Moving apparatus for cleaning and control method thereof

A mobile equipment, cleaning technology, applied in the direction of cleaning equipment, non-electric variable control, automatic control of travel motion, etc., can solve problems such as unable to map, incorrect position of cleaning robot, and inability of cleaning robot to find docking station correctly and quickly

Active Publication Date: 2020-06-30
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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However, in this scenario, the cleaning robot may not be in the correct position relative to the docking station, because the cleaning robot is slipping while moving or for similar reasons
In addition, in this scheme, because the cleaning robot cannot map the location of the docking station on the map when the cleaning robot does not leave the docking station initially, the cleaning robot cannot find the docking station correctly and quickly.

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[0046] The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings is provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of embodiments of the present disclosure defined by the claims and their equivalents. The following description includes various specific details to aid in understanding, but these should be considered as merely exemplary. Accordingly, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that various changes and modifications of the various embodiments described herein can be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure. In addition, descriptions of well-known functions and constructions may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.

[0047] The terms and words used in the following description and claims are not limited to the bibliographical meanings, but, are merely used by the inventor to enable a clear and consistent understanding of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it should be apparent to those skilled in the art that ...

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A moving apparatus for cleaning is provided. The moving apparatus includes a cleaner for cleaning, a traveler for moving the moving apparatus, an image sensor for capturing an image of surroundings ofthe moving apparatus, and at least one processor configured to control the image sensor to detect at least one mark among a plurality of marks, respectively corresponding to different distances of the moving apparatus in relation to a station apparatus, from the image captured by the image sensor, and control the traveler to move the moving apparatus to a location of the station apparatus, whichis determined based on the image where the mark is detected.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates to a mobile device for autonomously moving and cleaning floors and a control method thereof. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a mobile device that is returned and docked on an auxiliary device, such as a docking station, for battery charging, maintenance, and the like. Background technique [0002] A mobile device for cleaning such as a cleaning robot refers to an electronic device that includes: a cleaning module for cleaning a predetermined floor (for example, the floor in a home) and a mobile module for moving on the floor, and does not require User control to move and clean floors autonomously. Cleaning robots often include a docking station or base station as an auxiliary device for charging the battery of the cleaning robot or checking various conditions of the mobile device used for cleaning. The cleaning robot is not connected by wires to an external power source or docking station, but has a...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A47L9/28A47L11/40
CPCG06T7/74G06T2207/30204G05D2201/0215G05D1/0225G05D1/0234G06T2207/10024G06T2207/30208A47L9/2852A47L9/2805A47L11/4011A47L11/4061A47L2201/02A47L2201/04G05D1/0088G06T7/73G05D1/0231
Inventor 柳旼佑金民在权宁道李东泫李东勋林亨宇
Owner SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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