Robot cleaner and method for controlling the same
First Claim
1. A robot cleaner for removing foreign matter from a floor while traveling on the floor, comprising:
- a main brush unit mounted to a bottom of the robot cleaner;
a plurality of auxiliary cleaning units mounted to the bottom of the robot cleaner, and having a protruded position and a retracted position; and
a control unit to extend the auxiliary cleaning units to the protruded position while travelling in a wall tracing manner along a periphery of a cleaning region of the robot cleaner.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a robot cleaner and a method for controlling the same, capable of controlling a travelling or cleaning pattern of a robot cleaner in accordance with extension and retraction operations of an auxiliary cleaning tool to perform an efficient cleaning operation. The robot cleaner includes a plurality of auxiliary cleaning units mounted to a bottom of the robot cleaner such that the auxiliary cleaning units are extendable and retractable, an obstacle sensor to sense an obstacle in a cleaning region of the robot cleaner, and a control unit to extend the auxiliary cleaning units while travelling in a wall tracing manner along the periphery of the cleaning region, and to retract the auxiliary cleaning units while the robot cleaner travels in an inner portion of the cleaning region when traveling of the periphery of the cleaning region is finished.
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1. A robot cleaner for removing foreign matter from a floor while traveling on the floor, comprising:
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a main brush unit mounted to a bottom of the robot cleaner; a plurality of auxiliary cleaning units mounted to the bottom of the robot cleaner, and having a protruded position and a retracted position; and a control unit to extend the auxiliary cleaning units to the protruded position while travelling in a wall tracing manner along a periphery of a cleaning region of the robot cleaner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for controlling a robot cleaner comprising a main brush unit, and auxiliary cleaning units having a protruded position and a retracted position, comprising:
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determining whether the robot cleaner travels in a wall tracing manner; outwardly extending the auxiliary cleaning units to the protruded position when the robot cleaner travels in the wall tracing manner; determining whether the wall tracing travel of the robot cleaner is finished; and retracting the auxiliary cleaning units to the retracted position when travel of the wall tracing manner is finished. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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