公开(公告)号：US20200022552A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：US16496035

申请日：2018-03-07

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jinwoo HAN ,  Hyunwoong PARK

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60L53/35

Abstract: A cleaner performing autonomous traveling includes a main body, a driving unit moving the main body, a battery supplying power to the driving unit, a communication unit performing communication with a charging station to charge the battery, a sensor sensing a signal emitted from the charging station, and a controller controlling the driving unit such that the main body is docked to the charging station on the basis of the signal sensed by the sensor, wherein when the main body starts to move to dock to the charging station, the controller determines a kind of the signal sensed by the sensor and controls the driving unit such that the main body moves along a traveling path corresponding to a circle centered on a predetermined point on the basis of the determined kind of the signal.

公开(公告)号：US20190380550A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16477363

申请日：2018-01-08

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hyunwoong PARK ,  Minuk KIM ,  Gwanryong BAEK

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G05D1/00

Abstract: To successfully deal with a problem to be solved by the present invention, a cleaner for performing automatic driving according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body; a driving unit for moving the body; a detecting unit for acquiring information relating to an environment around the body while the body runs in a cleaning area; and a control unit which generates map information corresponding to the cleaning area on the basis of the information acquired by the detecting unit, configures a driving cost value for each of multiple grids included in the map information, and configures a driving route of the body on the basis of the configured driving cost value.

公开(公告)号：US20180249872A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15684438

申请日：2017-08-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Hyunwoong PARK

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L11/40 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A cleaner which performs an autonomous driving, includes: a cleaner body; a driving unit for moving the cleaner body; a camera for detecting 3D coordinate information; a memory for storing pattern information related to a charging station; and a controller for comparing the 3D coordinates information detected by the camera with the pattern information related to the charging station stored in the memory, and for determining whether the charging station is positioned near the cleaner body based on a result of the comparison.