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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Dong Hun Lee, Ansan-si, KR;
Young Do Kwon, Yongin-si, KR;
Heum Yong Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Min Jae Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Min Woo Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a cleaning robot and a method of controlling the same, and more specifically, a cleaning robot provided to detect an obstacle in various directions and a method of controlling the same. The cleaning robot includes a light emitter configured to radiate light, a plurality of light receivers configured to receive a radiation of the light in a predetermined direction among radiations of the light reflected from an obstacle when the radiated light is reflected from the obstacle, a support plate to which the light emitter and the light receiver are fixed and which is rotatably provided, and a controller configured to detect the obstacle on the basis of output signals transmitted from the light emitter and the plurality of light receivers and rotation information of the support plate.