# US 11,298,835 B2 · Robot > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,298,835 B2 - Document ID: US11298835B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/497,540 - Filed: 2019-03-13 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Granted: 2022-04-12 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-13 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Moonchan Kim; Wanhee Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11298835B2 ## CPC - B25J 19/027: {Electromagnetic sensing devices} - B25J 9/16: Program controls (total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, G05B19/418) - B25J 11/00: Manipulators not otherwise provided for - B25J 19/02: Sensing devices - B25J 19/023: {including video camera means} - B25J 19/026: {Acoustical sensing devices} - H01Q 9/42: with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength - H01Q 1/24: with receiving set - H01Q 1/243: {with built-in antennas} - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract A robot comprises: a main PCB having an antenna disposed thereon, the antenna disposed on an upper portion of the main PCB; and a sub-PCB spaced apart from the main PCB in a horizontal direction, wherein the main PCB comprises a non-overlap region that does not overlap the sub-PCB in both the horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and all or any portion of the antenna is disposed on the non-overlap region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A robot comprising: a main PCB having an antenna disposed thereon, the antenna disposed on an upper portion of the main PCB; and a sub PCB spaced apart from the main PCB in a horizontal direction, wherein the main PCB comprises a non-overlap region that does not overlap the sub PCB in both the horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and all or any portion of the antenna is disposed on the non-overlap region of the main PCB, wherein the main PCB further comprises an overlap region overlapping the sub PCB in the horizontal direction, wherein a camera is spaced apart from the main PCB in front of the main PCB, and any portion of the antenna faces above the camera in the horizontal direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the main PCB is disposed to be inclined such that a front surface thereof faces in a front upper direction, and the antenna is disposed above the upper portion of the main PCB. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The robot according to claim 2, wherein the main PCB has a rear surface, the robot further comprises a circuit component disposed below a lower portion of the rear surface of the main PCB. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein a top height of the main PCB is higher than a top height of the sub PCB. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, further comprising: an interface case having an opening formed therein; a back cover coupled to the interface case and configured to cover a rear surface of the main PCB; and a display disposed in the opening and facing a region other than the non- overlap region in the horizontal direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The robot according to claim 5, wherein the interface case comprises: an antenna facing portion disposed in front of the non-overlap region of the main PCB in the horizontal direction and facing the non-overlap region; and a top cover portion covering an upper side of the non-overlap region, wherein the interface case is made of a non-metallic material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The robot according to claim 5, wherein the interface case comprises a camera accommodation portion configured to accommodate the camera, and the camera accommodation portion is spaced apart from the overlap region in a front-rear direction in front of the overlap region. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The robot according to claim 7, wherein an avoidance portion is configured to avoid the camera accommodation portion, and is formed above the sub PCB. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The robot according to claim 7, comprising a front cover configured to cover the opening and the camera accommodation portion, wherein the front cover is made of a non-metallic material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, wherein the main PCB and the sub PCB are disposed to be inclined such that front surfaces thereof face in a front upper direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, further comprising a microphone attached to a front surface of the sub PCB. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The robot according to claim 1, further comprising: an outer body; and a driver connected to the outer body to perform a three-dimensional motion of the outer body. ### Claim 13 A robot comprising: an antenna configured to receive an external signal; a camera configured to receive an image; a first circuit board configured to have the antenna disposed on an upper portion of the first circuit board; and a second circuit board to be horizontally spaced away from the first circuit board, wherein the first circuit board includes: a first region that does not horizontally overlap the second circuit board and that does not vertically overlap the second circuit board, the antenna is disposed on the first region, and a second region that horizontally overlaps the second circuit board, wherein the camera is spaced away from a front of the first circuit board, and the antenna is disposed to horizontally face above the camera. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The robot according to claim 13, wherein the first circuit board is a first printed circuit board (PCB), and the second circuit board is a second printed circuit board (PCB). ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The robot according to claim 13, further comprising: an interface case having an opening formed therein; a back cover coupled to the interface case and configured to cover a rear surface of the first circuit board; and a display disposed in the opening and facing a region other than the first region. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The robot according to claim 15, wherein the interface case comprises: an antenna facing portion disposed in front of the first region of the first circuit board and facing the first region; and a top cover portion covering an upper side of the first region, wherein the interface case is made of a non-metallic material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The robot according to claim 15, wherein the interface case comprises a camera accommodation portion configured to accommodate the camera, and the camera accommodation portion is spaced apart from the second region in a front-rear direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The robot according to claim 13, further comprising: an outer body; and a driver connected to the outer body to perform a three-dimensional motion of the outer body.