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Patent No.:

US 12672749 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 09, 2023

Cleaning robot and controlling method thereof

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jongsoo Hong, Suwon-si, KR;

Yongchan Kwon, Suwon-si, KR;

Jeehoon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Byoungwoo Ko, Suwon-si, KR;

Donghun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

STAAS & HALSEY LLP

Primary Examiner:

Shay Karls

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/40 (2006.01); A47L 11/282 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 11/282 (2013.01); A47L 11/4002 (2013.01); A47L 11/4038 (2013.01); A47L 11/4066 (2013.01); A47L 11/4069 (2013.01); A47L 11/4091 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01); A47L 2201/02 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cleaning robot including a main body; a motion driver configured to move the main body; a pad motor configured to rotate a pad below a bottom surface of the main body; a light source configured to irradiate light to the pad; and at least one processor configured to, based on an amount of reflection of the light from the pad, control rotation speed of the pad motor and/or control the motion driver to return the cleaning robot to a docking station.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hong, Jongsoo. (2026). Cleaning robot and controlling method thereof (U.S. Patent No. 12672749). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12672749

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