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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2023
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.