Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a cloud server, comprising a communication unit transmitting and receiving data to and from at least one robot and an external device; and a control unit which receives a first signal including operating system information of a first robot, hardware information of the first robot, and software information of the first robot from a first robot among the at least one robot; if no software image corresponding to the first signal is present, extracts the operating system information of the first robot, the hardware information of the first robot, and the software information of the first robot from the first signal; generates a software image based on the extracted operating system information of the first robot, the extracted hardware information of the first robot, and the extracted software information of the first robot; and transmits the generated software image to the first robot.
Abstract:
The present specification relates to a mobile robot system and a method for generating boundary information of the mobile robot system, wherein the mobile robot system generates first map data for the locations of a plurality of transmitters installed in a driving area on the basis of the result of receiving the transmission signals from the plurality of transmitters, receives second map data for an area corresponding to the driving area from a communication target means in which map information of an area including the driving area is stored, and matches the first map data and the second map data to generate boundary information about a boundary area of the driving area.
Abstract:
A method and a robot of redefining a position of a robot using artificial intelligence are disclosed, and the robot that redefines a position using artificial intelligence separately stores an entrance-allowable area and an entrance-unallowable area in a space in which the robot moves as a map and stores locating posts that are required for the robot to restore a position thereof.
Abstract:
A mobile robot includes a travel drive unit configured to move a main body, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of surroundings of the main body, a sensor unit having one or more sensors configured to sense an object during the movement of the main body, a storage configured to, when the sensor unit senses an object, store position information of the sensed object and position information of the mobile robot, register an area having a predetermined size around a position of the sensed object as an object area in a map, and store the image acquired by the image acquisition unit in the object area, and a controller having an object recognition module configured to recognize the object sequentially with respect to images acquired by the image acquisition unit in the object area, and determine a final attribute of the object based on a plurality of recognition results of the sequential recognition.
Abstract:
A method for controlling a robot cleaner configured to project light of a predetermined pattern to a floor of an area in front thereof in a specific direction and to acquire an image of the area to which the light is projected, according to the present disclosure, includes: (a) acquiring a front view image of the robot cleaner; (b) detecting the pattern from the image acquired in (a); and (c) discriminating a pattern formed by reflected light from a pattern formed by light directly projected from the robot cleaner, from among patterns indicated in the acquired image, on the basis of geometrical characteristics defined by a projection direction of the light and the direction of an optical axis in which the image is acquired when two or more patterns are detected from the image.
Abstract:
A robot cleaner and a control method thereof according to the present disclosure select a seed pixel in an image of an area in front of a main body, obtain a brightness difference between an upper region and a lower region obtained by dividing a predetermined detection area including each of neighboring pixels of the seed pixel and select a pixel belonging to a detection area having a largest brightness difference as a pixel constituting the boundary between objects indicated in the image. Accordingly, the boundary between objects present within a cleaning area can be detected rapidly and correctly through an image.
Abstract:
A robot cleaner may include a main body, a light irradiation unit irradiating light towards a region in front of the main body, an image sensor including a plurality of horizontal lines sequentially exposed to form an image, an image processing unit constructing frames by synchronizing signals output from the horizontal lines, such that, after construction of any one frame, the image processing unit does not construct one or more frames by ignoring signals output from the horizontal lines, and then constructs a next frame, and a controller controlling the light irradiation unit to irradiate light while the horizontal lines are exposed to construct the one frame, such that the light irradiation unit stops irradiation of light between before exposure of all the horizontal lines to construct the frame is completed and one point of time while the image processing unit ignores signals output from the horizontal lines.
Abstract:
An image photographing device for photographing images through a front camera and a rear camera, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a display unit; a feature extraction unit for extracting facial features from an image of a user's face which is displayed on a preview screen through the rear camera; a structure extraction unit for extracting the structure of the user's face by using the extracted facial features; an expression extraction unit for extracting the facial expression of the user by using the extracted facial features if the extracted structure of the face matches a standard facial structure; and an notification unit for outputting a photograph notification signal if the extracted facial expression of the user matches a standard facial expression.
Abstract:
A charging apparatus is configured to charge a mobile robot. The mobile robot is configured to emit an optical pattern. The charging apparatus includes a main body configured to perform charging of the mobile robot as the mobile robot docks with the charging apparatus, and two or more position markers located at the main body and spaced apart from each other. The position markers are configured to create indications distinguishable from a surrounding region when the optical pattern is emitted to surfaces of the position markers.