Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jihye Seo

Jeayun So

Jinhee Kim

Yeonkyu Jeong

Sangsik Yoon

Jaeyoul Jeong

Minwoo Ryu

Hankyeol Kim

Chunseong Kim

Provided are a driving robot apparatus including a rotatable holder to which a cleaning pad is fixable, a method of controlling the driving robot apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program. The method of controlling the driving robot apparatus includes rotating the holder with a cleaning pad fixed to the holder; emitting light through an opening in the holder to a surface of the cleaning pad fixed to the holder while the holder is rotating, the surface of the cleaning pad including two or more reflective areas having different light reflectivities from each other; receiving reflected light reflected from the surface of the cleaning pad through the opening in the holder while the holder is rotating; and identifying the cleaning pad based on the received reflected light.

Driving robot apparatus, control method of the driving robot apparatus, and recording medium having recorded thereon computer program

Disclosed is a cleaner. The cleaner according to an embodiment includes a main body, a suction device configured to suck dust outside the cleaner, a dust detection sensor including a light emitting element and a light receiving element disposed adjacent to the suction device, a dust container configured to store sucked dust through the suction device, and a processor configured to identify a dust inflow state and a dust amount of the dust container based on a voltage value output from the light receiving element, and control an operation of the cleaner based on the identified dust inflow state and dust amount, wherein the light emitting element and the light receiving element are disposed at an outside of the dust container in a direction toward an inlet of the dust container.

Cleaner and control method thereof

A charging station is disclosed. The disclosed charging station comprises: a charging member configured to come into contact with a charging terminal of a robot vacuum cleaner to provide power to the charging terminal; a first light emitting member for emitting an infrared signal; and a reflecting member disposed to face the first light emitting member and reflect an infrared signal emitted from the first light emitting member, toward the front and sides of the charging station.

Charging station for robot vacuum cleaner

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jihye Seo