US Patent Application 18107661. CLEANING ROBOT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF simplified abstract

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CLEANING ROBOT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

Organization Name

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.


Inventor(s)

Jongsoo Hong of Suwon-si (KR)


Yongchan Kwon of Suwon-si (KR)


Jeehoon Kim of Suwon-si (KR)


Byoungwoo Ko of Suwon-si (KR)


Donghun Lee of Suwon-si (KR)


CLEANING ROBOT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18107661 Titled 'CLEANING ROBOT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a cleaning robot that has a main body, a motion driver to move the robot, a pad motor to rotate a cleaning pad underneath the robot, a light source to shine light on the pad, and a processor to control the rotation speed of the pad motor and the robot's movement based on the amount of light reflected from the pad. The processor can also guide the robot back to its docking station.


Original Abstract Submitted

A cleaning robot including a main body; a motion driver configured to move the main body; a pad motor configured to rotate a pad below a bottom surface of the main body; a light source configured to irradiate light to the pad; and at least one processor configured to, based on an amount of reflection of the light from the pad, control rotation speed of the pad motor and/or control the motion driver to return the cleaning robot to a docking station.