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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Motonobu Shigeto, Shiga, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Shiga, JP;
Hideharu Ogahara, Shiga, JP;
Shinichi Matsumura, Shiga, JP;
Abstract
Once it is determined in Step Sthat a corner has been detected, a control unit causes a body to perform a reciprocating motion and initiate corner cleaning in Step S. Then, once it is determined in Step Sthat a rubbish detection sensor detects no rubbish, the corner cleaning is terminated in Step S. Once it is determined in Step Sthat the rubbish detection sensor detects rubbish, the corner cleaning continues to be executed by the body being caused to perform the reciprocating motion in Step S. In other words, an autonomous travel-type cleaner is realized that can remove a large amount of the rubbish accumulating at the corner by causing the body to perform the reciprocating motion.