US Patent Issued to BSH Hausgerae on July 28 for "Method for creating an environment map and mobile, self-moving appliance" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,669, issued on July 28, was assigned to BSH Hausgerae GmbH (Munich).

"Method for creating an environment map and mobile, self-moving appliance" was invented by Frank Schnitzer (Bad Neustadt, Germany) and Stefan Hassfurter (Maroldsweisach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method creates an environment map of a surrounding region for the operation of a mobile, self-moving appliance, in particular a floor cleaning appliance such as a vacuum cleaning and/or sweeping and/or mopping robot. The method includes: detecting the region around the appliance with at least one first sensor, to create a first horizontal plane of the environ...