Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robot cleaner and method for controlling the same
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Application No.: US15521036Application Date: 2015-09-16
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Publication No.: US10238258B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Donghoon Kwak
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Ked & Associates, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2014-0145256 20141024
- International Application: PCT/KR2015/009737 WO 20150916
- International Announcement: WO2016/064093 WO 20160428
- Main IPC: A47L9/28
- IPC: A47L9/28 ; A47L9/00 ; G05D1/00 ; G05D1/02

Abstract:
Disclosed is a robot cleaner including a main body forming an appearance, at least one driving wheel installed on a lower portion of the main body, a driving unit configured to drive the driving wheel according to an operation of a driving motor, a first obstacle sensor positioned on the lower portion of the main body and configured to sense an obstacle on the floor, and a control unit configured to, when the sensed obstacle on the floor has a preset pattern, limit driving of the at least one driving wheel such that the at least one driving wheel is not hindered by the preset pattern when the main body rotates on the preset pattern according to driving of the at least one driving wheel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170325647A1 ROBOT CLEANER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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