发明名称 |
Robot cleaner, robot cleaning system and method for controlling the same |
摘要 |
A robot cleaner, a robot cleaning system and a method for controlling the same capable of efficiently performing work on command by recognizing the driving distance and direction of the robot cleaner regardless of a of wheel slippage or irregularity in the floor. The robot cleaner performs a working operation while moving about a floor, and comprises a main body, a driving unit for driving a plurality of wheels disposed on a bottom portion of the main body, a downward-looking camera disposed among the wheels on the bottom portion of the main body for photographing images of the floor perpendicular to the driving direction of the robot cleaner, and a control unit for recognizing driving distance and direction of the wheels using image information of the floor photographed by the downward-looking camera, and for controlling the driving unit corresponding to a target work by using the recognized distance and direction of the wheels. An upward-looking camera can photograph and use information relating to spatial orientation for determining and correcting driving distance and direction.
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申请公布号 |
US6868307(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.03.15 |
申请号 |
US20030370807 |
申请日期 |
2003.02.20 |
申请人 |
SAMSUNG GWANGJU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
发明人 |
SONG JEONG-GON;HWANG YUN-SUP |
分类号 |
A47L9/28;A47L9/00;A47L9/30;G05D1/02;(IPC1-7):G06F19/00 |
主分类号 |
A47L9/28 |
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