WO2015007315A1 - Procédé de transmission sans fil d'informations d'un dispositif auxiliaire à un appareil de nettoyage de sol et appareil de nettoyage de sol - Google Patents

Procédé de transmission sans fil d'informations d'un dispositif auxiliaire à un appareil de nettoyage de sol et appareil de nettoyage de sol Download PDF

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WO2015007315A1
WO2015007315A1 PCT/EP2013/065114 EP2013065114W WO2015007315A1 WO 2015007315 A1 WO2015007315 A1 WO 2015007315A1 EP 2013065114 W EP2013065114 W EP 2013065114W WO 2015007315 A1 WO2015007315 A1 WO 2015007315A1
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Markus Dünne
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Alfred Kärcher Gmbh & Co. Kg
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D1/00—Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots
    • G05D1/0011—Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots associated with a remote control arrangement
    • G05D1/0022—Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots associated with a remote control arrangement characterised by the communication link
    • 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
    • A47L9/2857—User input or output elements for control, e.g. buttons, switches or displays
    • 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
    • A47L9/2894—Details related to signal transmission in suction cleaners
    • 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
    • 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 for the wireless transmission of information from a portable mobile attachment to a floor cleaning device.
  • the invention relates to a floor cleaning device for carrying out the method, comprising a floor cleaning device with at least one cleaning unit, and a portable mobile attachment.
  • EP 1 712 970 A2 describes how a floor cleaning appliance in the form of a cleaning robot can be remotely controlled via a radio communication link or an infrared link.
  • the control via the radio-communication connection requires a not inconsiderable expenditure on equipment for providing a transmission module in the auxiliary device and a receiving module in the floor cleaning device, and associated production costs compared to a non-remotely controllable floor cleaning device.
  • identification numbers are a network address associated with the floor cleaning device, name and access codes on a wireless local area network (WLAN) or Bluetooth codes for establishing a Bluetooth connection. Transmission of the information using an infrared connection with an additional advises in the form of a remote proves in practice often unreliable.
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • Object of the present invention is to provide a generic method and a floor cleaning device for performing the method, with the or the information can be transmitted in a reliable and user-friendly manner from the portable mobile attachment to the floor cleaning device.
  • This object is achieved in a generic method according to the invention in that inputs of an operator are processed on an input unit of a processing part, displayed on a display unit of the accessory in coded form, optically detected by a receiving unit of the floor cleaning device and interpreted by an interpretation section of the floor cleaning device become.
  • information from the attachment to the floor cleaning device can be transmitted optically wireless in coded form.
  • Inputs of an operator are transferred from a processing part into a coded form.
  • the information in coded form is displayed on the display unit of the auxiliary device.
  • By encoding for example as a bar code or as a matrix code (in particular as a QR code or "quick response code"), it is possible to display the information in a standardized form on the display unit.
  • the standardized representation of the information allows in practice reliable detection by the optically effective receiving unit of the floor cleaning device.
  • Information can be reliably transmitted to the floor cleaning device. From the interpretation part, the coded information can be decoded and interpreted, and the instructions contained in the information can be executed by the floor cleaning device.
  • Presentation of the information in optically readable coded form eliminates the need for identification numbers that formations between the attachment and the floor cleaning device must be replaced or these must be known.
  • the display unit is in the field of view of the receiving unit. So that the transmission of the information can be carried out particularly reliably, the user can position the additional device within the field of view, preferably in the immediate vicinity of the receiving unit. Transmission errors, as they can often occur when using a radio communication connection or using infrared radiation in the known from EP 1 712 970 A2 floor cleaning device can be largely avoided.
  • the inventive method is particularly suitable for use in a self-propelled and self-steering floor cleaning device, as which the floor cleaning device is preferably designed.
  • a floor surface can be autonomously or partially autonomously cleaned without intervention of the operator.
  • a floor cleaning device usually comprises a receiving unit in the form of a camera (in particular digital camera) or an optical scanning unit, so that a localization and / or orientation in space is possible.
  • this receiving unit can be used to detect the information presented in encoded form on the display unit.
  • An additional receiving unit in particular a receiving unit for establishing a radio-communication connection or for receiving infrared radiation is therefore no longer required.
  • the floor cleaning device may therefore preferably be equipped without such an additional receiving unit.
  • the inputs of the operator are made on the additional unit comprising the input unit.
  • a mobile phone in particular a smartphone, or a tablet computer is used as additional device.
  • the input unit may in particular be a touch-sensitive screen (touchscreen) of the mobile phone or the tablet computer.
  • the attachment includes the processing part.
  • Another device or device to which the inputs are transmitted or to transfer the inputs to the encoded form does not need to be in this case.
  • the operator is preferably provided on the attachment a code generation program, with which the inputs are transferred from the processing part in the coded form.
  • the code generation program is preferably a computer program executable on the additional device, in particular in the form of a configuration application program, specifically a so-called "app". From the code generation program, the operator can
  • Interface can be provided via which inputs can be made, in particular in the form of a graphical user interface, which is displayed on the display unit.
  • the user interface may include, for example, text entry boxes, selection boxes, radio buttons, buttons, menus, or the like, to allow the user to change and / or adjust functions of the floor cleaning implement.
  • the auxiliary device establishes a wireless communication link to a spatially remote data processing system, to which the inputs of the operator are transmitted and which transmits the information in encoded form to the auxiliary device.
  • the inputs and information may be transmitted in coded form between the attachment and the data processing system.
  • the information can be displayed on the display unit.
  • the data processing system is in particular in the possession or under the management of the manufacturer of the floor cleaning device, which offers an operator the ability to display inputs in optically encoded form on his portable mobile attachment for transmission to the floor cleaning device.
  • the communication connection takes place in particular via the Internet.
  • the data processing system provides an Internet page that is displayed on the display unit with the information in coded form.
  • the operator can call up the website via the additional device, for example a smartphone or a tablet computer.
  • Entries can be made on a form comprising, for example, text input fields, selection fields, radio buttons, buttons, menus or the like, whereupon the information is visually coded by the data processing system and displayed as output on the Internet page, which can be displayed by the auxiliary device.
  • the information is displayed in one or two-dimensional coded form.
  • One-dimensionally coded information is displayed, for example, as a barcode.
  • Two-dimensionally coded information is, for example, a matrix code, in particular a QR code (quick response code).
  • a receiving unit preferably a camera or an optical reading device of the floor cleaning device is used, with which reading device, the spatial arrangement of the information in coded form are scanned on the display unit.
  • the camera in particular a digital camera, preferably makes possible the complete optical detection of the information in coded form with only one image acquisition.
  • a reading device in particular, a scanner is used, for example a laser scanner with which the optically coded information can be scanned line by line and / or column by column.
  • the method is particularly suitable for implementation with a self-propelled and self-steering floor cleaning appliance, which has an optically effective receiving unit for localization and / or orientation, for example a camera or an optical scanner.
  • the operator can specify start time, end time and / or repetition of a cleaning process.
  • the cleaning can be done once, periodically or aperiodically.
  • the cleaning mode for example, simple cleaning or intensive cleaning, edge cleaning, corner cleaning, hard floor cleaning or carpet cleaning can be specified.
  • the type of cleaning such as systematic full-area cleaning after a cleaning program or accidental cleaning, in which the floor cleaning device runs on collision, can be specified.
  • Cleaning patterns can be specified.
  • the room to be cleaned or the rooms to be cleaned can be specified.
  • the floor cleaning device may be provided with maps describing the room or rooms to be cleaned.
  • the clock of the floor cleaning device can be set.
  • a noise output of the floor cleaning device can be switched on or off.
  • a quiet night cleaning mode can be turned on or off.
  • the parameters of a cleaning unit of the floor cleaning device can be changed, for example the operation of a suction unit, the speed of a cleaning brush, the amount and type of cleaning liquid used, the addition of a cleaning chemical.
  • the power of a suction unit can be adjusted.
  • the speed of the floor cleaning device can be adjusted
  • the reception of the information from the floor cleaning device after the interpretation is confirmed. This gives the user feedback that the inputs have been reliably and correctly transmitted to and interpreted by the floor cleaning appliance.
  • the floor cleaning device may for this purpose comprise an indication unit, in particular an acoustic and / or optical indication unit for outputting an optical and / or acoustic confirmation. It is also conceivable that a confirmation is transmitted to the attachment from the floor cleaning device and that the confirmation is signaled by the additional device, in particular visually and / or acoustically.
  • Operating instructions contained in the information may be carried out by the floor cleaning appliance immediately or with a time delay, depending on their condition.
  • the floor cleaning device may have a storage element in which information or operating instructions contained therein can be stored.
  • the inventive method includes the possibility for the operator that the processing of the inputs and / or the display of the information in coded form on the display unit takes place with a time delay for input.
  • the attachment accepts the inputs and processes them to represent the information in coded form.
  • the presentation can be made at a time subsequent to the inputs. This allows the operator to make desired inputs (eg, remote from the floor cleaner), but to transfer the information to the floor cleaner at a later time (when the operator with the attachment is near the floor cleaner).
  • a floor cleaning device is designed for carrying out one of the above-mentioned methods and comprises a floor cleaning device with at least one cleaning unit as well as a floor cleaning device.
  • portable mobile attachment has a display unit. Inputs of an operator on an input unit can be processed by a processing part and displayed on the display unit of the additional device in coded form, wherein the floor cleaning device has a receiving unit, with which the information for wireless transmission can be optically detected, and an interpretation part with which the information can be interpreted ,
  • the cleaning unit has at least one motor-driven brush, which may be a roller brush or a disc brush.
  • the cleaning unit may comprise a suction unit, with the dirt from a floor surface to be cleaned is sucked, a reservoir for cleaning fluid (especially water), a reservoir for dirty liquid, a dirt receiving device for receiving a mixture of cleaning fluid and detached dirt from a bottom surface, and / or a detergent dosing device.
  • the floor cleaning device may for example be a suction device, a sweeper, a sweeping machine or a scrubber.
  • the floor cleaning appliance is a self-propelled and self-steering floor cleaning appliance, which preferably comprises an optically effective receiving unit for spatial localization and / or orientation.
  • the attachment includes the input unit.
  • the input unit and the output unit are preferably integrated in a common housing of the additional device.
  • the additional device is a mobile phone, in particular a smartphone, or a tablet computer.
  • the input unit may preferably be a touch-sensitive display unit (touchscreen) of the smartphone or the tablet computer.
  • the attachment comprises the processing part.
  • a code generation program is stored executable in the additional device, with which the inputs from the processing part in the coded form can be transferred.
  • the code generation program is preferably a configuration application program in the form of a so-called "app", which is executable stored in the auxiliary device.
  • the auxiliary device has a communication interface for establishing a wireless communication connection to a spatially remote data processing system, to which the inputs of the operator are transferable and via which the information in coded form can be transmitted to the auxiliary device.
  • the communication station allows the establishment of a WLAN, GSM, UMTS and / or LTE connection for the exchange of data between the additional device and the data processing system.
  • the data processing system can provide a website that can be displayed on the display unit with the information in coded form.
  • the information can be displayed to display unit in one or two-dimensional coded form.
  • they can be represented as a bar code or as a matrix code, in particular as a QR code (quick response code).
  • the receiving unit comprises or forms a camera or an optical reading device of the floor cleaning appliance, with which reading device the spatial arrangement of the information in coded form can be scanned on the display unit.
  • the camera is preferably a digital camera
  • the optical reader preferably a scanner, in particular a laser scanner.
  • the floor cleaning device can be specified via the inputs of the operator device configuration data, operating times, cleaning parameters and / or specifications concerning the space to be cleaned and transmitted to the floor cleaning device via the information. Examples of user inputs have already been mentioned above in connection with the explanation of advantageous embodiments of the method according to the invention.
  • the floor cleaning device has a reference unit with which the reception of the information from the floor cleaning device after the interpretation is confirmed.
  • the reference unit comprises or forms, for example, a graphic display, a light source or a loudspeaker for outputting an optical and / or an acoustic indication.
  • the floor cleaning device preferably has a storage member in which the information or an operating instructions contained therein of the operator can be stored. Received and interpreted information can stored in the memory member and executed by the floor cleaning device, for example, at a later date.
  • a sequence of received and interpreted information in combination with a time information in the sense of a protocol can be stored time-dependent.
  • the execution of received information in a memory element can be time-dependently stored with time information.
  • Figure 1 A schematic representation of a floor cleaning device according to the invention with a floor cleaning device and a portable mobile auxiliary device in the form of a smartphone;
  • Figure 2 is a schematic block diagram of the floor cleaning device and the attachment of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 the floor cleaning device and the attachment of Figure 1 and a
  • Figure 4 a schematic representation of another portable mobile attachment in the form of a tablet computer
  • Figure 5 a side view of another floor cleaning device in the form of a scrubber.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of an occupied with the reference numeral 10 advantageous embodiment of a floor cleaning device according to the invention.
  • a schematic block diagram of the floor cleaning device 10 is shown in FIG.
  • the floor cleaning device 10 comprises a floor cleaning device 12.
  • the floor cleaning device 12 is presently configured as a self-propelled and self-steering floor cleaning device 12, as a so-called cleaning robot. With the floor cleaning device 12, a bottom surface not shown in the drawing can be cleaned autonomously.
  • the floor cleaning device 12 For operation on the floor surface, the floor cleaning device 12 has a chassis 14, which in the present case comprises two drive wheels 16, 18.
  • the drive wheels 16, 18 are associated with drive motors 17 and 19, which can be controlled via control lines 20 and 21 by a control unit 22 of the floor cleaning device 12.
  • the control unit 22 can control the chassis 14 to move the floor cleaning device 12 at random or according to a predetermined cleaning path or cleaning pattern.
  • the floor cleaning device 12 also has a cleaning unit 24.
  • the cleaning unit 24 comprises, in particular, a drivable cleaning brush 26 which can be driven in rotation about a rotational axis running transversely to the longitudinal direction of the floor cleaning device 12. Further, the cleaning unit 24 comprises a suction unit 28. Dirt can be sucked off from the bottom surface under the suction effect of the suction unit 28 and sucked into a dirt collecting container 30 and deposited therein.
  • the floor cleaning device 12 is accordingly a sweeping suction robot.
  • the cleaning unit 24 can be controlled by the control unit 22 via a control line 32.
  • the cleaning brush 26 and / or the suction unit 28 can be activated or deactivated.
  • the speed of the cleaning brush 26 can be changed, and / or the performance of the suction unit 28 can be changed.
  • the floor cleaning device 12 further comprises an optically effective receiving unit 34.
  • the receiving unit 34 has a camera 36, in particular a digital camera. Objects that are in a field of view 38 of the camera 36 can be optically detected by the camera 36. Via a signal line 40, captured images or signals generated from the images can be transmitted to the control unit 22.
  • the camera 36 is used in the floor cleaning device 12 in particular for spatial localization and / or orientation in a room to be cleaned. Landmarks present in the room can be detected and identified by corresponding analysis programs stored in the control unit 22 and / or spatially and temporally tracked. Localization via the camera 36 is used, in particular, for executing predetermined cleaning paths and / or cleaning patterns or for locating a loading and / or suction station for the floor cleaning appliance 12.
  • the floor cleaning apparatus 10 includes a portable mobile attachment 42 that can be held and carried in the hand by an operator not shown in the drawing. With the additional device 42 operating instructions of the operator can be transferred to the floor cleaning device 12.
  • the additional device 42 is configured as a smartphone 44.
  • the smartphone 44 has a display unit 46, which is designed as a touch-sensitive screen (touch screen). As a result, the operator is given the opportunity to make inputs to the smartphone 44 via the display unit 46. For this reason, the display unit 46 is also an input unit 48 for the operator.
  • the display unit 46 is connected via a bidirectional control and signal line 50 with a control unit 52 of the smartphone 44 in operative connection. Inputs of the user to the input unit 48 may be processed by the control unit 52.
  • the tax- unit 52 may control the display unit 46 to display information in the form of images or text.
  • the control unit 52 has a processing part 54, with which inputs of the operator are processed and with which the display unit 46 can be controlled.
  • the processing part 54 may comprise, for example, a microprocessor as well as a non-volatile and / or a volatile data memory.
  • the data memory stores a computer program which can be executed by the smartphone 44 and which the operator can use to transmit operating instructions to the floor cleaning device 12.
  • the computer program is in particular a configuration application program in the form of a so-called "app", so that the operator can make user-friendly inputs that are transmitted wirelessly to the floor cleaning device 12.
  • Inputs of a user in particular for the configuration of the floor cleaning appliance 12, during its operating times, cleaning parameters of the cleaning unit 24 and / or specifications relating to a room to be cleaned, can be entered by the user in a user-friendly manner after starting the configuration application program via the input unit 48.
  • the configuration application program may, for example, provide text input fields, selection fields, radio buttons, buttons, menus or the like via a graphical user interface.
  • the inputs of the user can be detected and then transmitted to the processing section 54. Examples of possible, made by the operator inputs concerning the desired operation of the floor cleaning device 12 have already been mentioned above. To avoid repetition, reference is made to the preceding statements.
  • the operator inputs are processed with the configuration application programs by the processing section 54, which generates information in graphically encoded form from the inputs supplied to it.
  • the configuration application program is therefore also a code generation program for this reason.
  • the information is displayed in graphically encoded form on the display unit 46 as code 56.
  • the code 56 may be one-dimensional or, as in the present case, two-dimensional.
  • the code 56 is an example of a QR code 58. It is conceivable, however, that the processing part 54 can generate a multiplicity of different graphic codes and display them on the display unit 46, in particular also a barcode.
  • a code 56 makes it possible to display information contained in the user's inputs graphically in a standardized form on the smartphone 44. As a result, the information can be transmitted structurally simple and reliable to the floor cleaning device 12.
  • the display unit 46 can be positioned in the field of view 38 by the camera 36.
  • the QR code 58 may be detected by the camera 36 and a related signal transmitted to the control unit 22.
  • the camera 36 can in particular be operated so that it creates images of the environment of the floor cleaning device 12 at regular intervals. If the QR code 58 is positioned in the field of view 38, it is inevitably detected by the camera 36. For example, images are created in seconds or milliseconds.
  • the acquired information is supplied to an interpretation part 60 in the control unit 20.
  • the interpretation part 60 decrypts the QR code 58 and thus determines the information contained therein.
  • the floor cleaning device 12 via a reference unit 62 an indication to the operator from that the information was transmitted correctly and could be interpreted by the floor cleaning device 12 in terms of their information content.
  • the reference unit 62 is in operative connection with the control unit 22 via a control line 64.
  • the pointing unit 62 includes, for example, a speaker for outputting an audible indication or an optical display for outputting an optical, visually perceptible indication.
  • the information contained in the QR code 58, and in particular operating instructions of the operator, can be performed by the floor cleaning device 12. It is conceivable that the operating instructions are executed immediately after receiving and interpreting the information. It is also conceivable that the operating instructions are stored in a memory element 66 of the control unit 22 and executed only after a time delay.
  • the information can be reliably and user-friendly transmitted to the floor cleaning device 12.
  • an optical receiving unit 34 in the form of the already included by the floor cleaning device 12 camera 36, this is done in a structurally simple manner.
  • a mobile portable accessory is used, in which the display unit 46 and the input unit 48 are not integrated. Instead, a separate from the input unit 48 display unit may be present. This separate display unit is shown schematically in Figure 2 and designated by the reference numeral 46 '. Via a control line 50 ', the display unit 46' can be controlled by the control unit 52.
  • a data processing system 68 (FIGS. 2 and 3).
  • the data processing system 68 is in particular spatially remote from the smartphone 44, for example, at a manufacturer of the floor cleaning device 12 and in his possession or under its management.
  • a wireless communication connection 70 can be set up between the smartphone 44 and the data processing system 68, in particular via the Internet 71.
  • the smartphone 44 has a communication interface 72. Inputs from the user can be transmitted to the data processing system 68 by the control unit 52 after establishing a connection.
  • the data processing system 68 comprises a processing part 74 for processing the inputs of the operator and for generating the information in coded form.
  • the information can be transmitted from the data processing system 68 in coded form to the smartphone 44 and visually displayed on the display unit 46.
  • the computing device 68 may provide an Internet site that the operator may invoke with the smartphone 44. Via text entry fields, menus, selection fields, radio buttons, buttons or the like, the inputs, which in particular convert operating instructions, can be be made by the operator. The output of the code 56 via the website of the data processing system 68. The website or the code 56 itself can be displayed on the display unit 46. Also, a code 56 generated in this way can be detected by the floor cleaning device 12 and the information contained therein interpreted.
  • This accessory can form together with the floor cleaning device 12, a further advantageous embodiment of a floor cleaning device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4 schematically shows an additional device 76 in the form of a tablet computer 78.
  • the code generation program is also executively stored on the tablet computer 78 with which the code 56 is generated for transmission to the floor cleaning device 12 and displayed on the display unit 46 can.
  • the tablet computer 78 it is also possible to build a communication link 70 to the data processing system 68, which can also generate the code 56.
  • FIG. 5 shows another floor cleaning device 80th Das Floor cleaning device 80 may each form a further advantageous embodiment of a floor cleaning device according to the invention with the smartphone 44 or with the tablet computer 78.
  • the floor cleaning device 80 is presently an autonomous working
  • the cleaning unit 24 of the scrubbing machine 82 comprises a reservoir 84 for a cleaning fluid, in particular Water.
  • the cleaning unit 24 further comprises a cleaning tool in the form of a brush roller 86 and a dirt pick-up device 88 for receiving the detached dirt and the cleaning liquid from the bottom surface.
  • the cleaning unit 24 comprises a dirty liquid container 90, in which the received mixture can be transferred.
  • Part of the cleaning unit 24 is also a not shown in the drawing suction unit of the scrubbing machine 82nd
  • the present invention may also be used, for example, in a sweeping machine with which a floor surface can be cleaned swept.
  • the present invention can be used not only in autonomously cleaning floor cleaning appliances, but also in non-autonomously cleaning floor cleaning appliances.
  • Such floor cleaning devices may be walk-behind devices or ride-on devices.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé de transmission sans fil d'informations d'un dispositif auxiliaire mobile portable à un appareil de nettoyage de sol. Pour produire un tel procédé qui permet de transférer des informations de manière fiable et facile à utiliser du dispositif auxiliaire mobile portable à l'appareil de nettoyage de sol, l'invention propose de traiter les données, entrées par l'opérateur au niveau d'une unité d'entrée, au moyen d'un élément de traitement de données entrées, de les afficher sous forme codée par une unité d'affichage du dispositif auxiliaire, de les détecter optiquement au moyen d'une unité de réception de l'appareil de nettoyage de sol et de les interpréter au moyen d'un élément d'interprétation de l'appareil de nettoyage de sol. En outre, l'invention concerne un appareil de nettoyage de sol destiné à mettre en œuvre le procédé.
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