LAWN MOWER FOR FORMING IMAGES

• US 20120158236A1
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microinfinity, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Microinfinity, Inc.
• Inventors: Ojeda, Lauro, CHUNG, HAKYOUNG
• Granted Patent: US 8,886,384 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/25
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 34/008 for automated or remotely controlled operation
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 34/835 specially adapted for particular purposes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 901/01 Mobile robot

Abstract

Provided is a lawn mower for forming images. The lawn mower includes: an image input unit receiving an image to be formed in a lawn area; a position detection unit detecting position information of the lawn mower on a movement path of the lawn mower; a lawn mowing unit processing a lawn according to any one of a plurality of lawn processing patterns which corresponds to each position on the movement path while the lawn mower moves along the movement path; and a control unit analyzing the image received from the image input unit, determining a lawn processing pattern, which corresponds to the position information detected by the position detection unit, to express the image in the lawn area and controlling the lawn mowing unit according to the determined lawn processing pattern and independently of the movement path.

Claims

1. A lawn mower for forming images, the lawn mower comprising:

an image input unit receiving an image to be formed in a lawn area;

a position detection unit detecting position information of the lawn mower on a movement path of the lawn mower;

a lawn mowing unit processing a lawn according to any one of a plurality of lawn processing patterns which corresponds to each position on the movement path while the lawn mower moves along the movement path; and

a control unit analyzing the image received from the image input unit, determining a lawn processing pattern, which corresponds to the position information detected by the position detection unit, to express the image in the lawn area, and controlling the lawn mowing unit according to the determined lawn processing pattern and being independent of the movement path.

2. The lawn mower of claim 1, wherein the movement path is arbitrarily determined by a user or the control unit.

3. The lawn mower of claim 1, wherein the lawn mowing unit comprises a motor which operates in response to a control signal received from the control unit and a processor which processes a lawn by being powered by the motor.

4. The lawn mower of claim 3, wherein the processor comprises a blade or roller whose direction or height is adjustable independently of the movement path.

5. The lawn mower of claim 1, wherein the lawn processing patterns comprise a first pattern processed along a predetermined direction and a second pattern processed in a direction different from the predetermined direction.

6. The lawn mower of claim 5, wherein the lawn processing patterns comprise three or more patterns having different directions.

7. The lawn mower of claim 1, wherein the lawn processing patterns comprise a first pattern having a predetermined height and a second pattern having a height different from the predetermined height.

8. The lawn mower of claim 7, wherein the lawn processing patterns comprise three or more patterns having different heights.