US 12,340,683 B2
Control device of robot cleaner
Sanga Kim, Seoul (KR); Junho Yun, Seoul (KR); and Yonggil Shin, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/361,569.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0080836 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0000326 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC G08C 17/02 (2013.01) [A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01); G08C 2201/30 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control device which remotely controls a robot cleaner that automatically drives and cleans a floor surface using one or more mops, the control device comprising:
a display unit that displays a main screen that receives a control signal for controlling the robot cleaner as a user's touch input from a user,
wherein
in a first area located at an upper end of the main screen, a status display module that indicates a current operation status of the robot cleaner is arranged, and in a second area located below the first area, a user set module that receives a set value for controlling the robot cleaner through the user's touch input is arranged, and in a third area located between the status dis play module and the user set module, an operation performing module that operates the robot cleaner through the user's touch input is arranged,
the user set module comprises a water supply set unit that receives a set value of target water supply amount to be supplied to the mop from the user,
the main screen comprises an overflow menu button arranged on an upper right side of the status display module,
when the overflow menu button is selected by the user's touch input, a menu list comprising one or more menus is displayed on the main screen,
the menu list is displayed while the main screen is displayed, and when any of the menus is selected, the main screen is switched to the screen of the selected menu,
the menu list comprises a residual water removal menu for removing residual water inside the robot cleaner,
the user set module further comprises a fall prevention sensitivity set unit that receives a set value of cliff height of the robot cleaner from the user,
when the fall prevention sensitivity set unit is selected by the user's touch input, a plurality of preset set values of cliff height is displayed on the main screen, and
when the set value of cliff height is selected by the user's touch input, a control signal corresponding to information on the selected set value of cliff height is transmitted to the robot cleaner that moves based on the selected set value of cliff height.