ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,335, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Moving robot and control method thereof" was invented by Junghwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Wonkeun Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Minho Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeongwoo Ju (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a moving robot and a control method according to the present disclosure, an obstacle is detected using structured light irradiated in a predetermined type of light pattern in a traveling direction while traveling, and a specified operation is performed in response to the obstacle. Moreover, a dangerous obstacle is recognized by ...