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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Sang Sik Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Kang Nam Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jun Hwa Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Hwi Chan Jang, Yongin-si, KR;
Sang Sik Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Kang Nam Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jun Hwa Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Hwi Chan Jang, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A robot cleaning device includes a debris detecting unit. The robot cleaning device includes a body, a driving unit to enable the body to travel, a drum brush unit provided at the body, to sweep up debris, using a brush and a rotating drum, a debris box to store the debris swept up by the drum brush unit, a debris detecting unit to detect whether debris has been introduced into the debris box through the drum brush unit during a cleaning operation, and a controller to determine whether debris is introduced into the debris box and whether debris has been accumulated in the debris box in a predetermined amount, based on introduction or non-introduction of debris detected by the debris detecting unit.