US 12,235,653 B2
Robot and control method thereof
Minsu Hwangbo, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunseok Hong, Suwon-si (KR); and Yeongrok Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,390.
Application 18/108,390 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/010331, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0100228 (KR), filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185308 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 111/10 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0246 (2013.01) [G01S 7/4808 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 2111/17 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot comprising:
a light emitter configured to output light;
a camera; and
at least one processor configured to:
obtain first information about an object using the camera while the light emitter is outputting the light,
obtain second information about the object using the camera while the light emitter is not outputting the light,
obtain third information about the object based on the first information and the second information,
obtain information about an external light area based on at least one from among the first information, the second information, and the third information, and
generate a driving path of the robot based on the information about the external light area.