US 12,189,395 B2
Autonomous mobile apparatus, docking station, and method of controlling same apparatus
Seong Won Jang, Suwon-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,099.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0106315 (KR), filed on Aug. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0051680 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G01S 15/08 (2006.01); G01S 15/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0225 (2013.01) [G01S 15/08 (2013.01); G01S 15/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous mobile apparatus that autonomously docks with a docking station, the apparatus comprising:
a main body including at least one connection unit configured to be connected to the docking station;
a drive unit configured to move the main body; and
a processor configured to control the drive unit,
wherein the processor is configured to control operation of the drive unit in a first mode for causing the main body to move in proximity to the docking station and a second mode for bringing the at least one connection unit into contact with a docking unit of the docking station, and
wherein the processor is configured to control the drive unit in the first mode to move the main body so that a distance between the main body and the docking station is equal to or smaller than a predetermined distance.