Cleaner and method for controlling same

    公开(公告)号:US12059115B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17054814

    申请日:2019-05-16

    Abstract: A self-driving cleaner includes a main body and a driving unit for driving in a cleaning area. The cleaner suctions foreign material on the floor in the cleaning area. The cleaner includes a first pattern irradiation unit and a second pattern irradiation unit on the front surface of the main body, the first and second pattern irradiation units radiating light in a preset pattern towards the front lower side and the front upper side of the main body, respectively. The cleaner includes a camera on the front surface of the main body, for capturing, at a preset interval, an image including a first light pattern and a second light pattern formed by the first and the second pattern irradiation units, respectively. The cleaner includes a control unit for determining whether a first obstacle exists at a location upwardly spaced apart from the floor, using the image captured by the camera.

    Mobile robot
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10456004B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-29

    申请号:US15597333

    申请日:2017-05-17

    Abstract: A robot cleaner of the present disclosure comprises a main body configured to travel in a cleaning zone and to suction a foreign substance on a floor in the cleaning zone, an image sensor provided on the main body and configured to obtain an image of a predetermined area at a front side of the main body, a first light source provided on the main body and configured to emit a first pattern of light to a first sub-area of the predetermined area and a second light source provided on the main body at a position below the first light source and configured to emit a second pattern of light to a second sub-area of the predetermined area, the first sub-area being located lower than the second sub-area.

    Mobile robot and method of controlling the same

    公开(公告)号:US10349798B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15597531

    申请日:2017-05-17

    Abstract: A mobile robot of the present disclosure includes a first pattern emission unit configured to emit a first patterned light downward and forward from the main body on a floor of an area to be cleaned; and an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of first patterned light emitted by the first pattern emission unit and is incident on an obstacle, so as to determine an obstacle based on a pattern detected from the acquired image. Accordingly, based on the information on the nearby obstacles, by determining whether the mobile robot is in a stuck state where traveling of the mobile robot is limited by a plurality of obstacles, and by setting up an escape for traveling, traveling state of the mobile robot and obstacles may be determined rapidly and a corresponding operation may be performed, thereby enabling effective traveling to escape from the stuck state.

    Robot cleaner and method for controlling a robot cleaner
    5.
    发明授权
    Robot cleaner and method for controlling a robot cleaner 有权
    机器人清洁器和控制机器人清洁器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09298171B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-29

    申请号:US13803761

    申请日:2013-03-14

    Abstract: A robot cleaner and a method for controlling a robot cleaner are provided. The method may include sensing a stored value of a pulse width modulation (PWM) duty ratio based on a voltage of a battery; comparing a measured value of the PWM duty ratio with the stored value to calculate a difference between the measured value and the stored value; upon determining that the difference between the measured value and the stored value is equal to or greater than a first set value, calculating a distributed value of acceleration on a substantially vertically extending axis of the robot cleaner; and, upon determining that the distributed value of acceleration deviates from a range of a second set values, increasing a force to suction foreign matter.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种机器人清洁器和用于控制机器人清洁器的方法。 该方法可以包括基于电池的电压感测脉宽调制(PWM)占空比的存储值; 将PWM占空比的测量值与所存储的值进行比较,以计算测量值与存储值之间的差; 在确定所述测量值和所述存储值之间的差值等于或大于第一设定值时,计算所述机器人清洁器的基本垂直延伸的轴上的加速度的分布值; 并且在确定加速度的分布值偏离第二设定值的范围时,增加吸入异物的力。

    Mobile robot and method for controlling and detecting inclination using pattern light

    公开(公告)号:US10656656B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US15597670

    申请日:2017-05-17

    Abstract: A mobile robot of the present disclosure emits a first patterned light downward and forward from a main body on a floor of an area to be cleaned and a second patterned light upward and forward from the main body, determines an obstacle based on an image of each emitted patterned light which is incident on the obstacle, and senses a tilt of the main body to compensate for the tilt. In this manner, an obstacle may be determined accurately, and after the tilt compensation, redetermination is made as to whether it is possible to pass through, so as to enable the mobile robot to pass through or bypass the obstacle. Accordingly, the mobile robot may reach a wider area to be cleaned, thereby extending the area that may be cleaned, and enabling fast determination and operation for effective traveling, such that the mobile robot may escape from an obstacle without being limited thereby.

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