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Robot cleaner and control method thereof

  • US 9,149,167 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2012
  • Issued: 10/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control method of a robot cleaner comprising:

  • setting a territory about which cleaning will be performed based on position data acquired during traveling about a cleaning area;

    predetermining, by a processor, a cleaning path to clean the territory about which cleaning will be performed;

    if the cleaning path includes a zigzag traveling path including a straight part and a turnabout part, performing curved traveling of the robot cleaner in order to change the traveling direction of the robot cleaner without stopping,wherein the performing of the curved traveling of the robot cleaner includes reducing a linear velocity of the robot cleaner to a predetermined linear velocity greater than zero and increasing an angular velocity of the robot cleaner while constantly maintaining the predetermined linear velocity.

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