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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Hyungtae Yun, Seoul, KR;
Seungjin Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/2826 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); A47L 11/4008 (2013.01); A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 11/4061 (2013.01); A47L 11/4072 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A autonomous robot includes a main body, a driving unit to move the main body within an operation region, a battery to supply power to the driving unit, and a controller to control the driving unit in a manner that the main body travels along a wall of the operation region to move to a charging stand when a remaining power level of the battery drops below a reference power level, wherein the controller controls the driving unit in a manner that the main body escape from one region corresponding to a closed curve when a movement path of the main body forms the closed curve while the driving unit performs wall following.