US 12,440,998 B2
Docking device, docking system and method including the same
Sae Jin Son, Suwon-si (KR); and Min Cheol Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/347,027.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0082640 (KR), filed on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0009855 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 11/008 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0225 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A docking device to move a mobile robot to a docking area, the docking device comprising:
a docking guide configured to detect an entry position of the mobile robot and to guide the mobile robot to the docking area and comprising a connecting part configured to be coupled to and separated from a part of the mobile robot; and
a guide rail disposed to provide a path for the docking guide to move to the docking area, in response to the part of the mobile robot being coupled to the docking guide,
wherein in response to the mobile robot arriving at the docking area, the docking guide is couple to the part of the mobile robot,
wherein the docking guide is configured to be coupled to the mobile robot and move together, in response to the mobile robot exiting from the docking area, and
wherein in response to the mobile robot arriving at the entry position, the docking guide is separated from the part of the mobile robot.