Lg Electronics Inc.

Seoul National University

Yonsei University

Yongmin Shin

Donghoon Kwak

Donghoon Yi

Ilsoo Cho

Dongil Cho

Euntai Kim

Hyunji Kim

Taejae Lee

Kyungmin Nam

Jeonghyun Baek

A cleaner performing autonomous traveling includes a main body, first and second cameras photographing the periphery of the main body, and a controller controlling the first and second cameras to capture an image according to preset order, wherein a direction in which the first camera is directed and a direction in which the second camera is directed form a predetermined angle, and the controller generates three-dimensional (3D) coordinate information related to an object located near the main body using images obtained in the first and second cameras.

Cleaner and controlling method thereof

A cleaner performing autonomous traveling includes a main body having a suction opening, a cleaning unit provided within the main body and sucking a cleaning target through the suction opening, a driving unit moving the main body, a camera sensor attached to the main body and capturing a first image, an operation sensor sensing information related to movement of the main body, and a controller detecting information related to an obstacle on the basis of at least one of the captured image and the information related to movement and controlling the driving unit on the basis of the detected information related to the obstacle.

Mobile robot and control method thereof

A cleaner includes a main body having a suction port, a cleaning unit provided in the main body to suck a cleaning object through the suction port, a driving unit moving the main body, a camera provided in the main body and photographing an image, and a controller detecting a vanishing point related to the image and detecting information related to a posture of the main body based on the detected vanishing point.

Moving robot and controlling method thereof

A moving robot may include a first location recognition module configured to extract a straight line in a driving process and recognize a location using the extracted straight line and a second location recognition module configured to confirm the recognized location by reflecting the location recognized by the first location recognition module based on the image information obtained from the surroundings by way of an image capturing device.

Moving robot and method of recognizing location of a moving robot

A robot cleaner and a method for controlling a robot cleaner are provided. The robot cleaner may include a casing, a drive disposed in the casing, a camera disposed in the casing to acquire an image of a user's gesture, and a controller that extracts an image including a user's arm image from the image acquired by the camera to determine an angle and a direction of the arm expressed by the user's gesture from the arm image and determine an intension expressed by the determined arm angle, and controls the drive based on the determined intension. The method may include receiving a voice command through a voice recognition device disposed in the robot cleaner; determining, by a controller, whether the received voice command is a gesture recognition command; acquiring an image of a user's gesture by a camera, when the received voice command is the gesture recognition command; determining, by the controller, an angle and direction of an arm expressed by the user's gesture from the image acquired by the camera; and determining, by the controller, a function intended by the determined arm angle to control a movement device so as to execute the determined function.

Robot cleaner and method for controlling a robot cleaner

A robot cleaner is provided. The robot cleaner includes a camera obtaining an image including a user; and a control unit extracting, an arm image including an arm, from the image obtained by the camera, calculating an angle of an arm of an user from the arm image, and determining a function intended by the angle of the arm calculated to control execution of the function.

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Seoul, South Korea

Yongmin Shin