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Samsung patents robot that prioritizes video data in risky areas

Samsung describes a cleaning robot that uses a camera to watch its surroundings while it moves. The robot identifies if it is driving on a 'caution route' and then processes the video data from that area with higher priority.

Why it mattersThis filing suggests an improvement in how cleaning robots handle visual data, potentially allowing them to react more quickly to obstacles or hazards in specific parts of a home.

In the filing’s own words

Provided is a cleaning robot and a method of controlling same, the cleaning robot including: at least one sensor; at least one camera; a driver; at least one memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor connected with the at least one sensor, the at least one camera, the driver, and the at least one memory and configured to execute the at least one instruction, wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the cleaning robot to: identify a surrounding environment based on a video captured using the at least one camera, wherein the video is captured while the driver causes the cleaning robot to move, and adjust, based on the surrounding environment, a processing priority order of data obtained from the video.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A cleaning robot comprising: at least one sensor; at least one camera; a driver; at least one memory storing at least one instruction; and at least one processor circuit connected with the at least one sensor, the at least one camera, the driver, and the at least one memory and configured to execute the at least one instruction, wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor circuit causes the cleaning robot to: identify a surrounding environment based on a video captured using the at least one camera, wherein the video is captured while the driver causes the cleaning robot to move, identify, based on the surrounding environment, whether a driving route is a caution route, and adjust, based on identifying that the driving route is the caution route, a processing priority order of data obtained from the video to be higher.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Cleaning robot and method of controlling same
Patent number
US12727723B2
Application number
18808519
Filed
Aug 19, 2024
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
13

Classified under

A47L 9/009 Human necessitiesA47L 9/2826 Human necessitiesA47L 9/2852 Human necessitiesG06V 10/12 Physics & computingG06V 20/58 Physics & computingA47L 2201/04 Human necessities
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