Moving robot, user terminal apparatus and control method thereof

• US 9,983,592 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2014
• Issued: 05/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hong, Soon-hyuk, Kim, Jung-wook, Burlutskiy, Nikolay, Shin, Seung-young
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu, Yonel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Weeks, Martin A
• Application Number:
  US14/251,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20140316636A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0016 characterised by the operator's input device input arrangements for computing systems in general G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0044 by providing the operator with a computer generated representation of the environment of the vehicle, e.g. virtual reality, maps maps used for automatic navigation G05D1/0274; flight directors G01C23/005
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0274 using mapping information stored in a memory device navigation using map-matching G01C21/30
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 901/01 Mobile robot

Abstract

A moving robot configured to generate a map of an environment of a territory and allow a user to set a structure of the territory and information on the map used for a location-based service and to use a more intuitively intelligent service is provided. The moving robot includes an operation performer configured to move around a territory and perform a certain operation, a detector configured to collect map building information of the territory, and a controller configured to control the moving robot to move to a set particular area within the territory by referring to the map information of the territory generated based on the collected map building information and control the operation performer to perform the operation with respect to the particular area.

Claims

1. A moving robot configured to move around a territory and perform a certain operation, comprising:

a sensor part configured to collect map building information of the territory; and

a controller configured to;

receive information on a particular area and a context corresponding to the particular area, which are inputted by a user with respect to the map building information, and

if a user'"'"'s command including the context and operation information is inputted, control the moving robot to move to the particular area corresponding to the context included in the user'"'"'s command and perform an operation corresponding to the context at the particular area, based on the received information and the operation information,

wherein the controller is configured to set the operation according to a user'"'"'s command.

2. The moving robot of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s command for setting the information on the particular area and the context comprises information of at least one of a device or a structure located in the particular area, and wherein the controller sets the information on the particular area and the context based on the information of the at least one of the device or the structure.

3. The moving robot of claim 1, wherein the user'"'"'s command comprises at least one of a user'"'"'s gesture and a voice or a command given through a pointing device.

4. The moving robot of claim 1, further comprising a user input part configured to input a user'"'"'s command comprising territorial reference information, and wherein the controller collects the map building information of the territory by referring to the territorial reference information input through the user input part.

5. The moving robot of claim 1, further comprising a voice output part configured to output a voice message, wherein the controller is further configured to control the voice output part to output a voice message to set at least one of the information on the particular area and the context or the operation corresponding to a user'"'"'s command.

6. The moving robot of claim 1, wherein the controller sequentially performs the operation based on location of a plurality of particular areas, if the operation information for the plurality of particular areas is input.

7. A control method of a moving robot, the method comprising:

moving, by a controller, around a territory and collecting, by a sensor part, map building information of the territory;

receiving information on a particular area and a context corresponding to the particular area, which are inputted by a user with respect to the map building information;

if a user'"'"'s command including the context and operation information is inputted, moving, by the controller, to the particular area corresponding to the context included in the user'"'"'s command and performing an operation corresponding to the context at the particular area, based on the received information and the operation information,

wherein the performing of the operation further comprises setting the operation

according to a user'"'"'s command.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user'"'"'s command for setting the information on the particular area and the context comprises information of at least one of a device or a structure located in the particular area, and the method further comprising setting the information on the particular area and the context based on the information of the at least one of the device or the structure.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the user'"'"'s command comprises at least one of a user'"'"'s gesture and a voice or a command given through a pointing device.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the collecting of the map building information comprises collecting the map building information of the territory by referring to the territorial reference information which is input through a user input part.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the setting of the particular area and operation comprises outputting a voice message to set at least one of the information on the particular area and the context or the operation corresponding to a user'"'"'s command.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the performing of the operation comprises sequentially performing the operation based on location of a plurality of particular areas, if the operation information for the plurality of particular areas is input.