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：US12245737B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US17532565

申请日：2021-11-22

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yoonkyung Cho ,  Sanghyuk Park ,  Jusang Lee ,  Daehyung Kim ,  Jaehyun Yun ,  Gihyeong Lee ,  Ahyoung Lee ,  Jaeshik Jeong

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/10

Abstract: A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner which includes a dust collecting bin and a docking station to which the vacuum cleaner is coupled, wherein the docking station includes a charger configured to be electrically connected to a charging terminal of the vacuum cleaner in response to the vacuum cleaner being coupled to the docking station, a door driver configured to open or close a dust collecting bin door disposed at a lower portion of the dust collecting bin, a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting bin into the docking station, a collector configured to collect foreign matter that moves together with the air due to driving the suction device, and a controller configured to control the door driver to open the dust collecting bin door in response to the charging terminal of the vacuum cleaner being electrically connected to the charger, configured to control the suction device to supply a suctioning air flow to the dust collecting bin and perform a discharge operation in response to the dust collecting bin door being opened, and configured to control the door driver to close the dust collecting bin door in response to an end of the discharge operation.