Robot for detecting floor while moving and control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeayun So, Kyongsu Kim, Jinhee Kim, Yeonkyu Jeong
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Abstract
A cleaning robot for detecting a floor while moving around and a method of controlling the cleaning robot are provided. The method includes identifying, by the cleaning robot, a fibrous floor area through a floor detection sensor while the cleaning robot moves around on a cleaning area, determining, by the cleaning robot, based on at least one of a size of the fibrous floor area or a location of the fibrous floor area on a map of the cleaning area, whether the fibrous floor area is a defecation pad area, and causing, based on determining that the fibrous floor area is the defecation pad area, the cleaning robot to move around while avoiding the fibrous floor area.
Claims18
A cleaning robot comprising:
- a driving circuit;
- a floor detection sensor;
- memory storing one or more computer programs;
- and
- one or more processors communicatively coupled to the driving circuit, the floor detection sensor, and the memory,
- wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the cleaning robot to:
- identify a fibrous floor area through the floor detection sensor while the cleaning robot moves around on a cleaning area,
- determine whether the fibrous floor area is a defecation pad area based on a size of the fibrous floor area being smaller than a reference pad size and a location of the fibrous floor area being within a preset location range on a map of the cleaning area, and
- control, based on an identification that the fibrous floor area is the defecation pad area, the driving circuit to cause the cleaning robot to move around while avoiding the fibrous floor area.
A method performed by a cleaning robot for detecting a floor while moving around, the method comprising:
- identifying, by the cleaning robot, a fibrous floor area while moving around on a cleaning area;
- determining, by the cleaning robot, based on a size of the fibrous floor area being smaller than a reference pad size and a location of the fibrous floor area being within a preset location range on a map of the cleaning area, whether the fibrous floor area is a defecation pad area;
- and
- causing, by the cleaning robot, based on determining that the fibrous floor area is the defecation pad area, the cleaning robot to move around while avoiding the fibrous floor area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.