DETECTING APPARATUS OF ROBOT CLEANER AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ROBOT CLEANER
First Claim
1. A robot cleaner comprising:
- a detecting unit for detecting a cleaning region or a not-yet-cleaned region in a cleaning target region; and
a controller for setting the detected cleaning region and a new cleaning region in the detected not-yet-cleaned region and issuing a cleaning command.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a robot cleaner includes: detecting a cleaning target space, setting a cleaning region within the detected cleaning space and cleaning the set cleaning region; if the set cleaning region is completely cleaned, moving to a not-yet-cleaned region adjacent to a cleaning completion spot of the cleaning region; and setting a new cleaning region in the not-yet-cleaned region and performing cleaning. Without repeating a cleaning region in the cleaning target space, the robot cleaner can extend its cleaning region, so the cleaning efficiency of the robot cleaner can be improved. Also, the robot cleaner can be smoothly enter a new cleaning target space or released therefrom. In particular, even when the entrance of the new cleaning target space is narrow, the robot cleaner can smoothly enter the new cleaning target space and gets out thereof.
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21 Claims
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1. A robot cleaner comprising:
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a detecting unit for detecting a cleaning region or a not-yet-cleaned region in a cleaning target region; and a controller for setting the detected cleaning region and a new cleaning region in the detected not-yet-cleaned region and issuing a cleaning command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for controlling a robot cleaner comprising:
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detecting a cleaning target space, setting a cleaning region within the detected cleaning space and cleaning the set cleaning region; moving to a not-yet-cleaned region adjacent to a cleaning completion spot of the cleaning region when the set cleaning region is completely cleaned; and setting a new cleaning region in the not-yet-cleaned region and performing cleaning. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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