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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Hyoung-ki Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki-wan Choi, Anyang-si, KR;
Ji-young Park, Daejeon, KR;
Seok-won Bang, Seoul, KR;
Hyoung-Ki Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Ki-Wan Choi, Anyang-si, KR;
Ji-Young Park, Daejeon, KR;
Seok-Won Bang, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method of calculating the position of a robot, which determine the position of a robot and create a map of the surroundings of the robot which account for the travel state of the robot. The apparatus includes a state variable calculation module which calculates a plurality of state variables regarding a travel state of the robot by using a plurality of Kalman filters; a travel state determination module which determines the travel state of the robot based on the results of the calculation performed by the state variable calculation module; and a state variable update module which updates the state variables according to the result of the determination performed by the travel state determination module.