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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Seung Yong Hyung, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyung Shik Roh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Woong Kwon, Seongnam-si, KR;
San Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sukjune Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Hyun Kyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seung Yong Hyung, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyung Shik Roh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Woong Kwon, Seongnam-si, KR;
San Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sukjune Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Hyun Kyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method of locating a moving robot are disclosed. The apparatus includes a storage unit storing information on straight lines of wall on a map, a state quantity detection unit detecting quantity of state of the robot running along the wall, and a control unit estimating an interior position of the robot by obtaining straight line information based on the detected state quantity and matching the obtained straight line information with the stored straight line information.