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US 11,874,664 · App. 17/042,380 · Granted Jan 16, 2024

Mover robot system and controlling method for the same

Inventors: Kyungman Yu (Seoul, KR); Jongjin Woo (Seoul, KR); Kyuchun Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G05D1/0219A01D34/008A01D34/86B60L53/16B60L53/36G05D1/0038G05D1/0088G05D1/0214G05D1/0225G05D1/0259G05D1/0276A01D2101/00B60L2200/40G05D2201/0208
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Patent No.
US 11,874,664
App. No.
17/042,380
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a mover robot system and a controlling method for the same, in which a manipulation of a control screen where a remote control is performed is restricted if a mover robot is located in an area other than a driving area, and a locked screen requesting an input of a preset use code is displayed on a terminal, whereby a display of the locked screen is maintained or released in accordance with the input code.

Claims (20)

1. A mover robot system for cutting lawn within a driving area, the mover robot system comprising:

a terminal for remotely controlling a mover robot through a manipulation of a control screen for an operation control of the mover robot by displaying the control screen on a display unit;

a server for performing communication for the remote control with each of the terminal and the mover robot; and

the mover robot for performing an operation in response to the manipulation of the control screen,

wherein, if the mover robot cuts lawn in an area other than the driving area, the terminal restricts the manipulation of the control screen and displays a locked screen for requesting an input of a preset use code on the display unit, and the server displays the locked screen on the display unit, and maintains or releases a display of the locked screen in accordance an input code input to the locked screen.

2. The mover robot system of claim 1 , wherein the locked screen includes an input button for inputting the input code, and displays an input screen for inputting the input code if the input button is selected and manipulated.

3. The mover robot system of claim 1 , wherein the server maintains the display of the locked screen if the input code is not matched with the use code.

4. The mover robot system of claim 1 , wherein the server releases the display of the locked screen if the input code is matched with the use code.

5. The mover robot system of claim 4 , wherein the server releases the display of the locked screen in accordance with a distance between the terminal and the mover robot if the input code is matched with the use code.

6. The mover robot system of claim 5 , wherein the server determines distance information between the terminal and the mover robot based on position information transferred from each of the terminal and the mover robot, and releases the display of the locked screen in accordance with the distance information.

7. The mover robot system of claim 6 , wherein the server releases the display of the locked screen if the distance information is within a preset distance reference as a result of comparison between the distance information and the preset distance reference.

8. The mover robot system of claim 7 , wherein the terminal searches for a possible communication target at a current position and maintains or releases the display of the locked screen in accordance with the searched result if a display release of the locked screen is transferred from the server.

9. The mover robot system of claim 8 , wherein the terminal releases the display of the locked screen if the mover robot is searched as the possible communication target.

10. The mover robot system of claim 1 , wherein the mover robot operates by quitting boundary sensing of the driving area if it operates in the area other than the driving area by means of the remote control.

11. A controlling method for a mover robot system comprising a terminal for remotely controlling a mover robot, which cuts lawn within a driving area, through a manipulation of a control screen for an operation control of the mover robot by displaying the control screen on a display unit, a server for performing communication for the remote control with each of the terminal and the mover robot, and the mover robot for performing an operation in response to the manipulation of the control screen, the controlling method comprising:

a step of locating the mover robot in an area other than the driving area;

a step of displaying a locked screen for restricting the manipulation of the control screen by means of the terminal;

a step of inputting an input code in the terminal through the locked screen; and

a step of maintaining or releasing the display of the locked screen in accordance with a result of comparison between the input code and a preset use code by means of the server and a distance between the terminal and the mover robot.

12. The controlling method for a mover robot system of claim 11 , wherein the step of maintaining or releasing the display of the locked screen includes releasing the display of the locked screen if the input code is matched with the use code and the distance between the terminal and the mover robot corresponds to a preset reference condition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2020
From: YU, KYUNGMAN; WOO, JONGJIN; CHOI, KYUCHUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 053900/0799 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0010730 · Jan 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62653567 · Apr 6, 2018
Related Publication 20210360849A1 · Nov 25, 2021