Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robot cleaner and control method thereof
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Application No.: US14305565Application Date: 2014-06-16
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Publication No.: US10945578B2Publication Date: 2021-03-16
- Inventor: Jae Young Jung , Byoung In Lee , Sang Hwa Choi , Dong Won Kim , Sang Sik Yoon , Sahng Jin Lee
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2013-0069015 20130617
- Main IPC: A47L11/40
- IPC: A47L11/40 ; A47L11/282

Abstract:
A robot cleaner and a control method thereof may judge whether or not water is received in the robot cleaner performing wet cleaning. The robot cleaner includes a main body, moving units, a cleaning unit mounted on the main body and contacting a floor surface to perform cleaning, a water supply unit supplying water to the cleaning unit, and a sensing unit provided on at least a portion of the water supply unit to sense whether or not there is water within the water supply unit. The sensing unit includes a housing, a transmission part radiating electromagnetic waves, a reception part receiving the electromagnetic waves radiated by the transmission part, and a stepped part provided on at least a portion of the housing along a moving path of the electromagnetic waves radiated by the transmission part and received by the reception part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140366292A1 ROBOT CLEANER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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