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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2012
Masanori Tsuboi, Osaka, JP;
Masanori Tsuboi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning robot () is provided with: a main body housing () that moves along a floor in a self-propelled manner with a suction port () and an exhaust port () open; a motor fan () positioned inside the main body housing (); a dust collection part () driven by the motor fan () so as to collect airflow dust that has been suctioned from the suction port (); an infrared remote controller () that specifies an arbitrarily-defined location in space for setting up the main body housing () by emitting infrared rays; and an infrared sensor () that detects the specified location specified by the infrared remote controller (). The cleaning robot moves to the specified location detected by the infrared sensor () and then carries out a cleaning operation, or carries out a cleaning operation while moving to the specified location.