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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jaeyoon Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Minwoo Ryu, Suwon-si, KR;
Donghun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Shin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeayun So, Suwon-si, KR;
Jooseok Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Changho Ha, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A cleaning robot and a method of controlling the same, the cleaning robot performing docking by detecting light emitted from a docking station using a Lidar sensor or a light receiving element separately provided on a printed circuit board (PCB) of the Lidar sensor, and performing docking based on the number of light emitting elements of the docking station identified according to the detected light are provided. The cleaning robot includes a main body, a drive unit configured to move the main body, a Lidar sensor including a Lidar optical transmitter, a Lidar optical receiver, and the PCB to which the Lidar optical transmitter and the Lidar optical receiver are fixed and provided to be rotatable, a docking optical receiver fixed to the PCB and configured to receive light emitted from the docking optical transmitter of the docking station, and at least one processor is configured to control the drive unit to be docked on the docking station based on light received by the docking optical receiver.