Method for operating an automatically moving floor treatment appliance

[0026]In an exemplary manner, FIG. 1 initially shows a floor treatment appliance 1 as well as a base station 7, which is configured to perform a service activity on the floor treatment appliance 1, for example to charge an accumulator (not illustrated) of the floor treatment appliance 1, to transfer tools to the latter, to clean the floor treatment appliance 1, or the like. The base station 7 furthermore represents an initial location for the floor treatment appliance 1, from which the floor treatment appliance 1 starts its movement routes.

[0027]The floor treatment appliance 1, which is illustrated in an exemplary manner, has a detection means 11, by means of which surrounding area data in the surrounding area of the floor treatment appliance 1 can be detected. The surrounding area data can be, for example, data of objects, which are located in the surrounding area, for example of walls, pieces or furniture, or the like. The detection means 11 can have, for example, an optical distance