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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12403211 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2023

Robot and control method for identifying a sterilization area

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Dohoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Yosub Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Andrew R Dyer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/66 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/66 (2013.01); H04N 7/188 (2013.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a robot comprising a driving part, a camera, a plurality of microphones arranged in different directions. The robot further comprises a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to identify an originating direction of an audio signal input through the plurality of microphones based on the audio signal being identified as corresponding to a coughing sound, control the camera to capture an image in the originating direction, identify a sterilization area based on a position of a user who does not wear a mask identified in the image, and control the driving part to move the robot to the sterilization area.

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