Patent ID: 11882985
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. A method comprising:
vacuuming an area substantially entirely using a vacuum machine so as to pick up plurality of different foreign object debris (FOD) into the vacuum machine, the plurality of different FOD having a plurality of different sizes;
sensing, with a sensor of the vacuum machine, a plurality of parameters of the plurality of different FOD;
identifying, a plurality of categories of the plurality of different FOD based on the plurality of parameters;
reporting the plurality of categories of the plurality of different FOD;
recording a plurality of locations in pre-defined sub-areas, within the area, where the plurality of different FOD was vacuumed;
completing an initial vacuuming of the area;
optimizing a path, for a subsequent vacuuming of the area after the initial vacuuming of the area, of the vacuuming machine in the area that was previously vacuumed based on a combination of the plurality of locations in the pre-defined sub-areas and the plurality of categories of the plurality of different FOD already vacuumed during the initial vacuuming of the area, to generate an optimized path; and
performing, by the vacuum machine, the subsequent vacuuming of the area using the optimized path.