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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Jun-ho Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Dong-ryeol Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jun-ho Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Dong-ryeol Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/04 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dust detection method and apparatus of a cleaning robot. The dust detection method involves acquiring a floor image as a current floor image of a predetermined place at a current location of the cleaning robot in the predetermined place; obtaining a difference image between the current floor image and a background image selected from a feature map consisting of a plurality of floor images of the predetermined place; and detecting a dusty area based on the difference image and adjusting a cleaning power of the cleaning robot.