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Abstract
In exemplary embodiments, a robot cleaner with improved safety features comprises a driving part for movably supporting a cleaner body and supplying a driving force for operating the cleaner body; a suction part mounted on the cleaner body to draw in dust from a surface being cleaned; a body sensor mounted on the cleaner body to perceive any approach or contact of at least a part of human body or pet; and a control part for turning on and off the driving part according to a signal detected by the body sensor.
Description
- This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) of Korean Patent Application No. 2005-18488, filed Mar. 7, 2005, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates generally to the field of automated cleaning devices, and in some exemplary embodiments, to a body sensor for such devices.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Among general household affairs, a cleaning work is usually performed by a vacuum cleaner. However, even with the vacuum cleaner, the cleaning work is very laborious because a user has to carry the vacuum cleaner to every nook and corner.
- Accordingly, research has been conducted in the field of robot cleaners capable of automatically determining and performing desired operations with minimal external guidance. In general, a robot cleaner automatically travels along a predetermined area for cleaning and draws in dust from a surface being cleaned such as a floor without being continuously controlled by a user, thereby cleaning the predetermined area.
- However, a person or pet (hereinbelow, referred to as ‘body’) in the cleaning area may collide with the robot cleaner as it automatically moves along, and may be injured by the collision. To prevent such collisions, attempts have been made to incorporate obstacle sensors in robot cleaners.
- Nevertheless, obstacle sensors typically perceive only obstacles in front, that is, in the movement path of the robot cleaner. Therefore, although a part of body, such as a limb, may approach or contact the bottom of the robot cleaner as it faces the surface being cleaned, obstacle sensors often do not perceive the body. Since the robot cleaner comprises dangerous parts such as a driving motor for operating the robot cleaner and wheels on the bottom portion, the body may be injured by contacting these and other parts. Accordingly, there is a need for a safety device that will prevent approach and contact of a body to dangerous areas of the robot cleaner. Such safety devices are particularly needed in homes with babies and infants.
- It is to be understood that both the following summary and the detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. Neither the summary nor the description that follows is intended to define or limit the scope of the invention to the particular features mentioned in the summary or in the description.
- In certain embodiments, the present invention may solve one or more of the above problems and/or disadvantages and may provide one or more of the advantages described herein.
- In an exemplary embodiment, a robot cleaner has a safety device which suspends driving of dangerous parts upon approach or contact of a body thereto, thereby improving safety.
- In an exemplary embodiment, a robot cleaner comprises a driving part for movably supporting a cleaner body and supplying a driving force for operating the cleaner body; a suction part mounted on the cleaner body to draw in dust from a surface being cleaned; a body sensor mounted on the cleaner body to perceive approach or contact of at least a part of human body or pet; and a control part for turning on and off the driving part according to a signal detected by the body sensor.
- According to some embodiments of the present invention, the control part turns on and off the suction part according to a signal detected by the body sensor. As an example, the body sensor may comprise a capacitance touch sensor. In this embodiment, the capacitance touch sensor may comprise a sensing board for perceiving the approach or contact of the body; and a signal processor for processing the signal detected by the sensing board and transmitting the signal to the control part. The sensing board may be disposed at a dangerous area which may injure the human body by contact. For example, the dangerous area may comprise the driving part.
- In another more specific exemplary embodiment, the cleaner body comprises a bottom plate for facing the surface being cleaned, and a cover for shutting the bottom plate, the driving part comprises a driving motor mounted on the bottom plate, and a plurality of wheels connected with the driving part for power transmission and disposed on the bottom plate, and the sensing board is disposed on an inner side of the bottom plate, that faces the cover, and adjacent to the plurality of wheels and the driving motor and on an inner. The sensing board comprises a conductive material.
- The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form a part of the specification, illustrate the present invention and, together with the description, further serve to explain the principles of the invention and to enable a person skilled in the pertinent art to make and use the invention.
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FIG. 1 is an exploded, perspective view of a robot cleaner according to an exemplary embodiment; -
FIG. 2 is a block diagram used to explain an exemplary embodiment of a control system that can be used with the robot cleaner ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining an exemplary embodiment of a body sensor that can be used with the embodiment ofFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 is a plane view schematically showing main elements of one embodiment of the robot cleaner ofFIG. 1 ; and -
FIG. 5 is a sectional view ofFIG. 4 cut away along a line V—V. - A robot cleaner will now be disclosed in terms of several exemplary embodiments. This specification discloses one or more embodiments that incorporate the features of this invention. The embodiment(s) described, and references in the specification to “one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, “an example embodiment”, etc., indicate that the embodiment(s) described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, persons skilled in the art may effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
- In the following description, similar drawing reference numerals may be used for the same elements even in different drawings. The embodiments described, and their detailed construction and elements, are merely provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of the invention. Thus, it is apparent that the present invention can be carried out in a variety of ways, and does not require any of the specific features described herein. Also, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention with unnecessary detail.
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FIGS. 1 and 2 , a robot cleaner according to one exemplary embodiment comprises acleaner body 10, asuction part 20, a drivingpart 30, anupper camera 40, afront camera 42, anobstacle sensor 50, amemory 60, atransceiver part 70, acontrol part 80, and abody sensor 90. A reference sign ‘I’ denotes a front or movement direction of the robot cleaner. - In this example, the
cleaner body 10 comprises abottom plate 12 for facing a surface being cleaned G (FIG. 5 ) and acover 14 for shutting thebottom plate 12. - In an embodiment, the
suction part 20 is mounted in thecleaner body 10 to draw in dust-laden air. Thesuction part 20, a main part for the cleaning operation of the robot cleaner, can be implemented by various types of well-known suction parts of robot cleaners. Anexemplary suction part 20 may comprise a suction motor (not shown), a suction opening (not shown) formed at thecleaner body 10 to draw in dust on the floor by a suction force generated by the suction motor, a brush (not shown) exposed through the suction opening to beat and scatter the dust, and a dust collecting chamber (not shown) for collecting therein the drawn-in dust. - In an embodiment, the driving part 30 (
FIG. 4 ) comprises adriving motor 32, adriving wheel 34 and a drivenwheel 36. A pair of thedriving motors 32 are mounted to a front part of thebottom plate 12 at opposite sides and supplied with power from a power supply part (not shown). A pair of thedriving wheels 34 are mounted to thebottom plate 12 in power connection with thedriving motor 32. A pair of the drivenwheels 36 are mounted to a rear part of thebottom plate 12 at opposite sides and connected to thedriving wheels 34 through apower transmission member 38. Although a belt pulley is used for thepower transmission member 38 in the embodiment shown, thepower transmission member 38 may be implemented by a variety of transmitting means such as a timing belt. Also, in contrast to the embodiment shown which employs a pair of driving motors, any number of motors may be used such as a single driving motor. As described above, a variety of designs can be used for the drivingpart 30 as long as they can stably move the robot cleaner. In accordance with a controlling signal of thecontrol part 80, the drivingpart 30 independently rotates thedriving motors 32 clockwise and counterclockwise. A moving direction of the robot cleaner is determined by controlling rotational speed (measured in revolutions per minute or RPM) of therespective driving motors 32. - In an embodiment, the
upper camera 40, mounted on thebottom plate 12, photographs a ceiling image and outputs the photographed image to thecontrol part 80. Preferably, a fisheye lens (not shown) is provided forupper camera 40. The structure of the fisheye lens is disclosed (for example) in Korean Laid-Open Patent Nos. 1996-7005245, 1997-48669 and 1994-22112. Such lenses are commercially available and will not be described in great detail. - In an embodiment, the
front camera 42 is mounted on thebottom plate 12 to photograph a front image and output the photographed image to thecontrol part 80. - In an embodiment,
obstacle sensors 50 are circumferentially disposed on an edge of thebottom plate 12 at certain intervals to transmit a signal to the outside and receive the signal as reflected.Obstacle sensor 50 may be implemented using a variety of technologies, such as using an optical sensor or a supersonic-wave sensor. In addition, theobstacle sensor 50 may be used for detecting a distance therefrom to an obstacle or a wall. - In an embodiment, the
memory 60 stores the ceiling image photographed by theupper camera 50 and helps thecontrol part 80 calculate position information and traveling information based on the stored image. Also, thememory 60 may store a reference value for comparison with a signal value output from thebody sensor 90, and a program for comparing the signal value with the reference value. - In one exemplary embodiment, the
transceiving part 70 sends data for transmission to anexternal device 72 through a transceiver (not shown) mounted in thecontrol part 80 and transmits to the control part 80 a signal received from theexternal device 72 through the transceiver (not shown). Theexternal device 72 may comprise, for example, a wireless communication router (not shown) and a remote controller (not shown), which are capable of input and output of data. - In an embodiment, the
control part 80 processes the signal received through thetransceiver part 70 and controls the respective parts according to the signal. In embodiments where thecleaner body 10 further comprises a key input device (not shown) including a plurality of keys for setting functions of the robot cleaner, thecontrol part 80 processes a key signal input from the key input device. - The
control part 80 locates and abstracts a position recognition mark attached to the ceiling of the cleaning area from the ceiling image photographed by theupper camera 50, and recognizes the position of the robot cleaner based on information on the position, thereby controlling the respective parts to perform their own functions using the position information. - In addition, the
control part 80 controls on/off states of the drivingpart 30 and thesuction part 20 in accordance with the signal output from thebody sensor 90. Otherwise, only one of the drivingpart 30 and thesuction part 20 may be controlled by the signal input by thebody sensor 90. - Referring to FIGS. 3 to 5, the
body sensor 90 may comprise acapacitance touch sensor 90 for perceiving approach or contact of body according to variation of permittivity. An example of a suitablecapacitance touch sensor 90 is disclosed in Korean Utility Model Publication No. 362801. Thecapacitance touch sensor 90 comprises asensing board 91 for perceiving the approach or contact of the body and asignal processor 92 for processing a signal detected by the sensingboard 91 and transmitting the signal to thecontrol part 80. - In some exemplary embodiments, the sensing
board 91 is disposed on the inner side of thebottom plate 12, which faces thecover 14, and adjacent to the drivingpart 30. The sensingboard 91 may be made of conductive material such as copper and aluminum. By disposing thesensing board 91 near the drivingpart 30, the approach or contact of the body to the drivingpart 30 can be perceived. Further, being mounted on the inner side of thebottom plate 12 to face thecover 14, that is, within thecleaner body 10, the sensingboard 91 is not exposed to the outside. Therefore, signal errors due to exterior moisture can be prevented. Although the present embodiment introduces the drivingpart 30 as a dangerous area which can hurt the body, in case that the robot cleaner further includes electrically or mechanically dangerous parts besides the drivingpart 30, asensing board 91 can be disposed near these other dangerous parts. - In an embodiment, the
signal processor 92 comprises anoscillator 93 for generating a signal of another form from an electric current detected by the sensingboard 91, arectifier 94 for converting the signal generated from theoscillator 93 to a direct current, and anoutput 95 for outputting the direct current converted from the signal to thecontrol part 80. Since thecapacitance touch sensor 90 is well-known in the art, detailed description of the operation and the circuit thereof will be omitted. - The operation of a device with selected exemplary features will now be described in detail with reference to
FIGS. 1 through 5 . - In this operational example, the
control part 80 controls the drivingunit 30 to move along the area for cleaning according to a predetermined travel pattern, and stores in the memory 41 an image map of the ceiling based on the image photographed by theupper camera 40. Alternatively, upon receiving a wireless command from the key input device or from the outside, thecontrol part 80 may draw up the image map before the cleaning work. - For example, after completing the image map, the
control part 80 recognizes the position of the robot cleaner using the image map while performing the work. Upon wireless input of a work request signal from the key input device or from the outside, thecontrol part 80 recognizes the current position of the robot cleaner by comparing the image map with current images inputted from theupper camera 40 and thefront camera 42, and controls the drivingunit 20 to move from the recognized position along a path to a desired destination. - As an example, while the robot cleaner moves along the path to the destination, the
control part 80 calculates a traveling error using a traveling distance detected by an encoder and the current position which is perceived by comparing the photographed image with the stored image map. Then, thecontrol part 80 controls the drivingunit 30 to track the path to the destination by compensating with the calculated error. - In this example, a suction motor (not shown) is driven by power supplied from the power supply part (not shown) provided within the
cleaner body 10. Accordingly, a suction force is generated and the robot cleaner draws in the dust from the surface being cleaned G (FIG. 5 ) by the suction force, thus performing the cleaning work. Since these cleaning processes are well understood, detailed description thereof will be omitted. - When the
obstacle sensor 50 detects an obstacle in front during the cleaning work, thecontrol part 80 suspends the drivingpart 30 or controls the robot cleaner to divert the course and avoid the obstacle. However, theobstacle sensor 50 cannot perceive the approach or contact of an obstacle such as the body to a lower portion of thebottom plate 12 of the robot cleaner. Consequently, asensing board 91 is provided to the lower surface of thebottom plate 12, especially the dangerous parts adjacent to the drivingpart 30, and to a portion provided for the user to grab for carrying the robot cleaner. - As a part of the body approaches or contacts the
bottom plate 12, especially the drivingpart 30 of thebottom plate 12, the sensingboard 91 perceives this approach. A signal is transmitted to thecontrol part 80, passing through theoscillator 93, therectifier 94 and theoutput 95. Therefore, thecontrol part 80 turns off the drivingpart 30 and thesuction part 20 to prevent the body from being injured by the drivingpart 30. Also, since thesuction part 20 is turned off as well as the drivingpart 30, unnecessary energy consumption by idle operation can be prevented. - Moreover, in this example, because the
sensing board 91 of thebody sensor 90 is mounted within thecleaner body 10, signal errors due to the moisture can be prevented, accordingly improving the performance of thebody sensor 90 for detecting the approach or contact of the body. - While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A robot cleaner comprising:
a driving part for movably supporting a cleaner body and supplying a driving force for operating the cleaner body;
a suction part mounted on the cleaner body to draw in dust from a surface being cleaned;
a body sensor mounted on the cleaner body to perceive any approach or contact of at least a part of human body or pet; and
a control part for turning on and off the driving part according to a signal detected by the body sensor.
2. The robot cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the control part turns on and off the suction part according to a signal detected by the body sensor.
3. The robot cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the body sensor comprises a capacitance touch sensor.
4. The robot cleaner of claim 3 , wherein the capacitance touch sensor comprises:
a sensor for perceiving the approach or contact of the body; and
a signal processor for processing the signal detected by the sensing board and transmitting the signal to the control part.
5. The robot cleaner of claim 4 , wherein the sensor is disposed at a dangerous area which may injure the human body by contact.
6. The robot cleaner of claim 5 , wherein the dangerous area comprises the driving part.
7. The robot cleaner of claim 4 , wherein the cleaner body comprises a bottom plate for facing the surface being cleaned, and a cover for covering the bottom plate,
the driving part comprises a driving motor mounted on the bottom plate, and a plurality of wheels connected with the driving motor for power transmission and disposed on the bottom plate, and
the sensor is disposed on an inner side of the bottom plate, that faces the cover, and adjacent to the plurality of wheels and the driving motor and on an inner.
8. The robot cleaner of claim 7 , wherein the sensor comprises a conductive material.
9. A robot cleaner comprising:
a driving part for movably supporting a cleaner body and supplying a driving force for operating the cleaner body;
a suction part mounted on the cleaner body to draw in dust from a surface being cleaned;
a body sensor mounted on the cleaner body to perceive any approach or contact of at least a part of human body or pet; and
a control part for turning on and off the suction part according to a signal detected by the body sensor.
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