| 摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To clean dust from between the edges of Tatami mats by traveling along the edges without travel for obtaining information relating to the layout of the Tatami mats in advance of the cleaning.SOLUTION: A self-propelled vacuum cleaner comprises: a casing for housing a dust suction mechanism; a power unit for causing the casing to travel; an imaging unit for imaging a travel surface on which the casing travels; an image analysis unit for recognizing the edges of the Tatami mats from an image imaged by the imaging unit; and a control unit for controlling the dust suction mechanism, the power unit, the imaging unit, and the image analysis unit to cause the casing to travel to clean. When the image analysis unit recognizes the edges of the Tatami mats, the control unit causes the casing to travel along the edges to clean the edges.</p> |
