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US 11,649,110 B2Granted
Robot
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsIljae Lee, Dooil Byun
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Abstract
A guide robot includes a lower module includes a wheel and a motor provided inside the lower module, and an upper module disposed at an upper portion of the lower module and including a trash can assembly and a display unit. The upper module includes a body part coupled to the upper portion of the lower module and a head part rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the body part. The body part includes a front case forming a front outer appearance of the body part and including the trash can assembly provided inside the front case, and a rear case forming a rear outer appearance of the body part and including the display unit. A garbage insertion part is provided at a portion of the front case corresponding to an upper portion of the trash can assembly to insert garbage into the trash can assembly.
Claims17
A robot comprising:
- a first housing, a wheel that rotates to move the robot being provided at the first housing;
- and
- a second housing coupled to the first housing, a bin and a display being provided at the second housing,
- wherein the second housing includes:
- a first case forming an outer appearance of the second housing in a first horizontal direction, the bin being provided in the first case;
- and
- a second case forming an outer appearance of the second housing in a second horizontal direction that differs from the first horizontal direction, the display being provided at the second case,
- wherein the first case includes:
- a storage chamber to receive the bin therein;
- a main door to selectively open or close the storage chamber;
- and
- a slot positioned at a location corresponding to an opening of the bin such that garbage inserted into the slot is received in an interior of the bin,
- wherein the robot further comprises:
- a mounting plate on which a bottom surface of the bin is received;
- and
- a support bracket to receive the mounting plate,
- wherein the mounting plate includes:
- an insertion protrusion that extends upward from a top surface of the mounting plate;
- and
- a rear rib extending upward along a rear end of the insertion protrusion,
- wherein the bin includes a recess formed in one or more outer surfaces thereof to receive the insertion protrusion,
- wherein the recess includes:
- a bottom surface recess recessed from a bottom surface of the bin such that the insertion protrusion is received in the bottom surface recess;
- and
- a rear surface recess recessed from a rear surface of the bin such that the rear rib is received in the rear surface recess,
- wherein the support bracket includes:
- a base that supports a bottom surface of the mounting plate;
- and
- a pair of rail guides that are disposed at opposite sides of the base and extend in forward and rearward directions to guide a movement of the support bracket in the forward and rearward directions,
- wherein a pair of sensor brackets are disposed into the storage chamber,
- wherein the pair of sensor brackets include a pair of rail assemblies to receive the pair of rail guides,
- wherein the storage chamber is formed as a portion of a first surface of the first case that is recessed rearward,
- wherein the bin is detachably mou storage chamber,
- wherein the storage chamber includes a bottom surface on which the bin is placed, opposing lateral sides and a rear surface connected to the lateral sides and the bottom surface, and
- wherein the pair of sensor brackets are provided on the opposite lateral sides, and one or more first sensors are mounted on the pair of sensor brackets to sense an amount of garbage in the bin.
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A robot comprising:
- a first housing, a wheel that rotates to move the robot being provided at the first housing;
- and
- a second housing provided over the first housing, a bin and a display being provided in the second housing,
- wherein the second housing includes:
- a slot positioned at a location corresponding to an upper region of the bin such that garbage inserted into the slot is received in the bin;
- a storage chamber to receive the bin therein;
- and
- a main door to selectively open or close the storage chamber,
- wherein the slot opens in a first horizontal direction that differs from a second horizontal direction associated with an output of the display,
- wherein the robot further comprises:
- a mounting plate on which a bottom surface of the bin is received;
- and
- a support bracket to receive the mounting plate,
- wherein the mounting plate includes:
- a seating surface forming a plane on which the bin is seated;
- a guide rib extending upward from an edge of a front end of the seating surface to contact a front surface of the bin;
- and
- a handle extending in a forward direction from a front surface of the guide rib,
- wherein the handle includes a grip groove recessed to be gripped by a person,
- wherein the storage chamber is formed as a portion of a surface of the second housing that recessed rearward,
- wherein the bin is detachably mounted in the storage chamber,
- wherein the storage chamber includes a bottom surface on which the bin is placed, opposing lateral sides, and a rear surface connected to the lateral sides and the bottom surface, and
- wherein the pair of sensor brackets are provided on the opposite lateral sides, and one or more first sensors are mounted on the pair of sensor brackets to sense an amount of garbage in the bin.
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