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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jeayun So, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyongsu Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jinhee Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeonkyu Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A cleaning robot for detecting a floor while moving around and a method of controlling the cleaning robot are provided. The method includes identifying, by the cleaning robot, a fibrous floor area through a floor detection sensor while the cleaning robot moves around on a cleaning area, determining, by the cleaning robot, based on at least one of a size of the fibrous floor area or a location of the fibrous floor area on a map of the cleaning area, whether the fibrous floor area is a defecation pad area, and causing, based on determining that the fibrous floor area is the defecation pad area, the cleaning robot to move around while avoiding the fibrous floor area.