Method for entering mobile robot into moving walkway and mobile robot thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsNakyeong Kim, Sungmin Moon, Sanghak Lee, Jeongkyo Seo
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of causing a mobile robot to enter a moving walkway, the method including setting a movement path including a moving walkway, recognizing, by the mobile robot, to enter the moving walkway included in the movement path, adjusting at least one of a speed of the mobile robot and a speed of a step belt of the moving walkway via communication between the mobile robot and the moving walkway, and moving the mobile robot onto the step belt of the moving walkway based on the adjusted speed.
Claims13
A method for entering a mobile robot into a moving walkway comprising:
- setting a movement path including the moving walkway;
- recognizing that the mobile robot enters the moving walkway included in the movement path;
- adjusting at least one of a speed of the mobile robot and a speed of a step belt of the moving walkway via communication between the mobile robot and the moving walkway;
- and
- moving the mobile robot onto the step belt of the moving walkway based on the adjusted speed,
- wherein the adjusting includes:
- adjusting the at least one of the speed of the mobile robot and the speed of the step belt of the moving walkway based on whether or not a passenger is present on the moving walkway,
- adjusting the at least one of the speed of the mobile robot and the speed of the step belt of the moving walkway so that the speed of the mobile robot and the speed of the step belt of the moving walkway match each other, and
- adjusting the speed of the step belt of the moving walkway so as to match the speed of the mobile robot when no passenger is present on the moving walkway.
A mobile robot comprising:
- a communication unit configured to communicate with a moving walkway;
- and
- a processor configured to set a movement path including the moving walkway, to recognize that the mobile robot enters the moving walkway included in the movement path, to adjust at least one of a speed of the mobile robot and a speed of a step belt of the moving walkway via communication between the mobile robot and the moving walkway, and to move the mobile robot onto the step belt of the moving walkway based on the adjusted speed,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- adjust the at least one of the speed of the mobile robot and the speed of the step belt of the moving walkway based on whether or not a passenger is present on the moving walkway,
- adjust the at least one of the speed of the mobile robot and the speed of the step belt of the moving walkway so that the speed of the mobile robot and the speed of the step belt of the moving walkway match each other, and
- adjust the speed of the step belt of the moving walkway so as to match the speed of the mobile robot when no passenger is present on the moving walkway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.