

도1은 본 발명 로봇의 구성을 보인 개략도.1 is a schematic view showing the configuration of the present invention robot.
도2는 본 발명 로봇의 목적지 지정방법에 대한 동작흐름도.Figure 2 is a flow chart for the destination designation method of the present invention robot.
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본 발명은 로봇 청소기에 관한 것으로,특히 레이저빔에 의해 지정된 목적지를 로봇 청소기가 카메라를 통해 인식함으로써, 로봇청소기가 사용자에 의해 지정된 목적지로 신속히 이동하여 청소 작업을 수행하도록 한 로봇 청소기 및 그의 목적지 지정방법에 관한 것이다.The present invention relates to a robot cleaner, and in particular, a robot cleaner that recognizes a destination designated by a laser beam through a camera, so that the robot cleaner quickly moves to a destination designated by a user and performs a cleaning operation. It is about a method.
통상적으로, 로봇 청소기란 사용자의 조작 없이도 청소하고자 하는 구역내를 스스로 주행하면서 바닥면으로부터 먼지 등의 이물질을 흡입함으로써, 청소하고자 하는 구역을 자동으로 청소하는 기기를 말한다.In general, the robot cleaner refers to a device that automatically cleans an area to be cleaned by inhaling foreign substances such as dust from the floor surface while driving itself in the area to be cleaned without a user's operation.
이러한 로봇 청소기는 거리센서를 통해 청소구역내에 설치된 가구나 사무용품, 벽 등의 장애물까지의 거리를 판별하고, 이에 따라 로봇 청소기의 좌륜모터와 우륜모터를 선택적으로 구동시킴으로써, 스스로 방향을 전환해가면서 청소구역을 청소한다.The robot cleaner determines the distance to obstacles such as furniture, office supplies, and walls installed in the cleaning area through the distance sensor, and selectively drives the left and right wheel motors of the robot cleaner according to the distance sensor. Clean it.
그러나, 상기와 같은 종래의 로봇은, 사용자에 의해 작업구역이 지정되지 않고, 단지 장애물 감지센서등과 같은 각종센서의 출력 및 미리 설정된 프로그램에 따라 작업 구역을 주행하면서 작업을 수행하기 때문에, 작업구역을 작업하는 시간이 많이 걸리 뿐만 아니라, 사용자가 의도하는 지역의 작업이 정확하게 이루어지지 못하는 문제점이 있다.However, in the conventional robot as described above, the work area is not designated by the user, and only the work area is carried out while driving the work area according to the output of various sensors such as an obstacle detection sensor and the preset program. Not only takes a lot of time to work, there is a problem that the user's intended area of work is not done correctly.
본 발명은 상기와 같은 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 안출된 것으로, 레이저빔에 의해 지정된 목적지를 로봇이 카메라를 통해 인식함으로써, 로봇이 사용자에 의해 지정된 목적지로 신속히 이동하여 작업을 수행하도록 한 로봇 및 그의 목적지 지정방법을 제공함에 그 목적이 있다.The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the robot and the destination by the robot to recognize the destination specified by the laser beam through the camera, to quickly move to the destination designated by the user to perform the task and its destination Its purpose is to provide a designation method.
상기와 같은 목적을 달성하기 위한 본 발명은 작업 공간상을 충전전압에 의해, 자율적으로 이동하는 로봇에 있어서, 상기 로봇에 탑재되고, 360도 회전하면서 레이저빔을 탐색하는 촬상수당과; 상기 로봇을 전자파를 통해 원격 제어하고, 레이저빔을 방사하여 목적지를 지정하는 원격제어수단을 포함하는 것읕 특징으로 한다.According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a robot that autonomously moves on a work space by a charging voltage, the imaging allowance being mounted on the robot and searching a laser beam while rotating 360 degrees; And remote control means for remotely controlling the robot through electromagnetic waves and specifying a destination by radiating a laser beam.
상기와 같은 목적을 달성하기 위한 본 발명은, 작업 공간상을 배터리전압에 의해, 자율적으로 이동하는 로봇 청소기에 있어서, 사용자가 리모콘을 이용하여 목적지를 지시하기 위한 레이저빔을 송출함과 아울러, 작업 명령을 위한 전파를 발생하는 제1 과정과; 상기 작업명령에 의해, 카메라를 360도 회전시키면서 레이저빔을 탐색하여 목적지를 인식하는 제2 과정과; 목적지가 인식되면, 로봇이 해당 목적지로 이동하여 작업 명령을 실행하는 제3 과정으로 수행함을 특징으로 한다.The present invention for achieving the above object, in the robot cleaner to move autonomously on the working space by the battery voltage, the user sends a laser beam for indicating the destination using a remote control, Generating a radio wave for the command; A second step of searching for a laser beam and recognizing a destination while rotating the camera by the operation command; When the destination is recognized, the robot moves to the corresponding destination and performs a third process of executing a work command.
이하, 본 발명에 의한 로봇 및 그의 목적지 지정방법에 대한 작용 및 효과를 첨부한 도면을 참조하여 상세히 설명한다.Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the operation and effects of the robot and its destination designation method according to the present invention will be described in detail.
도1은 본 발명 로봇의 일실시예의 구성인 로봇 청소기에 대한 구성을 보인 개략도로서, 작업 공간상을 충전전압에 의해, 자율적으로 이동하여 청소하는 로봇 청소기(1)와; 상기 로봇청소기 (1)에 탑재되고, 360도 회전하면서 레이저빔을 탐색하는 카메라(2)와; 상기 로봇 청소기(1)를 전자파를 통해 원격 제어하고, 레이저빔을 방사하여 목적지를 지정하는 리모콘(3)을 포함하여 구성한다.1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of a robot cleaner which is a configuration of an embodiment of the robot of the present invention, wherein the robot cleaner 1 autonomously moves and cleans the work space by a charging voltage; A camera (2) mounted on the robot cleaner (1) and searching for a laser beam while rotating 360 degrees; The robot cleaner 1 is configured to include a remote controller 3 for remotely controlling the electromagnetic cleaner through electromagnetic waves and for designating a destination by radiating a laser beam.
도2는 본 발명을 설명하기 위한 실시예인 로봇 청소기의 목적지 지정방법에 대한 동작 흐름도로서, 이에 도시한 바와같이 사용자가 리모콘을 이용하여 목적지를 지시하기 위한 레이저빔 및 작업 명령을 위한 전파를 발생하는 제1 과정 (SP1,SP2)과; 상기 작업명령에 의해, 카메라를 360도 회전시키면서 레이저빔을 탐색하여 목적지를 인식하는 제2 과정(SP3,SP4)과; 목적지가 인식되면, 로봇 청소기가 해당 목적지로 이동하여 작업 명령을 실행하는 제3 과정(SP5,SP6)으로 이루어지며, 이와같은 본 발명의 동작을 설명한다.2 is an operation flowchart of a method for designating a destination of a robot cleaner, which is an embodiment for explaining the present invention. As shown in FIG. A first process (SP1, SP2); A second step (SP3, SP4) of recognizing a destination by searching the laser beam while rotating the camera 360 degrees by the operation command; When the destination is recognized, the robot cleaner moves to the destination and executes a third process (SP5, SP6) to execute a work command. The operation of the present invention will be described.
먼저, 사용자가 청소할 위치를 선택한후, 로봇 청소기에 목적지를 지정하기 위하여, 리모콘을 이용하여 목적지를 지시하기 위한 레이저빔을 발생한다(SP1).First, after the user selects a position to be cleaned, in order to designate the destination in the robot cleaner, a laser beam for indicating the destination is generated using the remote controller (SP1).
또한, 사용자는 상기 리모콘을 이용하여 작업명령을 위한 전파를 발생하여 상기 로봇청소기에 인가한다(SP2).In addition, the user generates a radio wave for the work command using the remote control and applies it to the robot cleaner (SP2).
이에 따라, 상기 로봇 청소기는, 작업명령에 따른 목적지를 탐색하기 위하여 카메라를 360도 회전하면서 레이저빔을 탐색한다(SP3).Accordingly, the robot cleaner searches the laser beam while rotating the camera 360 degrees to search for a destination according to the work command (SP3).
이때, 상기 로봇청소기의 카메라의 촬상각에 목적지를 알리는 레이저빔이 탐색되면 그 레이저빔이 위치한 지역을 목적지로 인식한후(SP4), 그 목적지로 이동한다(SP5).At this time, when a laser beam indicating a destination is searched for in the imaging angle of the camera of the robot cleaner, the area in which the laser beam is located is recognized as a destination (SP4), and then moved to the destination (SP5).
이후, 상기 로봇청소기는, 해당 목적지에 도달하여 청소작업을 실행한다.Then, the robot cleaner reaches the destination and executes a cleaning operation.
다시 말해서, 본 발명은, 기설정된 프로그램에 따라 작업구역을 전체적으로 주행하면서 작업을 하는 것이 아니라, 사용자가 리모콘을 통해, 작업하기를 원하는 일정 영역을 목적지 방향으로 하여 레이저빔을 방사하고, 그 레이저빔을 로봇이 카메라를 360도 회전시키면서 탐색하여 목적지를 인식한 다음, 그 목적지로 이동하여, 사용자가 의도한 일정 영역에 대하여 지시된 작업 명령을 실행한다.In other words, the present invention does not work while driving the work area as a whole according to a predetermined program, but emits a laser beam with a certain area that the user wants to work in the direction of the destination through the remote control, and the laser beam The robot detects the destination by rotating the camera 360 degrees, recognizes the destination, moves to the destination, and executes the indicated work command for the predetermined area intended by the user.
상기 본 발명의 상세한 설명에서 행해진 구체적인 실시 양태 또는 실시예는 어디까지나 본 발명의 기술 내용을 명확하게 하기 위한 것으로 이러한 구체적 실시예에 한정해서 협의로 해석해서는 안되며, 본 발명의 정신과 다음에 기재된 특허 청구의 범위내에서 여러가지 변경 실시가 가능한 것이다.Specific embodiments or examples made in the detailed description of the present invention are intended to clarify the technical contents of the present invention to the extent that they should not be construed as limited to these specific embodiments and should not be construed in consultation. Various changes can be made within the scope of.
이상에서 상세히 설명한 바와같이 본 발명은, 레이저빔에 의해 지정된 목적 지를 로봇이 카메라를 통해 인식함으로써, 로봇이 사용자가 지정한 목적지로 신속히 이동하여 임의의 작업을 수행하는 효과가 있다.As described in detail above, the present invention has the effect that the robot quickly moves to a destination designated by the user by performing a random operation by the robot by recognizing the destination designated by the laser beam.
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