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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Applicants:
In-bo Shim, Gyeongsangnam-Do, KR;
Young-gie Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hee-suk Roh, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling an operation of a robot cleaner including: a battery installed in the robot cleaner; and a means for selectively cutting off power supply of the battery to at least one or more units operated for performing a cleaning operation when the cleaning operation of the robot cleaner is stopped. When the cleaning operation of the robot cleaner is stopped, the robot cleaner is changed to the power saving mode or to the standby mode, and accordingly, power consumption of the battery of the robot cleaner can be reduced.