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US 10,327,617 B2Granted
Robot cleaner system and control method of the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSangyun Kim, Younggie Kim
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Abstract
A robot cleaner system may include a robot cleaner that may be automatically driven while performing a cleaning operation, a recharging base that receives the robot cleaner, and a remote control device that remotely controls the robot cleaner. The remote control device may also generate mapping information between an actual region and a virtual region based on image information generated by a camera provided on the robot cleaner, and/or image information generated by a camera on the recharging base.
Claims13
A robot cleaner configured to perform cleaning and drive automatically, wherein the robot cleaner comprises:
- a cleaner case that defines an external appearance of the robot cleaner;
- a suction device provided in the cleaner case;
- a suction nozzle configured to suck dust on a floor via driving of the suction device;
- a dust collector configured to collect foreign matters from sucked air;
- recognition means recognizable by a camera of an external device;
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- a light source arranged to be activated in accordance with a control signal of the external device, and
- wherein the recognition means includes a light image that is generated or removed by selective activation of the light source.
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