Auto-cleaning system, cleaning robot and method of controlling the cleaning robot
First Claim
1. An auto-cleaning system comprising:
- a cleaning robot configured to perform cleaning while travelling a space to be cleaned; and
a user terminal configured to control the cleaning robot remotely,wherein the cleaning robot receives a voice input of a user, and in response to the receiving of the voice input of the user, the cleaning robot captures an image of the space to be cleaned, identifies a position indicated by the user based on the captured image of the space to be cleaned, and transmits, to the user terminal, the captured image of the space to be cleaned and information regarding the position indicated by the user, andthe user terminal receives, from the cleaning robot, the image of the space to be cleaned and the information regarding the position indicated by the user, displays the image of the space to be cleaned and the information regarding the position indicated by the user, and receives information regarding another position from the user.
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Abstract
A cleaning robot that performs cleaning while travelling a space to be cleaned, the cleaning robot including: a travelling unit that moves the cleaning robot; a cleaning unit that cleans the space to be cleaned; an image capturing unit that captures an image viewed from the cleaning robot; a voice input unit to which a user'"'"'s voice instructions are input; and a controller obtaining the user'"'"'s motion instructions through the image capturing unit and determining a restricted area in which entry of the cleaning robot is prohibited and/or a focused cleaning area to be intensely cleaned by the cleaning robot based on the user'"'"'s motion instructions or the user'"'"'s voice instructions when the user'"'"'s voice instructions are input through the voice input unit. The restricted area and the focused cleaning area may be input to the cleaning robot through the user'"'"'s voice and motion.
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12 Claims
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1. An auto-cleaning system comprising:
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a cleaning robot configured to perform cleaning while travelling a space to be cleaned; and a user terminal configured to control the cleaning robot remotely, wherein the cleaning robot receives a voice input of a user, and in response to the receiving of the voice input of the user, the cleaning robot captures an image of the space to be cleaned, identifies a position indicated by the user based on the captured image of the space to be cleaned, and transmits, to the user terminal, the captured image of the space to be cleaned and information regarding the position indicated by the user, and the user terminal receives, from the cleaning robot, the image of the space to be cleaned and the information regarding the position indicated by the user, displays the image of the space to be cleaned and the information regarding the position indicated by the user, and receives information regarding another position from the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An auto-cleaning method comprising:
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moving a cleaning robot in a space to be cleaned; receiving a voice input of a user; in response to the receiving of the voice input of the user, capturing, by the cleaning robot, an image of the space to be cleaned; identifying, by the cleaning robot, a position indicated by the user based on the captured image of the space to be cleaned; transmitting, from the cleaning robot, the image of the space to be cleaned and information regarding the position indicated by the user to a user terminal; displaying, on the user terminal, the image of the space to be cleaned and the information regarding the position indicated by the user received from the cleaning robot; and receiving, by the user terminal, information regarding another position from the user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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- 10. The auto-cleaning method of clam 7, wherein the information regarding the another position from the user is input through a touch screen panel of the user terminal, and the information regarding the another position from the user is overlappingly displayed on the image of the space to be cleaned through the touch screen panel.
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