US 12,150,609 B2
Robot cleaner and method for operating same
Minho Lee, Seoul (KR); and Junghwan Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/298,727
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/017350
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/122540, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0160300 (KR), filed on Dec. 12, 2018; and application No. 10-2018-0160301 (KR), filed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047135 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 11/40 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC A47L 11/4066 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A robot cleaner, comprising:
a driving unit that moves a main body;
a memory that stores driving state information of the driving unit recorded while performing a cleaning operation based on a first map; and
a controller that finds a plurality of cleaning areas corresponding to the first map by dividing them into a first area and a second area based on the stored driving state information,
wherein the controller generates a second map by removing either one of the first area and the second area from the first map, and performs a cleaning operation in a varied cleaning mode based on the generated second map,
wherein the controller sets at least part of a cleaning area of the first map that is not included in the second map as a cleaning attention area, and adds the cleaning attention area to the second map based on the stored driving state information, and
wherein the controller increases a sensitivity level of at least one sensor provided in the main body while performing a cleaning operation in the cleaning attention area using the second map.