Robot cleaning system using mobile communication network
US6611120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0268
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A robot cleaning system using a mobile communication network capable of controlling a cleaning robot from a long distance, the robot cleaning system transmitting an image data after converting the image data photographed at self-contained cameras by means of a mobile communication signal. The robot cleaning system has: a cleaning robot for cleaning by moving freely in a cleaning space in accordance with control data transmitted in the mobile communication signal; a mobile communication relaying apparatus for receiving the mobile communication signals related to the image data transmitted from the cleaning robot and for control of the cleaning robot; a mobile communication terminal for transmitting a command for cleaning to the cleaning robot through the mobile communication relaying apparatus; and an image process server for analyzing the image data transmitted through the mobile communication relaying apparatus, creating control data according to the analyzed result, and transmitting the control data to the mobile communication relaying apparatus. A user can control the cleaning robot from a long distance by using the mobile communication network. Consequently, the user can use th…
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