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Robot cleaner and method for controlling the same

  • US 9,782,050 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2015
  • Issued: 10/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a robot cleaner comprising:

  • recognizing information on a monitoring standby position, by the robot cleaner, wherein the monitoring standby position is a position at an end of a moving path where the robot cleaner is to standby for monitoring;

    moving along the moving path to the monitoring standby position at a monitoring start time, by the robot cleaner;

    acquiring an image at the monitoring standby position, by an image acquisition unit of the robot cleaner;

    determining whether an event has occurred, by the robot cleaner, based on the image acquired by the image acquisition unit; and

    transmitting the image acquired by the image acquisition unit to an external remote terminal when it is determined that the event occurred,wherein the moving to the monitoring standby position comprises;

    determining whether there is an obstacle at the monitoring standby position;

    determining a changed monitoring standby position at which the obstacle is avoided, if there is the obstacle at the monitoring standby position,determining whether a distance between the monitoring standby position and the changed monitoring standby position is equal to or less than a predetermined distance;

    moving to the changed monitoring standby position if the distance between the monitoring standby position and the changed monitoring standby position is equal to or less than a predetermined distance and stopping at the changed monitoring standby position; and

    transmitting a message for a resetting request for the monitoring standby position to an outside if the distance between the monitoring standby position and the changed monitoring standby position exceeds the predetermined distance.

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