Patent ID: 8463436
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for simultaneously performing a cleaning process and a map creating process for a mobile robot, comprising: a feature-map-creating unit to create a feature map for recognizing position of the mobile robot; a path-map-creating unit to create a path map including a plurality of cells, each cell having information about whether an obstacle exists and path information, on the basis of information on pose of the mobile robot that is obtained from the feature map, and to display path information and whether the obstacle exists in each cell; and a motion control unit to move the mobile robot on the basis of the information about whether the obstacle exists and the path information, wherein the path-map-creating unit assigns to the cell one of a first indicator indicating that the obstacle exists, a second indicator indicating whether the cell is completely cleaned, and a third indicator indicating whether current line including the cell and a line underneath the current line are completely cleaned.