Robot cleaner and method for operating the same
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1. A robot cleaner comprising:
- a suction device installed within a cleaner body, the suction device sucking dirt on a floor;
a driver that moves the cleaner body;
a detector mounted at the cleaner body, the detector detecting a height between a bottom of the cleaner body and the floor; and
a controller that controls the suction device in response to signal a from the detector, the controller adjusting a suction force of the suction device in accordance with the height between the bottom of the cleaner body and the floor.
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Abstract
A robot cleaner includes a suction device installed within a cleaner body, that sucks dirt on a floor; a driver that moves the cleaner body; a detector mounted at the cleaner body, that detects a height between a bottom of the cleaner body and the floor; and a controller that controls the suction device in response to signal from the detector to adjust a suction force of the suction device in accordance with the height between the bottom of the cleaner body and the floor.
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1. A robot cleaner comprising:
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a suction device installed within a cleaner body, the suction device sucking dirt on a floor; a driver that moves the cleaner body; a detector mounted at the cleaner body, the detector detecting a height between a bottom of the cleaner body and the floor; and a controller that controls the suction device in response to signal a from the detector, the controller adjusting a suction force of the suction device in accordance with the height between the bottom of the cleaner body and the floor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A robot cleaner comprising:
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a suction device provided at a cleaner body, the suction device sucking dirt on a floor; a driving wheel installed at the cleaner body and rotated by a driving motor to move the cleaner body; at least one auxiliary wheel installed at a bottom of the cleaner body, supporting the cleaner body on a floor in a state of being in contact with the floor, and rotated by movement of the cleaner body; and a detector that senses an amount of vertical displacement of the auxiliary wheel, wherein the detector comprises; a connecting link hingedly connected to a rotational shaft of the auxiliary wheel and pivotally connected to the cleaner body in order to be rotated according to unevenness of the floor; and a sensor that senses the amount of rotation of the connecting link. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An operating method of a robot cleaner comprising:
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placing the robot cleaner on a floor; carrying out cleaning operation by moving by itself and sucking dirt on the floor; detecting a height between a bottom of the cleaner and the floor; and controlling a suction force that sucks dirt on the floor in accordance with the height between the bottom of the cleaner and the floor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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