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OBJECT SEARCHING SYSTEM, OBJECT SEARCHING METHOD, AND CLEANING ROBOT

  • US 20120297559A1
  • Filed: 08/11/2011
  • Published: 11/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object searching system used for a cleaning robot, the object searching system comprising:

  • a camera mounted on the cleaning robot to capture an image in front of the cleaning robot;

    a locating device mounted on the cleaning robot to track a location of the cleaning robot;

    a processing unit connected to the camera and the locating device;

    a storage unit connected to the processing unit and storing a plurality of programs to be executed by the processing unit, wherein the storage unit comprises;

    a comparison module to compare the image captured by the camera with a plurality of reference images of different objects to determine whether the image captured by the camera is the same as one of the reference images;

    an information storing module, wherein when the image captured by the camera is the same as one of the reference images, the information storing module stores a location obtained by the locating device and the image captured by the camera;

    an adjustment module, wherein when the image captured by the camera is the same as one of the plurality of reference images, the adjustment module adjusts a path of the cleaning robot to stop the cleaning robot from cleaning the object; and

    an informing module, wherein when the image captured by the camera is the same as one of the plurality of reference images, the informing module emits an alarm.

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