MOVING ROBOT, USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140316636A1
• Filed: 04/11/2014
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HONG, Soon-hyuk, KIM, Jung-wook, Burlutskiy, Nikolay, SHIN, Seung-young
• Granted Patent: US 9,983,592 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/27
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0044 by providing the operator with a computer generated representation of the environment of the vehicle, e.g. virtual reality, maps maps used for automatic navigation G05D1/0274; flight directors G01C23/005
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0274 using mapping information stored in a memory device navigation using map-matching G01C21/30
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 901/01 Mobile robot

Abstract

A moving robot configured to generate a map of an environment of a territory and allow a user to set a structure of the territory and information on the map used for a location-based service and to use a more intuitively intelligent service is provided. The moving robot includes an operation performer configured to move around a territory and perform a certain operation, a detector configured to collect map building information of the territory, and a controller configured to control the moving robot to move to a set particular area within the territory by referring to the map information of the territory generated based on the collected map building information and control the operation performer to perform the operation with respect to the particular area.

Claims

1. A moving robot comprising:

an operation performer configured to move around a territory and perform a certain operation;

a detector configured to collect map building information of the territory; and

a controller configured to control the moving robot to move to a set particular area within the territory by referring to the map information of the territory generated based on the collected map building information and control the operation performer to perform the operation with respect to the particular area.

2. The moving robot of claim 1, wherein the controller sets the particular area according to a user'"'"'s command.

3. The moving robot of claim 1, wherein the controller sets the operation according to a user'"'"'s command.

4. The moving robot of claim 2, wherein the user'"'"'s command for setting the particular area comprises information of at least one of a device or a structure located in the particular area, and wherein the controller sets the particular area based on the information.

5. The moving robot of claim 3, wherein the user'"'"'s command comprises at least one of a user'"'"'s gesture and a voice or a command given through a pointing device.

6. The moving robot of claim 2, wherein the user'"'"'s command comprises location information, and wherein the controller moves the moving robot to the particular area and sets the particular area based on the location information.

7. The moving robot of claim 3, wherein the user'"'"'s command comprises operation information, and wherein the controller moves the moving robot to the particular area and performs the operation based on the operation information.

8. The moving robot of claim 1, further comprising a user input part configured to input a user'"'"'s command comprising territorial reference information, and wherein the controller collects the map building information of the territory by referring to the territorial reference information input through the user input part.

9. The moving robot of claim 3, further comprising a voice output part configured to output a voice message, wherein the controller is further configured to control the voice output part to output a voice message to set at least one of the particular area or the operation corresponding to a user'"'"'s command.

10. The moving robot of claim 7, wherein the controller sequentially performs the operation based on location of a plurality of particular areas, if the operation information of the plurality of particular areas is input.

11. A control method of a moving robot, the method comprising:

moving, by an operation performer, around a territory and collecting, by a detector, map building information of the territory;

moving, by a controller, to a particular area set within the territory by referring to the map information of the territory which has been generated based on the collected map building information; and

performing, by the operation performer, the operation with respect to the particular area.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the moving around the territory comprises setting the particular area according to a user'"'"'s command.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the performing of the operation comprises setting the operation according to a user'"'"'s command.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the user'"'"'s command for setting the particular area comprises information of at least one of a device or a structure located in the particular area, and wherein the moving around the territory comprises setting the particular area based on the information.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the user'"'"'s command comprises at least one of a user'"'"'s gesture and a voice or a command given through a pointing device.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the setting of the particular area comprises moving to the particular area and setting the particular area based on location information which is comprised in the user'"'"'s command.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the setting of the operation comprises moving to the particular area and performing the operation based on operation information which is comprised in the user'"'"'s command.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the collecting of the map building information comprises collecting the map building information of the territory by referring to the territorial reference information which is input through a user input part.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the setting of the particular area and operation comprises outputting a voice message to set at least one of the particular area or the operation corresponding to a user'"'"'s command.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the performing of the operation comprises sequentially performing the operation based on location of a plurality of particular areas, if the operation information of the plurality of particular areas is input.