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US 11,112,792 B2Granted
Cleaning robot and method for controlling cleaning robot
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSeong Joo Han
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Abstract
A cleaning robot includes a user interface to display a map image including one or more divided regions, and the user interface displays an icon corresponding to a state value of a main device on the map image.
Claims14
A cleaning robot comprising:
- a user interface configured to display a map image including a plurality of divided regions, and receive, from a user, a selection of divided regions from the plurality of divided regions and a cleaning order of the selected divided regions, wherein the user interface displays an icon corresponding to a state value of a main device on the map image;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- when the cleaning order of the selected divided regions is received from the user through the user interface, control the main device to perform cleaning based on the received cleaning order;
- when the cleaning order of the selected divided regions is not received from the user through the user interface, control the main device to perform cleaning based on a predetermined cleaning order;
- in response to the main device being located in a first divided region among the selected divided regions, generate a virtual wall around the first divided region;
- and
- in response to the main device completing cleaning of the first divided region, remove the virtual wall and control the main device to move to a second divided region corresponding to a next order among the selected divided regions.
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A method of controlling a cleaning robot, the method comprising:
- displaying a map image including a plurality of divided regions;
- displaying an icon corresponding to a state value of a main device on the map image;
- receiving, from a user, a selection of divided regions from the plurality of divided regions;
- when a cleaning order of the selected divided regions is received from the user through a user interface, performing cleaning based on the received cleaning order;
- when the cleaning order of the selected divided regions is not received from the user through the user interface, performing cleaning based on a predetermined cleaning order;
- in response to the main device being located in a first divided region among the selected divided regions, generating a virtual wall around the first divided region;
- and
- in response to the main device completing cleaning of the first divided region, removing the virtual wall and moving the main device to a second divided region corresponding to a next order among the selected divided regions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.