein the preset angle is equal to or greater than 180 °.
4. The charging base station according to claim 3, characterized in that the second charging terminal (12) is configured in a ring shape, surrounding the first charging terminal (11) by 360 °.
5. The charging base station according to claim 4, characterized in that the second charging terminal (12) has a circular ring shape, and the first charging terminal (11) is located in a central area of a circle surrounded by the second charging terminal (12).
6. The charging base station according to claim 1, characterized in that the second charging terminal (12) is insulated from the first charging terminal (11).
7. The charging base station according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a control circuit which, upon receiving a docking success signal, switches on the connection of the first charging terminal (11) and the second charging terminal (12) to a power supply; otherwise, the control circuit disconnects the first charging terminal (11) and the second charging terminal (12) from the power source.
8. The charging base station of claim 1, wherein the first charging terminal (11) is arranged to be lifted and lowered, and comprises an initial position and a docking position higher than the initial position, the first charging terminal (11) is a magnetic attraction component or a magnetic attraction component is connected to the first charging terminal (11), and the magnetic attraction component is suitable for being attracted by a magnetic component arranged on the cleaning robot (2) to enable the first charging terminal (11) to be lifted to the docking position to be docked with the second charging connector (22); or,
the setting of second charging terminal (12) liftable includes initial position and is higher than initial position's butt joint position, second charging terminal (12) are for magnetism inhale the part or be connected with magnetism on second charging terminal (12) and inhale the part, magnetism inhale the part be suitable for with the magnetism part that sets up on cleaning machines people (2) attract so that second charging terminal (12) rise to butt joint position with the butt joint of second charging joint (22) butt joint.
9. An automatic working system, characterized by comprising the charging base station and the cleaning robot (2) as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the cleaning robot (2) comprises a first charging connector (21) and a second charging connector (22) which are arranged at intervals.
10. The automatic working system according to claim 9, wherein the cleaning robot (2) further comprises a control unit, a traveling mechanism electrically connected with the control unit, and a docking recognition circuit for recognizing whether a charging loop is formed and feeding back a docking success signal, wherein the control unit controls the traveling mechanism to stop traveling so as to dock at the charging base station for charging when receiving the docking success signal.
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