Patent ID: 8600582

Claim:
An apparatus for cutting grass comprising: a lawn mower equipped with: movement means for movement of said lawn mower at least inside a cutting area (A); one or more blades for cutting grass in said cutting area (A); an electrical cable, delimiting said cutting area (A); a management device, associated to said cable and configured to supply an output electrical signal (S), comprising a plurality of primary pulses consisting of: a first, substantially periodic portion (S 1 ) of a first period (T 1 ) and first frequency (f 1 ); a second, substantially periodic portion (S 2 ) of a second period (T 2 ) and second frequency (f 2 ); wherein said electrical signal (S) and said first and second portions (S 1 , S 2 ) comprise alternating sinusoidal signals; said management device being connected to said cable in order to make said electrical signal (S) to propagate through said cable; said lawn mower being further equipped with: a sensor means to detect said electrical signal (S); an operative module configured to: filter, in said electrical signal (S), at least a first secondary pulse in a first band of frequencies (B 1 ), defining a neighbourhood of said first frequency (f 1 ); filter, in said electrical signal (S), at least a second secondary pulse in a second band of frequencies (B 2 ), defining a neighbourhood of said second frequency (f 2 ), said second secondary pulse being consecutive to said first secondary pulse, said first secondary pulse and second secondary pulse constituting said primary pulse; calculate the slope (m) of said electrical signal (S) at a reference instant (t 1 ) comprised between two consecutive points of equilibrium of said electrical signal (S), which are identified in said first portion (S 1 ) and said second portion (S 2 ), respectively; wherein in a function that represents the electrical signal S, the reference instant (t 1 ) is between a minimum point of the first portion (S 1 ) and a maximum point of the second portion (S 2 ), or a maximum point of the first portion (S 1 ) and a minimum point of the second portion (S 2 ), considering two consecutive maximum and minimum points; a memory, containing principal reference data (Ref) comprising an interval of slope values (Δmi) of said electrical signal (S), which correspond to a presence of said lawn mower in said cutting area (A); a comparison module, associated to said operative module and to said memory, configured to: compare said slope (m) and said principal reference data (Ref), generate a corresponding notification signal (Sout) that is representative of the presence of said lawn mower inside or outside said cutting area (A); a command unit that is connected to said main comparison module, to command said movement means based on said notification signal (Sout).