US 12,446,748 B2
Cordless vacuum cleaner and method of controlling operation of cordless vacuum cleaner
Seongu Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunwoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Mijeong Song, Suwon-si (KR); Kunwoo Baek, Suwon-si (KR); Yeongju Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaeshik Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/589,433.
Application 18/589,433 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2024/002187, filed on Feb. 20, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0031365 (KR), filed on Mar. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0298859 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2805 (2013.01) [A47L 9/0063 (2013.01); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01); A47L 9/2847 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); G01R 19/0084 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cordless vacuum cleaner comprising:
at least one motion sensor which obtains movement information of the cordless vacuum cleaner;
a memory which stores information about predefined movement patterns corresponding to a plurality of control commands; and
at least one processor which:
in response to detecting that docking or charging of the cordless vacuum cleaner on a station device is terminated, detects at least one movement pattern among the predefined movement patterns by analyzing the movement information obtained via the at least one motion sensor,
identifies at least one control command corresponding to the detected at least one movement pattern, and
controls an operation of the cordless vacuum cleaner based on the identified at least one control command.