Patent ID: 7780796

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling an operation of a robot cleaner comprising: a display unit for displaying an operation state of the robot cleaner; a sensing unit for sensing an obstacle; a driving unit for moving the robot cleaner; a battery installed at the robot cleaner; a controller for changing a cleaning mode to a standby mode when a cleaning operation of the robot cleaner is terminated, outputting a first power saving control signal when the robot cleaner is changed from the cleaning mode to the standby mode, and for changing the standby mode to a power saving mode when a first pre-set time elapses after the cleaning operation is terminated, and outputting a second power saving control signal when the robot is in the power saving mode; and a switching unit for selectively cutting off power of the battery applied to the display unit, the sensing unit, and the driving unit according to the first power saving control signal and the second power saving control signal, wherein the switching unit cuts off the power of the battery applied to the driving unit and the sensing unit according to the first power saving control signal, and cuts off the power of the battery applied to the display unit according to the second power saving control signal.