Cleaning robot and controlling method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US11147424B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US15760162

    申请日:2016-09-13

    Abstract: A robot cleaner and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, which perform efficient cleaning by controlling a suction force or traveling route of the robot cleaner. The robot cleaner detects load applied to wheels of the robot cleaner so as to increase reliability and accuracy in floor state decision, thereby recognizing a floor state. The robot cleaner recognizes a floor state by combining load applied to wheels of the robot cleaner, load applied to brushes, and acceleration information of the robot cleaner with one another in a complementary manner, thereby increasing accuracy in floor state decision. The robot cleaner includes a traveling portion configured to include a traveling wheel to move a main body, and a wheel motor to provide the traveling wheel with drive power, a cleaning portion configured to include a brush module formed at a lower part of the main body to scatter dust or foreign substances accumulated on a floor on which the main body travels, and a suction module to suction the scattered dust or foreign substances, and a controller configured to determine a state of the floor, and control a suction force of the suction module and a traveling route of the main body according to the determined floor state.

    Vacuum cleaner
    13.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11129511B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-28

    申请号:US15024210

    申请日:2014-09-23

    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes an actuator connected to a suction hose to rotate in left and right directions centering on a first rotation axis, or in forward and backward directions centering on a second rotation axis according to movement of the suction hose, a first displacement sensor detecting rotational displacement of the actuator in the left and right directions, and a second displacement sensor detecting rotational displacement of the actuator in the forward and backward directions, and controls activation of a plurality of driving motors according to the rotational displacement of the actuator in the left and right directions and in the forward and backward directions, which are detected by the first displacement sensor and the second displacement sensor, thereby advancing or rotating the main body in the left and right directions.

    Cleaning robot and control method thereof
    17.
    发明授权
    Cleaning robot and control method thereof 有权
    清洁机器人及其控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US09480380B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-01

    申请号:US14510487

    申请日:2014-10-09

    Abstract: A cleaning robot having improved traveling performance and a method of controlling the same. The cleaning robot detects a stuck state such as a ‘jammed state’, ‘lifted state’, or ‘object-caught state’ by using a motion instruction or sensor information and quickly escapes from the stuck state caused in various traveling conditions by using a wheel structure capable of changing a total height of the cleaning robot. In addition, a degree of risk and type of the stuck state is predicted before the cleaning robot is in the stuck state so that the cleaning robot may deal with the stuck state in advance. The cleaning robot may escape from the stuck state via rapidly deceleration or quick stopping in accordance with the predicted degree of risk of the stuck state, and the cleaning robot may efficiently deal with the stuck state by using information to select an escaping method suitable for the type of the stuck state.

    Abstract translation: 具有改善的行驶性能的清洁机器人及其控制方法。 清洁机器人通过使用运动指令或传感器信息来检测诸如“卡住状态”,“提升状态”或“被抓住状态”的卡住状态,并且通过使用 能够改变清洁机器人的总高度的轮结构。 此外,在清洁机器人处于卡住状态之前预测一定程度的卡住状态的风险和类型,使得清洁机器人可以预先处理卡住状态。 清洁机器人可以根据预测的卡住状态的风险,通过快速减速或快速停止从卡住状态脱离,并且清洁机器人可以通过使用信息来有效地处理卡住状态,以选择适合于 卡住状态的类型。

    Autonomous cleaner
    19.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11382480B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-12

    申请号:US16152733

    申请日:2018-10-05

    Abstract: An autonomous cleaner includes a body having a first housing formed at a front and a second housing formed at a rear of the first housing; a brush unit installed at the first housing and configured to sweep and collect dust from a floor; a dust collecting unit installed at the second housing and configured to store the dust inlet into the brush unit; a driving unit to drive the body and coupled to the second housing to be positioned at a lateral side of the dust collecting unit; and a power unit installed at the second housing and coupled to be positioned at a rear of the dust collecting unit. The miniaturization of the autonomous cleaner may be provided while at the same time the capacity of a dust collecting container and the capacity of a battery are increased.

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