公开(公告)号：US20230102490A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US17869490

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sanghyuk PARK ,  Heesuk YOON ,  Kiyong LEE

IPC: G05D1/02

Abstract: A robot includes; a driving module, a communication module, and at least one processor configured to receive, a second docking guidance signal output from a second docking station; determine a first output time of the received second docking guidance signal, determine a second output time of a first docking guidance request signal to be transmitted based on the determined first output time to prevent the first docking guidance request signal from overlapping with the second docking guidance signal, and output the first docking guidance request signal, through the communication module, based on the determined second output time of the first docking guidance request signal, and in response to the outputting of the first docking guidance request signal, receive, a first docking guidance signal, docking the robot to the first docking station by driving the driving module in response to receiving the first docking guidance signal.

公开(公告)号：US20230255418A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18137274

申请日：2023-04-20

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Ingyu CHOI ,  Hyunju LEE ,  Seehyun KIM ,  Shin KIM ,  Sanghyuk PARK ,  Heesuk YOON ,  Seungryong CHA

IPC: A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/149 ,  A47L9/0063 ,  A47L9/1409 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2894 ,  A47L9/281 ,  A47L2201/024 ,  A47L2201/022 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus comprises: a robot cleaner including a dust collection canister and a first suction device; and a docking station including a second suction device, which communicates with the dust container to suck air including foreign substances from the dust container in response to the robot cleaner being coupled to the docking station, and a trapping portion to capture the foreign substances included in the sucked air. The robot cleaner includes: a communication unit; and a control unit to control the first suction device in response to the robot cleaner being coupled to the docking station, controlling the communication unit to transmit a control command to the docking station, and periodically changing the suction force of either the first suction device and the second suction device.

公开(公告)号：US20220061616A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17483081

申请日：2021-09-23

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Heesuk YOON ,  Injoo KIM ,  Kyongsu KIM ,  Sanghyuk PARK ,  Sukhoon SONG ,  Dongmin SHIN ,  Kiyong LEE ,  Yeonkyu JEONG

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/00 ,  G01S17/931 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S17/89

Abstract: A cleaning robot capable of entering a region under an obstacle and cleaning by reducing a height of a LiDAR sensor, and a control method thereof are provided. The cleaning robot includes a main body, a driving device, a cleaning device, a LiDAR sensor and configured to be raisable and lowerable between a first position and a second position having different heights, a bumper sensor configured to detect a collision between the LiDAR sensor and an obstacle, an obstacle sensor configured to obtain information on an obstacle, and a processor configured to generate a cleaning map based on an output of the LiDAR sensor and an output of the obstacle sensor, and control the sensor driver to adjust a height of the LiDAR sensor based on at least one of the cleaning map, an output of the bumper sensor, or the output of the obstacle sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20240389814A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18793234

申请日：2024-08-02

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Heesuk YOON ,  Kiyong LEE

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/30 ,  G10L15/22 ,  G16Y10/75 ,  G16Y40/50

Abstract: An operating method of a cleaning robot. More particularly, the operating method including: receiving, from a server device, a lock setting request to set the cleaning robot to a lock state; setting the cleaning robot to the lock state by inactivating an operation button of the cleaning robot or inactivating a voice recognition function of the cleaning robot, based on the lock setting request; providing information indicating that the cleaning robot is in the lock state; and based on a user input to release the cleaning robot from the lock state being identified, restarting the cleaning robot in a lock release state.

公开(公告)号：US20230055824A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17979352

申请日：2022-11-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sanghyuk PARK ,  Heesuk YOON ,  Kiyong LEE ,  Yeonkyu JEONG ,  Hyunsoo JUNG ,  Sanghoon HAN

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/40 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W4/40

Abstract: A docking station, a mobile robot, and a mobile robot management method for controlling a docking station and a mobile robot are provided. The mobile robot includes a management method wherein, in order to display information associated with a docking station to an output device of a mobile robot or transmit the information to a user terminal device connected to the mobile robot, the mobile robot transmits, to the user terminal device, information received from the docking station.