Patent ID: 11968916
Assignee: MELOS GMBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  E  G | IPC A  E

Claim 0:
1. A method of maintaining artificial turf, wherein the artificial turf comprises an artificial turf carpet, wherein the artificial turf carpet comprises turf fibers which form an artificial turf surface, wherein the artificial turf fibers have a grain, wherein the artificial turf comprises artificial turf infill distributed between the artificial turf fibers, the method comprising:
brushing the artificial turf surface, wherein the brushing is dependent upon turf grain data, and wherein the turf grain data is descriptive of the grain of the artificial turf fibers, wherein
brushing the artificial turf surface further comprises brushing the artificial turf surface with a turf maintenance robot, wherein the turf maintenance robot comprises a controller, wherein the turf maintenance robot comprises at least one optical sensor configured for acquiring optical data from the artificial turf fibers descriptive of the artificial turf surface within a field of view of the at least one optical sensor, and wherein the method further comprises:
acquiring the optical data using the at least one optical sensor; and
at least partially determining, by the controller, the turf grain data using the acquired optical data.