Title:
ROBOT CLEANER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/124534
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A robot cleaner according to the present invention comprises: a body including a driving unit for moving; a location identification unit disposed in the body to identify a location of the body; a storage unit for storing, in a map, an area which the body has cleaned while moving in the area, by the driving unit; and a control unit for controlling the driving unit, wherein when a return condition where the body is required to return to a charging stand is satisfied, the control unit determines whether a cleaning-completion area in a map stored in the store unit includes the charging stand, searches a non-cleaning area when the charging stand does not exist in the cleaning-completion area, and controls the driving unit to move the body from the current location to a point of a searched non-cleaning area or a point around the searched non-cleaning area.
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Inventors:
AHN SEUNGJIN (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2017/014384
Publication Date:
July 05, 2018
Filing Date:
December 08, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC (KR)
International Classes:
A47L9/28; B25J9/00; B25J9/16; B25J11/00
Foreign References:
| KR101403954B1 | 2014-06-11 | |||
| KR101281512B1 | 2013-07-03 | |||
| KR20160059472A | 2016-05-26 | |||
| KR20090074545A | 2009-07-07 | |||
| KR20040087176A | 2004-10-13 | |||
| KR20040087176A | 2004-10-13 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3563748A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KIM, Ki Moon (KR)
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