US 11,737,626 B2
Cleaning robot and method for controlling the same
Dong Hun Lee, Ansan-si (KR); Heum Yong Park, Suwon-si (KR); Chang Yeong Kim, Seoul (KR); Jae Youl Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Young Do Kwon, Yongin-si (KR); and Jin Wook Yoon, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/101,430.
Application 17/101,430 is a continuation of application No. 15/550,670, granted, now 10,874,277, previously published as PCT/KR2015/009660, filed on Sep. 15, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0022742 (KR), filed on Feb. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0068606 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 9/28 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2863 (2013.01) [A47L 9/28 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); B25J 9/16 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01); G05D 1/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); A47L 2201/00 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0215 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning robot, comprising:
a main body;
a driving unit including a driving wheel which is provided in the main body to move the main body;
an operation unit coupleable to and decoupleable from the main body, the operation unit being provided to be gripped by a user; and
a control unit configured to, while the operation unit is coupled to the main body, block supply of power to the driving unit so that the main body is moveable as the operation unit is moved.