ROBOT CLEANER, ROBOT CLEANING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROBOT CLEANER
First Claim
1. A robot cleaner comprising:
- a main body;
a traveling unit that moves the main body;
a cleaning unit that executes a cleaning operation;
a camera that captures an image of a foreign substance;
a communication unit that exchanges data with a mobile terminal or a server; and
a controller that controls transmission of the image and image related information to the mobile terminal or the server, and controls execution of the cleaning operation based on a cleaning instruction received from the mobile terminal or the server,wherein, when the cleaning instruction comprises cleaning execution information, the controller controls the cleaning unit to clean an area where the foreign substance is located, and when the cleaning instruction comprises cleaning avoidance information, the controller controls the cleaning unit to not clean the area where the foreign substance is located.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a robot cleaner and a robot cleaning system having the same. The robot cleaner includes a main body, a traveling unit configured to move the main body, a cleaning unit configured to execute cleaning, a camera configured to capture an image including foreign substances, a communication unit configured to exchange data with a mobile terminal or a server, and a controller configured to control transmission of the image including the foreign substances and image related information to the mobile terminal or the server and to execute cleaning of an area around the foreign substances based on cleaning execution information regarding the foreign substances or to execute no cleaning of the area around the foreign substances based on cleaning avoidance information regarding the foreign substances, transmitted from the mobile terminal or the server. Thereby, the robot cleaner may selectively clean foreign substances.
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20 Claims
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1. A robot cleaner comprising:
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a main body; a traveling unit that moves the main body; a cleaning unit that executes a cleaning operation; a camera that captures an image of a foreign substance; a communication unit that exchanges data with a mobile terminal or a server; and a controller that controls transmission of the image and image related information to the mobile terminal or the server, and controls execution of the cleaning operation based on a cleaning instruction received from the mobile terminal or the server, wherein, when the cleaning instruction comprises cleaning execution information, the controller controls the cleaning unit to clean an area where the foreign substance is located, and when the cleaning instruction comprises cleaning avoidance information, the controller controls the cleaning unit to not clean the area where the foreign substance is located. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A robot cleaner comprising:
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a main body; a traveling unit that moves the main body; a cleaning unit that executes a cleaning operation; a stereo camera that captures an image of a foreign substance; a communication unit that exchanges data with a communication module; and a controller that executes signal processing of the image received from the camera, verifies an object related to the foreign substance within the image based on the signal-processing, and generates cleaning instructions regarding the foreign substance based on the verified object related to the foreign substance, wherein, when the cleaning instruction comprises cleaning execution information, the controller controls the cleaning unit to clean an area where the foreign substance is located, and when the cleaning instruction comprises cleaning avoidance information, the controller controls the cleaning unit to not clean an area where the foreign substance is located. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A robot cleaning system comprising:
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a robot cleaner that captures an image including a foreign substance, transmits the image including the foreign substances and image related information to a mobile terminal or a server, and executes a cleaning operation related to the foreign substance based on cleaning instructions received from the mobile terminal or the server; and a mobile terminal that displays an image received from the robot cleaner and transmits the cleaning instructions to the robot cleaner based on the displayed image, wherein the robot cleaner cleans an area where the foreign substance is located when the cleaning instructions comprise cleaning execution information, and the robot cleaner does not clean the area where the foreign substance is located when the cleaning instructions comprise cleaning avoidance information - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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