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Samsung patents robot vacuum that finds dirt sources using time-stamped maps

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a robot vacuum that keeps multiple maps showing how dirty different areas are at various times. By comparing these maps, the robot identifies specific objects causing pollution and drives itself directly to them for cleaning.

Why it mattersIt offers a more targeted cleaning approach by pinpointing exactly where dirt originates rather than just covering the whole floor.

In the filing’s own words

A robot cleaner is provided. The robot cleaner according to the disclosure includes a driver including a drive motor configured to cause the robot cleaner to move, a memory storing information on a pollution map for the degree of pollution for each location in a map corresponding to a place in which the robot cleaner is located and information on locations of a plurality of objects on the map, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a pollution source among the plurality of objects based on information on the locations of the plurality of objects and the pollution map, and control the driver to move the robot cleaner based on the location of the identified pollution source on the map.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A robot cleaner comprising: a driver, including a drive motor, configured to cause the robot cleaner to move; a memory configured for storing information on a plurality of pollution maps corresponding to different time points in an event timeline for a degree of pollution for each location in a map corresponding to a place in which the robot cleaner is and/or was located; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively connected to the driver and the memory and configured to control the robot cleaner, and configured, individually and/or collectively, to: identify a pollution source based on the information on two or more pollution maps among the plurality of pollution maps related to a time point in the event timeline when a predetermined event occurs, and control the driver to move the robot cleaner based on the location of the identified pollution source on the map.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Pollution source determination robot cleaner and operating method thereof
Patent number
US12751597B2
Application number
18607620
Filed
Mar 18, 2024
Granted
Oct 6, 2026
Inventors
5
Claims
13

Classified under

A47L 11/4011 Human necessitiesA47L 11/4061 Human necessitiesA47L 11/4066 Human necessitiesA47L 2201/04 Human necessities
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