ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,653, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Robot and control method thereof" was invented by Minsu Hwangbo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunseok Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeongrok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot includes: a light emitter configured to output light; a camera; and at least one processor configured to: obtain first information about an object using the camera while the light emitter is outputting the light, obtain second information about the object using the camera while the light emitter is not outputting the light, obtain third i...