Method, medium and apparatus classifying and collecting area feature information according to a robot's moving path, and a robot controlled by the area features

• US 8,755,591 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2013
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chung, Seung-Nyung, Lee, Hyun-jeong, Kim, Hyun-jin, Myeong, Hyeon
• Primary Examiner(s): CHANG, JON CARLTON
• Application Number:
  US13/909,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20130274924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 378 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 382/153
• CPC Class Codes: B25J 19/023 including video camera means
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0238 using obstacle or wall sensors G05D1/0246 and G05D1/0289 take precedence; lidar systems designed for anti-collision purposes G01S17/93
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0274 using mapping information stored in a memory device navigation using map-matching G01C21/30

Abstract

A method of classifying and collecting feature information of an area according to a robot'"'"'s moving path, a robot controlled by area features, and a method and apparatus for composing a user interface using the area features are disclosed. The robot includes a plurality of sensor modules to collect feature information of a predetermined area along a moving path of the robot, and an analyzer to analyze the collected feature information of the predetermined area according to a predetermined reference range and to classify the collected feature information into a plurality of groups.

Claims

1. An apparatus for composing a user interface using area features, comprising:

at least one processor to control a menu construction module to construct a plurality of menus using feature information of a predetermined area, the feature information being collected along a moving path of a robot; and

a transmitter to transmit a control signal corresponding to the menus.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an output module outputting the menus to a screen, wherein the menus comprise entries including at least one of a floor material of an area where the robot is located, a dust pollution level, a cleaning frequency, and information regarding an obstacle located above the robot.

3. A method of composing a user interface using area features, comprising:

constructing a plurality of menus using feature information of a predetermined area, the feature information being collected along a moving path of a robot; and

transmitting a control signal corresponding to the menus.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising outputting the menus to a screen, wherein the menus comprise entries including least one of a floor material of an area where the robot is located, a dust pollution level, a cleaning frequency, and information regarding an obstacle located above the robot.

5. At least one non-transitory medium storing computer readable code to control at least one processing element to implement the method of claim 4.