MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202537099067 A) filed by Beijing Roborock Innovation Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, on Oct. 14, for 'control method and apparatus for automatic cleaning device, and automatic cleaning device and storage medium.'

Inventor(s) include Shan, Jianqiang; and Wang, Lei.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A control method and apparatus for an automatic cleaning device (100), and an automatic cleaning device (100) and a storage medium. The automatic cleaning device (100) comprises a body (101) and a cleaning assembly (1031) arranged on the rear of the body (101), wherein the cleaning assembly (1031) at least partially protrudes from an outer edge of the body (101). The control method comprises: in the process of an automatic cleaning device (100) changing directions after moving into a preset range of an obstacle (300), executing a supplemental cleaning action once after each time the automatic cleaning device (100) rotates by a preset angle, until the automatic cleaning device (100) completes direction changing, wherein supplemental cleaning actions comprise a backward action and a forward action (S401) The automatic cleaning device (100) executes a supplemental cleaning action during turning, thereby increasing the area of cleaning coverage, reducing a cleaning-missing region, and improving the cleaning effect of the automatic cleaning device (100)."

The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 04, 2024, under International application No.PCT/CN2024/079868.

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