ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,083, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).
"Method for operating a mobile, self-propelled appliance" was invented by Frank Schnitzer (Bad Neustadt, Germany), Kristina Daniel (Bad Neustadt, Germany) and Kai Schmitt (Saal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a mobile, self-propelled appliance, in particular a floor cleaning device such as a vacuum and/or sweeping and/or wiping robot, having a rechargeable battery. A user specifies on a portable additional device, a time window in which the mobile, self-propelled appliance should carry out at least one specified cleaning task and the ...