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| United States Patent Application | 20130000675 |
| Kind Code | A1 |
| HONG; Jun Pyo ;   et al. | January 3, 2013 |
A robot cleaner which does not stop to change a traveling direction thereof, and a control method thereof includes setting a territory about which cleaning will be performed based on position data acquired during traveling about a cleaning area, predetermining a cleaning path to clean the territory about which cleaning will be performed, and if the cleaning path includes a zigzag traveling path, changing the traveling direction of the robot cleaner by executing curved traveling of the robot cleaner during traveling along the zigzag traveling path, thus decreasing the time required to clean an area during a change of the traveling direction of the robot cleaner.
| Inventors: | HONG; Jun Pyo; (Suwon-si, KR) ; SHIN; Dong Min; (Suwon-si, KR) ; LEE; Jun Hwa; (Suwon-si, KR) ; LEE; Dong Hun; (Ansan-si, KR) ; KIM; Won Kuk; (Seoul, KR) ; CHUNG; Woo Ram; (Seoul, KR) ; HAN; Kyu Sun; (Suwon-si, KR) ; SONG; Suk Hoon; (Seoul, KR) |
| Assignee: |
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Suwon-si KR |
| Family ID: | 45977146 |
| Appl. No.: | 13/404674 |
| Filed: | February 24, 2012 |
| Current U.S. Class: | 134/18 ; 15/49.1 |
| Current CPC Class: | A47L 9/009 20130101 |
| Class at Publication: | 134/18 ; 15/49.1 |
| International Class: | B08B 7/00 20060101 B08B007/00; A47L 11/24 20060101 A47L011/24 |
| Date | Code | Application Number |
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| Jun 28, 2011 | KR | 10-2011-0063285 |