VACUUM CLEANER WITH OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE

摘要

A vacuum cleaner is provided that is adapted to detect and display and/or avoid obstacles. The vacuum cleaner (100) includes a housing (110) provided with an electric motor (120), an intake portion (140), a body portion (130), a controller (170) comprising a signal processing unit (SPU) (180), and a display associatively adapted to display an input from the SPU, at least one touch or proximity sensor (190) for detecting the presence of at least one obstacle in the proximity of the cleaning apparatus travel path and delivering an input to the SPU for remote display; and/or a sensor for sensing the distance of an obstacle and remotely displaying information derived from said sensing; and/or a controller adapted to actuate a change in the direction of at least one of the castor wheels or driving wheels (160) based on the sensor detection information.