Patent ID: 7274167

Claim:
A position-recognizing system of a self-moving robot comprising: a floor in which a magnet is inserted; and a self-moving robot provided with a magnetic sensor that can sense the magnet while the robot is moving on the floor, wherein a disposition structure of the magnet comprises: an outer edge identification portion formed at an outer edge of the floor in order to indicate limits of an moving area of the robot; a center identification portion formed at a central portion in order to indicate the center of the floor; and an entrance identification portion formed toward an entrance of a certain space in order to induce the robot into the space, and wherein the center identification portion or the entrance identification portion includes a particular arrangement of one or more magnets that identifies an operation mode of the self-moving robot such that when the self-moving robot is induced into the certain space, the self-moving robot performs an operation in accordance with the operation mode identified by the particular arrangement of the one or more magnets.