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US 12,702,259 B2

Robot for detecting floor while moving and control method thereof

US 12,702,259 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-11. Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors
Jeayun SO; Kyongsu KIM; Jinhee KIM; Yeonkyu JEONG
Publication date
2026-08-11
Filing date
2024-07-01
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,702,259 B2 · US12702259 · 12702259

Abstract

A cleaning robot for detecting a floor while moving around and a method of controlling the cleaning robot are provided. The method includes identifying, by the cleaning robot, a fibrous floor area through a floor detection sensor while the cleaning robot moves around on a cleaning area, determining, by the cleaning robot, based on at least one of a size of the fibrous floor area or a location of the fibrous floor area on a map of the cleaning area, whether the fibrous floor area is a defecation pad area, and causing, based on determining that the fibrous floor area is the defecation pad area, …

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