US 12,343,877 B2
Driving robot apparatus, control method of the driving robot apparatus, and recording medium having recorded thereon computer program
Jeayun So, Suwon-si (KR); Minwoo Ryu, Suwon-si (KR); Jinhee Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jihye Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Sangsik Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); and Yeonkyu Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/126,571.
Application 18/126,571 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/003649, filed on Mar. 20, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0055722 (KR), filed on May 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356398 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1666 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a driving robot apparatus, the method comprising:
rotating a holder with a cleaning pad fixed to the holder;
emitting light through an opening in the holder to a surface of the cleaning pad fixed to the holder while the holder is rotating, the surface of the cleaning pad including two or more reflective areas having different light reflectivities from each other and arranged in a rotational direction about the surface of the cleaning pad;
receiving reflected light reflected from about the surface of the cleaning pad through the opening in the holder while the holder is rotating; and
identifying the cleaning pad based on the received reflected light.