US 11,864,491 B2
Transmitter of moving robot system and method for detecting removal of transmitter
Jinwoo Han, Seoul (KR); Ilsoo Cho, Seoul (KR); and Dongin Shin, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/211,447.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0056111 (KR), filed on May 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345544 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/008 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0009 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B25J 13/006 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transmitter of a moving robot system installed in a travel area of a moving robot, the transmitter comprising:
a main body;
a support module provided on a bottom surface of the main body and configured to be driven into a ground surface to support the main body;
a detection module provided on the bottom surface of the main body and configured to detect whether the main body is separated from the ground surface; and
a communication module in wireless communication with a communication target of the transmitter,
wherein the moving robot is configured to activate and deactivate a detection mode that is set in the moving robot for detecting whether the transmitter is removed,
wherein the detection module is configured to detect whether the main body is separated from the ground surface when the detection mode is activated,
wherein the detection module is configured to not detect whether the main body is separated from the ground surface when the detection mode is deactivated,
wherein when the detection module detects that the main body is separated from the ground surface, the detection module generates a notification signal indicating removal of the transmitter, and
wherein the communication module transmits the notification signal to the communication target.