ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,842, issued on May 26, was assigned to Dreame Innovation Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Cleaning robot and movement control method thereof" was invented by Tangdong Cheng (Suzhou, China), Hongzhi Qian (Suzhou, China), Yiming Zhu (Suzhou, China), Yuanling Cheng (Suzhou, China) and Tianbao Dong (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a cleaning robot and a movement control method thereof. Based on the method, during travel of the cleaning robot, three-dimensional information of an obstacle is acquired through a sensor system. When the obstacle moves within the detection range of the ...