公开(公告)号：US11992176B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-28

申请号：US17012519

申请日：2020-09-04

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jeayun So ,  Jinhee Kim ,  Jihye Seo ,  Yeonkyu Jeong ,  Jaeyoul Jeong

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/19

CPC classification number: A47L9/2815 ,  A47L9/19 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/06

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaner. The cleaner according to an embodiment includes a main body, a suction device configured to suck dust outside the cleaner, a dust detection sensor including a light emitting element and a light receiving element disposed adjacent to the suction device, a dust container configured to store sucked dust through the suction device, and a processor configured to identify a dust inflow state and a dust amount of the dust container based on a voltage value output from the light receiving element, and control an operation of the cleaner based on the identified dust inflow state and dust amount, wherein the light emitting element and the light receiving element are disposed at an outside of the dust container in a direction toward an inlet of the dust container.

公开(公告)号：US11653808B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17221432

申请日：2021-04-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Minwoo Ryu ,  Changho Ha ,  Jinhee Kim ,  Shin Kim ,  Donghun Lee

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  A47L11/40 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V20/64

CPC classification number: A47L11/4011 ,  G05D1/027 ,  G05D1/0214 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V20/64 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: A robot cleaner is provided. The robot cleaner includes a three-dimensional image sensor, an optical sensor, a gyro sensor, and at least one processor configured to control a driving state of the robot cleaner based on image data acquired by the three-dimensional image sensor, optical data acquired by the optical sensor, and angular velocity data acquired by the gyro sensor, wherein the three-dimensional image sensor and the optical sensor are respectively arranged to be tilted by a predetermined tilting angle, and a tilting angle of the three-dimensional image sensor is smaller than a tilting angle of the optical sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11707175B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US16959485

申请日：2018-12-19

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Injoo Kim ,  Jeayun So ,  Jinhee Kim ,  Dongmin Shin ,  Sangsik Yoon ,  Jusang Lee ,  Hwan Chang ,  Junpyo Hong

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  G05B19/4155 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06F3/04842

CPC classification number: A47L9/2852 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  G05B19/4155 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  G05D1/0219 ,  G05D1/0225 ,  G05D1/0291 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05B2219/45098 ,  G05D2201/0215

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a moving apparatus for cleaning, a collaborative cleaning system, and a method of controlling the same, the moving apparatus for cleaning including: a cleaner configured to perform cleaning; a traveler configured to move the moving apparatus; a communicator configured to communicate with an external apparatus; and a processor configured to identify an individual cleaning region corresponding to the moving apparatus among a plurality of individual cleaning regions assigned to the moving apparatus and at least one different moving apparatus based on current locations throughout a whole cleaning region, based on information received through the communicator, and control the traveler and the cleaner to travel and clean the identified individual cleaning region. Thus, the individual cleaning regions are assigned based on the location information about the plurality of cleaning robots, and a collaborative clean is efficiently carried out with a total shortened cleaning time.

公开(公告)号：US12202123B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US17835269

申请日：2022-06-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jaeyoon Jeong ,  Donghun Lee ,  Jinhee Kim ,  Minwoo Ryu

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J19/02 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/51 ,  G01S17/89

Abstract: A cleaning robot is provided. The cleaning robot includes a body, a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) module having a LiDAR sensor rotatably supported by the body, a light-emitting display module mounted on the LiDAR module, wherein the light-emitting display module is configured to display an image based on an afterimage effect according to a rotation of the LiDAR module.