SELF-TRAVELING CLEANER, CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC CLEANING SYSTEM

摘要

An automatic cleaning system is configured by a single controlling apparatus, and a plurality of self-traveling cleaners. When the controlling apparatus has received from a self-traveling cleaner a dust location signal containing a dust location detected by the self-traveling cleaner, it writes the received information into a storage unit. When the controlling apparatus has received from one of the plurality of self-traveling cleaners, with respect to dust which is not removed by any self-traveling cleaner, a signal requesting a reservation of removing the dust, the controlling apparatus will not accept from any other of the plurality of self-traveling cleaners a signal requesting a reservation of removing the dust, until receiving from the one self-traveling cleaner information indicating that removing of the dust has been completed or information indicating that the removing of the dust has been stopped.

主权项

1. A self-traveling cleaner comprising:
a traveling unit that moves the self-traveling cleaner; a dust detector that detects dust; a dust collector that performs a cleaning function; a communication unit that communicates with a controlling apparatus that communicates with a plurality of self-traveling cleaners including the self-traveling cleaner; and a controller that controls the traveling unit, the dust detector, the dust collector, and the communication unit, wherein, when the dust detector has detected the dust, the controller transmits to the controlling apparatus through the communication unit a signal containing a location of the dust, information identifying the self-traveling cleaner, and information indicating that the self-traveling cleaner performs removing of the dust, and controls the dust collector to collect the dust.