Detecting apparatus of robot cleaner and controlling method of robot cleaner

摘要

A method for controlling a robot cleaner includes: detecting a cleaning target space, setting a cleaning region within the detected cleaning space and cleaning the set cleaning region; if the set cleaning region is completely cleaned, moving to a not-yet-cleaned region adjacent to a cleaning completion spot of the cleaning region; and setting a new cleaning region in the not-yet-cleaned region and performing cleaning. Without repeating a cleaning region in the cleaning target space, the robot cleaner can extend its cleaning region, so the cleaning efficiency of the robot cleaner can be improved. Also, the robot cleaner can be smoothly enter a new cleaning target space or released therefrom. In particular, even when the entrance of the new cleaning target space is narrow, the robot cleaner can smoothly enter the new cleaning target space and gets out thereof.

主权项

1. A robot cleaner, comprising:
a detecting unit that detects a cleaning region or a not-yet-cleaned region in a target cleaning region; and a controller that sets the detected cleaning region as a current cleaning region and that sets the detected not-yet-cleaned region as a new cleaning region and issues a cleaning command, wherein the detecting unit detects at least one of a surface of a wall or a corner when the robot cleaner travels through the target cleaning region, and wherein the controller recognizes a corresponding travel region of the robot cleaner as the target cleaning region based on at least one of a number of non-detections of the surface of the wall or a number of detections of the corner.