Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robot cleaner, docking station, robot cleaner system including robot cleaner and docking station, and method of controlling robot cleaner
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Application No.: US14827439Application Date: 2015-08-17
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Publication No.: US09851711B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Kyung Hwan Yoo , Jae Man Joo , Dong Won Kim , Jun Hwa Lee , Jun Pyo Hong , Woo Ram Chung , Jae Young Jung , Hwi Chan Jang , Jang Youn Ko , Jeong Gon Song , Sam Jong Jeung
- 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: KR10-2009-0075963 20090818; KR10-2010-0019376 20100304
- Main IPC: B25J9/00
- IPC: B25J9/00 ; G05B19/4155 ; G05B19/416 ; A47L9/28

Abstract:
A robot cleaner system is described including a docking station to form a docking area within a predetermined angle range of a front side thereof, to form docking guide areas which do not overlap each other on the left and right sides of the docking area, and to transmit a docking guide signal such that the docking guide areas are distinguished as a first docking guide area and a second docking guide area according to an arrival distance of the docking guide signal. The robot cleaner system also includes a robot cleaner to move to the docking area along a boundary between the first docking guide area and the second docking guide area when the docking guide signal is sensed and to move along the docking area so as to perform docking when reaching the docking area.
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