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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji-min Kim, Seoul, KR;
No-san Kwak, Suwon-si, KR;
Shin Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kyung-shik Roh, Seongnam-si, KR;
Soon-yong Park, Bucheon-si, KR;
Suk-june Yoon, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for returning of robot and a returning method thereof are provided, in which the apparatus for returning of robot includes a signal transmitter which is disposed on a charging station and transmits a single front signal and a plurality of distance signals including first, second and third distance signals, a signal receiver which is disposed on the robot and includes a plurality of receiving sensors to receive any one among the single front signal and one among the plurality of distance signals, and a controller which calculates an angle of the charging station by using one among the received single front signal and the plurality of received distance signals and controls the driving so that the robot can return to the charging station by using the calculated angle of the charging station.