公开(公告)号：US12041336B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17961131

申请日：2022-10-06

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyunwoo Kim ,  Hyunseok Hong

IPC: H04N23/61 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/67 ,  H04N23/957

CPC classification number: H04N23/61 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/671 ,  H04N23/957

Abstract: A sensor assembly is provided. The sensor assembly includes a housing including an opening, a circuit substrate disposed in the inside of the housing, an image sensor electrically connected to the circuit substrate, a light-control member configured to change light transmittance from a light transmission state capable of transmitting external light to a light reflection state capable of reflecting light according to application of power, and a contact member disposed adjacent to the opening and allowing light to pass therethrough. wherein, when viewed from a lateral side, the light-control member is disposed such that a longitudinal extension line of the light-control member and a longitudinal extension line of the contact member may form a predetermined angle therebetween, when the light-control member is in the light transmission state, the image sensor is disposed to obtain an image over the light-control member, and when the light-control member is in the light reflection state, the image sensor is disposed to receive light reflected by the light-control member and light directly incident through the contact member.

公开(公告)号：US11644569B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US16422257

申请日：2019-05-24

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Myungsik Kim ,  Minsu Hwangbo ,  Hyunseok Hong

IPC: G01S17/00 ,  G01S17/08

CPC classification number: G01S17/08

Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device is provided. The LIDAR device includes: a light source configured to emit first light, a first reflector configured to omnidirectionally receive second light that is light reflected or scattered by an object that is irradiated by the first light, and reflect the second light, a light detector including a pixel array, the light detector being configured to detect the second light reflected from the first reflector, and a processor configured to acquire location information of the object based on detection of the second light by the light detector.

公开(公告)号：US11471016B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US16410501

申请日：2019-05-13

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyunseok Hong ,  Myungsik Kim ,  Minsu Hwangbo ,  Hyunsuk Kim ,  Seungbeom Han

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/04 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus and a method of executing a cleaning operation are provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a sensor including a plurality of sensors, a memory configured to store at least one instruction, and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to control the cleaning apparatus. The processor is further configured to determine properties of a pollutant on a movement path of the cleaning apparatus by using the sensor, determine a cleaning operation of removing the pollutant, based on the determined properties of the pollutant, and execute the determined cleaning operation.

公开(公告)号：US11440189B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16710240

申请日：2019-12-11

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Junghwan Lee ,  Daehun Kim ,  Hyunseok Hong

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B25J13/00

Abstract: Provided are a method and robot device for sharing object data. The method, performed by a robot device, of sharing object data includes: obtaining sensing data related to objects in a certain space; classifying the obtained sensing data into a plurality of pieces of object data based on properties of the objects; selecting another robot device from among at least one other robot device; selecting object data to be provided to the selected robot device from among the classified plurality of pieces of object data; and transmitting the selected object data to the selected robot device, wherein the classifying of the sensing data into a plurality of pieces object data includes generating a plurality of data layers including the classified plurality of pieces of object data.

公开(公告)号：US12239284B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-04

申请号：US17289029

申请日：2019-11-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Junghwan Lee ,  Yeongrok Lee ,  Hyunseok Hong

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28

Abstract: Provided is a cleaning device including a suction port; at least one sensor configured to sense at least one object; a driver configured to open or close the suction port; a memory storing at least one instruction; and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory. The processor executes the at least one instruction to sense at least one object within an area to be cleaned by the cleaning device by controlling the at least one sensor, identify a relative location of the sensed at least one object with respect to the cleaning device, determine at least a partial area within an entire area of the suction port as an open/close target area, based on the identified relative location of the at least one object, and open or close the open/close target area by controlling the driver.

公开(公告)号：US11921216B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17119370

申请日：2020-12-11

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Taehee Lee ,  Jinpyo Gwak ,  Hyunseok Hong ,  Hyunwoo Kim ,  Yeongrok Lee ,  Boseok Moon

IPC: G01S17/894 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G06T7/55

CPC classification number: G01S17/894 ,  G01S7/4808 ,  G06T7/521 ,  G06T7/55 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  G06T2207/20224

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus according to the disclosure includes: a light emitter; a light receiver; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a first depth image based on first reflected light acquired during a first time period and store the first depth image in the memory, acquire a second depth image based on second reflected light acquired during a second time period following the first time period, and acquire distance information between the electronic apparatus and the object included in the second depth image by subtracting a first depth value of each pixel of the first depth image from a second depth value of each pixel of the second depth image, and correct the distance information by using a compensation value acquired based corresponding to time information on the second time period.

公开(公告)号：US11650295B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16743343

申请日：2020-01-15

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Minsu Hwangbo ,  Myungsik Kim ,  Hyunseok Hong

IPC: G01S7/481

CPC classification number: G01S7/4817 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/4813 ,  G01S7/4814 ,  G01S7/4816

Abstract: Provided is a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device. The LIDAR device includes: a light source configured to emit a first light beam; a photodetector configured to detect a second light beam, the second light beam being a reflected or scattered light beam of the first light beam reflected or scattered by an object; a diverging member comprising a reflective material configured to diverge the first light beam in various directions by rotating about a rotation axis; and a converging member including an optical element including one or more of a refractive and/or reflective material configured to converge the second light beam from the object and configured to cause the second light beam to be incident on the photodetector.

公开(公告)号：US11644571B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US16833777

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Minsu Hwangbo ,  Hyunseok Hong

IPC: G06V20/64 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/89

CPC classification number: G06V20/64 ,  G01S17/08 ,  G01S17/89

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor configured to identify a first distance based on locations of first pixels that received the reflective light, and identify a second distance based on locations of the second pixels that received the reflective light, and calculate a difference between the first and second distances, and based on a distance acquired by the calculation and a moving distance of the electronic apparatus identified through the second sensor, identify whether the reflective light is reflective light reflected by an object or reflective light that was reflected on the object and then reflected again by another object.

公开(公告)号：US20250151965A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-15

申请号：US18888814

申请日：2024-09-18

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yeongrok LEE ,  Hyunseok Hong ,  Sahnggyu Park

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A47L9/04 ,  G05D1/648 ,  G05D105/10

Abstract: Provided is an electronic apparatus and method of controlling same. The electronic apparatus includes: at least one memory storing one or more instructions and further storing information on a cleaning path and dust distribution information; a driver; and one or more processors connected to the at least one memory and to the driver, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the one or more instructions, and wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the electronic apparatus to: identify a cleanable area corresponding to at least a portion of the cleaning path, and control the driver to change the cleaning path based on the cleanable area and the dust distribution information.

公开(公告)号：US12235653B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US18108390

申请日：2023-02-10

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Minsu Hwangbo ,  Hyunseok Hong ,  Yeongrok Lee

IPC: G05D1/00 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G05D111/10

Abstract: A robot includes: a light emitter configured to output light; a camera; and at least one processor configured to: obtain first information about an object using the camera while the light emitter is outputting the light, obtain second information about the object using the camera while the light emitter is not outputting the light, obtain third information about the object based on the first information and the second information, obtain information about an external light area based on at least one from among the first information, the second information, and the third information, and generate a driving path of the robot based on the information about the external light area.