US 11,950,755 B2
Charging station for robot vacuum cleaner
Jeayun So, Suwon-si (KR); Chunseong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hankyeol Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jihye Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Sangsik Yoon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/252,181
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed May 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/005659
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 14, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/240381, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0068036 (KR), filed on Jun. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267426 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/30 (2006.01); G02B 5/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01)
CPC A47L 9/2873 (2013.01) [A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); A47L 9/30 (2013.01); G02B 5/10 (2013.01); G05D 1/0242 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0215 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charging station supplying power to a robot vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a charging member configured to come into contact with a charging terminal of the robot vacuum cleaner to provide power to the charging terminal;
a first light emitting member for emitting an infrared signal;
a reflecting member disposed to face the first light emitting member and reflect an infrared signal emitted from the first light emitting member, toward front and sides of the charging station,
a housing;
a second light emitting member disposed vertically on a substrate coupled to an inside of the housing for emitting an infrared signal toward a front of the charging station; and
a guide member disposed on a front of the second light emitting member for guiding a signal transmitted from the second light emitting member in a predetermined direction,
wherein the first light emitting member is received in the guide member.