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Robot cleaner and control method thereof

A control method and robot technology, applied in cleaning action control, robot cleaning machine, control/regulation system, etc., can solve the problem of not being able to clean areas with steps or carpet areas

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-07-11
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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[0007] However, unrestrictedly marking obstacles on the floor on the map (such as the edge of the carpet that the cleaning robot tends to entangle during its movement) to perform the avoidance movement of the cleaning robot may result in the inability to clean areas with steps or carpeted areas

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[0053] Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals refer to like elements throughout.

[0054] figure 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a cleaning robot and a docking station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0055] Such as figure 1 As shown, the cleaning robot 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main body 102 forming an appearance of the cleaning robot 100 . The main body 102 is provided with a receiver 105 at its front upper position, and when the cleaning robot 100 returns to the docking station 200, the receiver 105 receives an infrared signal or an ultrasonic signal generated from the transmitter 210 of the docking station 200.

[0056] In addition, an input unit 120 including a plurality of buttons for inputting a cleaning or docking operation command, an upward camera u...

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A robot cleaner (100) includes a main brush (160) to sweep or scatter dust off a floor, a main brush motor to rotate the main brush, a Revolution Per Minute (RPM) detector to detect an RPM of the main brush motor, and a control unit to determine a type of floor according to the RPM of the main brush motor acquired by the RPM detector and control an operation of the robot cleaner (100) based on the determined type of floor. A carpet mode to clean only a carpet area and a hard floor mode to clean a hard floor area excluding the carpet area are given based on detected information relating to the material of a floor, which enables partial cleaning with respect to a cleaning area selected by a user and adjustment in the number of cleaning operations or the intensity of cleaning according to the material of the floor.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a cleaning robot performing a cleaning operation according to a material or state of a floor and a control method thereof. Background technique [0002] Generally, the cleaning robot automatically cleans the area to be cleaned by absorbing impurities such as dust from the floor while automatically moving around the area to be cleaned without user manipulation. During cleaning, the cleaning robot detects the distance of objects such as furniture, office equipment, and walls existing in the cleaning area using an infrared sensor or the like, and moves based on the detected information without colliding with obstacles. [0003] Using the cleaning robot to clean a given cleaning area refers to an operation in which the cleaning robot repeatedly moves in the cleaning area based on a preset movement pattern to clean the area. The cleaning area where the cleaning robot moves to perform the cleaning operation ma...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A47L5/00A47L9/00
CPCG05D2201/0203A47L9/2852A47L9/2857A47L9/2826A47L2201/04G05D1/0246A47L2201/022G05D1/0242A47L9/28A47L2201/02G05D1/0274G05D1/0227A47L9/2831G05D1/0255A47L2201/06A47L9/2805A47L9/2847
Inventor 金东元李俊和
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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