EP3678526B1 - Procédé d'un dispositif de nettoyage robotisé - Google Patents

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EP3678526B1
EP3678526B1 EP17761881.6A EP17761881A EP3678526B1 EP 3678526 B1 EP3678526 B1 EP 3678526B1 EP 17761881 A EP17761881 A EP 17761881A EP 3678526 B1 EP3678526 B1 EP 3678526B1
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Niklas NORDIN
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4011—Regulation of the cleaning machine by electric means; Control systems and remote control systems therefor
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2805—Parameters or conditions being sensed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4002—Installations of electric equipment
    • A47L11/4005—Arrangements of batteries or cells; Electric power supply arrangements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2836—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means characterised by the parts which are controlled
    • A47L9/2852—Elements for displacement of the vacuum cleaner or the accessories therefor, e.g. wheels, casters or nozzles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/28—Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
    • A47L9/2868—Arrangements for power supply of vacuum cleaners or the accessories thereof
    • A47L9/2873—Docking units or charging stations
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
    • A47L2201/02—Docking stations; Docking operations
    • A47L2201/022—Recharging of batteries
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
    • A47L2201/04—Automatic control of the travelling movement; Automatic obstacle detection
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
    • A47L2201/06—Control of the cleaning action for autonomous devices; Automatic detection of the surface condition before, during or after cleaning

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  • the invention relates to a method of a robotic cleaning device of controlling operation of a cleaning program in progress, and a robotic cleaning device configured to perform the method.
  • Robotic vacuum cleaners are known in the art, which are equipped with drive means in the form of a motor for moving the cleaner across a surface to be cleaned.
  • the robotic vacuum cleaners are further equipped with intelligence in the form of microprocessor(s) and navigation means for causing an autonomous behaviour such that the robotic vacuum cleaners freely can move around and clean a surface in the form of e.g. a floor.
  • these prior art robotic vacuum cleaners have the capability of more or less autonomously vacuum clean a room in which objects such as tables and chairs and other obstacles such as walls and stairs are located.
  • the robotic vacuum cleaner When the battery is close to being drained on energy but areas still remain to be cleaned, the robotic vacuum cleaner returns to its charging station for a so called pit stop, during which process the robotic vacuum cleaner docks with the charging station to recharge the cleaner battery.
  • US2015/000068 discloses a self-propelled cleaner where the cleaner can receive an instruction to charge a battery or terminate or pause a cleaning and return to a charger station.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an improved method of controlling operation of a cleaning program in progress for a robotic cleaning device.
  • a method of a robotic cleaning device of controlling operation of a cleaning program in progress comprises receiving an instruction to pause the cleaning program in progress, travelling, in response to said instruction to pause, to a charging station to recharge a robotic cleaning device battery, receiving a further instruction to resume the cleaning program that was in progress upon receiving the instruction to pause, and to resume, in response to said further instruction, the cleaning program that was in progress upon receiving the instruction to pause.
  • a robotic cleaning device configured to control operation of a cleaning program in progress.
  • the robotic cleaning device comprises a propulsion system configured to move the robotic cleaning device, at least one battery configured to power the robotic cleaning device, and a controller.
  • the controller is configured to receive an instruction to pause the cleaning program in progress, control, in response to said instruction to pause, the propulsion system to cause the robotic cleaning device to travel to a charging station to recharge the robotic cleaning device battery, receive a further instruction to resume the cleaning program that was in progress upon receiving the instruction to pause and resume, in response to said further instruction, the cleaning program that was in progress upon receiving the instruction to pause.
  • a user wishing to temporarily pause a cleaning operation of the robotic cleaning device may for instance press a pause button on a user interface on top of the robotic cleaning device or send a pause instruction via a mobile phone app, in which case the robotic cleaning device must be capable of wireless communication such as radio or infrared communication.
  • the robotic cleaning device Upon receiving the instruction to pause the cleaning program, the robotic cleaning device travels to a charging station to recharge a battery with which the robotic cleaning device is equipped. The robotic cleaning device will remain docked in the charging station until it is given a further instruction to resume the cleaning program that has been paused.
  • the user will instruct the robotic cleaning device to resume the paused cleaning program, for instance by wirelessly submitting the further instruction to the robotic cleaning device via the previously discussed mobile phone app.
  • the robotic cleaning device In response to the further instruction to resume the paused cleaning program, the robotic cleaning device leaves the charging station and recommences the previously paused cleaning program.
  • the battery of the robotic cleaning device has been partly or fully charged during the user-initiated pause spent in the charging station, and the originally set cleaning program is resumed.
  • the further instruction being configured to cause the robotic cleaning device to resume the paused cleaning program may stipulate that the program should be immediately resumed, or that the paused cleaning program should be resumed after a set time period has elapsed as indicated by the further instruction.
  • the further instruction may stipulate a time period after the lapse of which the robotic cleaning device will resume the paused cleaning program.
  • the further instruction may be submitted to the robotic cleaning device immediately after the pause instruction has been submitted.
  • the pause instruction is submitted followed by the further instruction that the paused cleaning program should be resumed after a given time period, such as e.g. 30 minutes.
  • the user comes home from work every day for a 30 minutes lunch, after which the robotic cleaning device resumes the paused cleaning program.
  • This may be effected by a custom setting in the mobile phone app, and is advantageous since the user does not have to remember to send the further instruction to the robotic cleaning device before leaving home after lunch.
  • a current robotic cleaning device position is recorded, wherein the resuming of the cleaning program comprises travelling to the recorded robotic cleaning device position for resuming the cleaning program that was in progress upon receiving the instruction to pause.
  • a next robotic cleaning device position as stipulated by the cleaning program is recorded, wherein the resuming of the cleaning program comprises travelling to the recorded next robotic cleaning device position for resuming the cleaning program that was in progress upon receiving the instruction to pause.
  • the invention relates to robotic cleaning devices, or in other words, to automatic, self-propelled machines for cleaning a surface, e.g. a robotic vacuum cleaner, a robotic sweeper or a robotic floor washer.
  • the robotic cleaning device according to the invention is battery-operated and occasionally needs to be recharged by returning to its charging station.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a prior art scenario where a user temporarily wishes to pause a cleaning operation of a robotic cleaning device 100.
  • the dotted line illustrates a path 200 via which the robotic cleaning device 100 is to travel as stipulated by the current cleaning program.
  • the robotic vacuum cleaner 100 may either:
  • the vacuum cleaner will start with a new cleaning program from the charging station upon being instructed to do so, while in the second scenario, there is a risk that the battery of the cleaner will discharge before the cleaner receives an instruction to resume the paused cleaning program, thus limiting the cleaning time.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the robotic cleaning device 100 executing a cleaning program, where a path 200 is to be travelled in order to clean a designated surface as stipulated by the cleaning program via which the robotic cleaning device 100 is to travel as stipulated by the current cleaning program.
  • a user temporarily pause the cleaning operation of the robotic cleaning device 100 when the robot is in position P1.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 receives an instruction in step S101 to pause its current cleaning program, for instance by having the user press a pause button on a user interface on top of the robot or by sending a pause instruction via a mobile phone app, in which case the robotic cleaning device 100 must be capable of wireless communication such as radio or infrared communication.
  • the controller 116 of the robotic cleaning device 100 itself takes the decision to pause, for instance by receiving an indication from the battery 117 that it is low on power in step S101.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 Upon receiving the instruction to pause the cleaning program, either from the user or from the battery 117 indicating low power, the robotic cleaning device 100 travels in step S102 to the charging station 300 to recharge a battery with which the robotic cleaning device is equipped.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 will remain docked in the charging station 300 until it is given a further instruction to resume the cleaning program that was paused in step S101.
  • the user will instruct the robotic cleaning device 100 to resume the paused cleaning program, for instance by wirelessly submitting the further instruction to the robotic cleaning device 100 accordingly in step S103.
  • said further instruction stipulates a time period after the lapse of which the robotic cleaning device 100 will resume the paused cleaning program.
  • the further instruction may be submitted to the robotic cleaning device immediately after the pause instruction has been submitted in step S101.
  • the pause instruction is submitted in step S101 followed by the further instruction that the paused cleaning program should be resumed after a given time period, such as e.g. 30 minutes.
  • the user comes home from work every day for a 30 minutes lunch, after which the robotic cleaning device 100 resumes the paused cleaning program.
  • This may be effected by a custom setting in the mobile phone app, and is advantageous since the user does not have to remember to send the further instruction to the robotic cleaning device 100 before leaving home after lunch.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 leaves the charging station in position P2 and returns to position P1 for continuing the previously paused cleaning program in step S104, thus recommencing the traveling along path 200.
  • the battery of the robotic cleaning device 100 has been partly or fully charged during the user-initiated pause spent in the charging station 300, and the originally set cleaning program is resumed.
  • the robotic cleaning device upon receiving the pause instruction in step S101, the robotic cleaning device records its current position such that it in step S104 can travel to the recorded robotic cleaning device position for resuming the cleaning program that was in operation upon receiving the instruction to pause.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a further embodiment, where the robotic cleaning device does not return to the position it left off upon receiving the pause instruction, but to a different position.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 receives an instruction in step S101 to pause its current cleaning program.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 Upon receiving the instruction to pause the cleaning program, the robotic cleaning device 100 travels in step S102 to the charging station 300 to recharge a battery with which the robotic cleaning device is equipped.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 does not record its current position but concludes that it has finished (or is very close to finishing) the cleaning of the room in which is currently resides, and will continue cleaning in an adjacent room 400; the robotic cleaning device 100 will thus record a next position where it is to resume cleaning as stipulated by the paused cleaning program.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 will remain docked in the charging station 300 until it is given a further instruction to resume the cleaning program that was paused in step S101.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 After the user instructs the robotic cleaning device 100 in step S103 to resume the paused cleaning program (or if a set pausing period has expired), the robotic cleaning device 100 leaves the charging station in position P2 and heads for the next room 400 to be cleaned, corresponding to the "next position" previously recorded upon receiving the pause instruction.
  • the battery of the robotic cleaning device 100 has advantageously been partly or fully charged during the user-initiated pause spent in the charging station 300, and the originally set cleaning program is resumed.
  • Figure 5 shows a robotic cleaning device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention in a bottom view, i.e. the bottom side of the robotic cleaning device is shown.
  • the arrow indicates the forward direction of the robotic cleaning device 100 being illustrated in the form of a robotic vacuum cleaner.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 comprises a main body 111 housing components such as a propulsion system comprising driving means in the form of two electric wheel motors 115a, 115b for enabling movement of the driving wheels 112, 113 such that the cleaning device can be moved over a surface to be cleaned.
  • Each wheel motor 115a, 115b is capable of controlling the respective driving wheel 112, 113 to rotate independently of each other in order to move the robotic cleaning device 100 across the surface to be cleaned.
  • a number of different driving wheel arrangements, as well as various wheel motor arrangements, can be envisaged.
  • the robotic cleaning device may have any appropriate shape, such as a device having a more traditional circular-shaped main body, or a triangular-shaped main body.
  • a track propulsion system may be used or even a hovercraft propulsion system.
  • the propulsion system may further be arranged to cause the robotic cleaning device 100 to perform any one or more of a yaw, pitch, translation or roll movement.
  • a controller 116 such as a microprocessor controls the wheel motors 115a, 115b to rotate the driving wheels 112, 113 as required in view of information received from an obstacle detecting device (not shown in Figure 5 ) for detecting obstacles in the form of walls, floor lamps, table legs, around which the robotic cleaning device must navigate.
  • the obstacle detecting device may be embodied in the form of a 3D sensor system registering its surroundings, implemented by means of e.g. a 3D camera, a camera in combination with lasers, a laser scanner, etc. for detecting obstacles and communicating information about any detected obstacle to the microprocessor 116.
  • the microprocessor 116 communicates with the wheel motors 115a, 115b to control movement of the wheels 112, 113 in accordance with information provided by the obstacle detecting device such that the robotic cleaning device 100 can move as desired across the surface to be cleaned.
  • the robotic cleaning device 100 is equipped one or more batteries 117 for powering the different components included in the cleaning device 100.
  • the one or more batteries 117 are charged via a charging station into which the robotic cleaning device 100 docks.
  • the one or more batteries 117 are further in communicative connection with the controller 116 for signalling if they are low on power (or if they are fully charged).
  • the main body 111 of the robotic cleaner 100 comprises a suction fan 120 creating an air flow for transporting debris to a dust bag or cyclone arrangement (not shown) housed in the main body via the opening 118 in the bottom side of the main body 111.
  • the suction fan 120 is driven by a fan motor 121 communicatively connected to the controller 116 from which the fan motor 121 receives instructions for controlling the suction fan 120.
  • the main body 111 may further be arranged with one or more rotating side brushes 114 adjacent to the opening 118.
  • the controller/processing unit 116 embodied in the form of one or more microprocessors is arranged to execute a computer program 125 downloaded to a suitable storage medium 126 associated with the microprocessor, such as a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Flash memory or a hard disk drive.
  • the controller 116 is arranged to carry out a method according to embodiments of the present invention when the appropriate computer program 125 comprising computer-executable instructions is downloaded to the storage medium 126 and executed by the controller 116.
  • the storage medium 126 may also be a computer program product comprising the computer program 125.
  • the computer program 125 may be transferred to the storage medium 126 by means of a suitable computer program product, such as a digital versatile disc (DVD), compact disc (CD) or a memory stick.
  • a suitable computer program product such as a digital versatile disc (DVD), compact disc (CD) or a memory stick.
  • the computer program 125 may be downloaded to the storage medium 126 over a wired or wireless network.
  • the controller 116 may alternatively be embodied in the form of a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), etc.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field-programmable gate array
  • CPLD complex programmable logic device

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  1. Procédé d'un dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) de commande de fonctionnement d'un programme de nettoyage en cours, comprenant :
    la réception (S101) d'une instruction de mettre en pause le programme de nettoyage en cours ; et
    le déplacement (S102), en réponse à ladite instruction de mettre en pause, jusqu'à une station de recharge (300) pour recharger une batterie de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (117) ;
    caractérisé par
    la réception (S103) d'une instruction supplémentaire, à partir d'un utilisateur, de reprendre le programme de nettoyage qui était en cours lors de la réception de l'instruction de mettre en pause ; et
    la reprise (S104), en réponse à ladite instruction supplémentaire, du programme de nettoyage qui était en cours lors de la réception de l'instruction de mettre en pause.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'instruction de mettre en pause est reçue à partir de la batterie (117) indiquant un faible niveau d'énergie.
  3. Procédé selon les revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'instruction de mettre en pause est reçue à partir d'un utilisateur.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, comprenant en outre :
    l'enregistrement, en réponse à ladite instruction de mettre en pause, d'une position actuelle de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé ; dans lequel la reprise (S104) du programme de nettoyage comprend :
    le déplacement jusqu'à la position enregistrée de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé pour la reprise du programme de nettoyage qui était en cours lors de la réception de l'instruction de mettre en pause.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, comprenant en outre :
    l'enregistrement, en réponse à ladite instruction de mettre en pause, d'une position suivante de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé telle de stipulée par le programme de nettoyage ; dans lequel la reprise du programme de nettoyage comprend :
    le déplacement jusqu'à la position suivante enregistrée de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé pour la reprise du programme de nettoyage qui était en cours lors de la réception de l'instruction de mettre en pause.
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, ladite instruction supplémentaire étant configurée pour faire en sorte que le dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) reprenne immédiatement le programme de nettoyage mis en pause lorsqu'elle est reçue, ou reprenne le programme de nettoyage mis en pause après qu'une période définie s'est écoulée telle qu'indiquée par ladite instruction supplémentaire.
  7. Dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (1o0) configuré pour commander le fonctionnement d'un programme de nettoyage en cours, comprenant :
    un système de propulsion (112, 113, 115a, 115b) configuré pour déplacer le dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) ;
    au moins une batterie (117) configurée pour alimenter le dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) ; et
    une unité de commande (116) configurée pour :
    recevoir une instruction de mettre en pause le programme de nettoyage en cours ; et
    commander, en réponse à ladite instruction de mettre en pause, le système de propulsion (112, 113, 115a, 115b) pour faire en sorte que le dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) se déplace jusqu'à une station de recharge pour recharger la batterie de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (117) ;
    caractérisé en ce que l'unité de commande (116) est en outre configurée pour :
    recevoir une instruction supplémentaire, à partir d'un utilisateur, de reprendre le programme de nettoyage qui était en cours lors de la réception de l'instruction de mettre en pause ; et
    reprendre, en réponse à ladite instruction supplémentaire, le programme de nettoyage qui était en cours lors de la réception de l'instruction de mettre en pause.
  8. Dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) selon la revendication 7, dans lequel l'instruction de mettre en pause est reçue à partir de la batterie (117) indiquant un faible niveau d'énergie.
  9. Procédé selon les revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'instruction de mettre en pause est reçue à partir d'un utilisateur par l'intermédiaire d'une interface utilisateur de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé.
  10. Dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 9, l'unité de commande (116) étant en outre configurée pour :
    enregistrer, en réponse à ladite instruction de mettre en pause, une position actuelle de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé ; et étant en outre configurée pour, lors de la reprise du programme de nettoyage :
    commander le système de propulsion (112, 113, 115a, 115b) pour faire en sorte que le dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) se déplace jusqu'à la position enregistrée de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé pour la reprise le programme de nettoyage qui était en cours lors de la réception de l'instruction de mettre en pause.
  11. Dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 10, l'unité de commande (116) étant en outre configurée pour :
    enregistrer, en réponse à ladite instruction de mettre en pause, une position suivante de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé telle de stipulée par le programme de nettoyage ; et étant en outre configurée pour, lors de la reprise du programme de nettoyage :
    commander le système de propulsion (112, 113, 115a, 115b) pour faire en sorte que le dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) se déplace jusqu'à la position suivante enregistrée de dispositif de nettoyage robotisé pour la reprise du programme de nettoyage qui était en cours lors de la réception de l'instruction de mettre en pause.
  12. Dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 à 11, ladite instruction supplémentaire étant configurée pour faire en sorte que le dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) reprenne immédiatement le programme de nettoyage mis en pause lorsqu'elle est reçue, ou reprenne le programme de nettoyage mis en pause après qu'une période définie s'est écoulée telle qu'indiquée par ladite instruction supplémentaire.
  13. Programme d'ordinateur (125), comprenant des instructions exécutables par ordinateur pour faire en sorte qu'un dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100) réalise les étapes récitées dans l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6 lorsque les instructions exécutables par ordinateur sont exécutées sur une unité de commande (116) incluse dans le dispositif de nettoyage robotisé (100).
  14. Produit programme d'ordinateur, comprenant un support lisible par ordinateur (126), le support lisible par ordinateur ayant le programme d'ordinateur (125) selon la revendication 13 incorporé sur celui-ci.
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