US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 30 for "Robot" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,236, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Robot" was invented by Byungkon Sohn (Seoul, South Korea), Kyuchun Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Youngkouk Song (Seoul, South Korea) and Changhyeon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot cleaner comprises a cleaner body provided with a control unit; a first sensing unit which protrudes from the upper surface of the cleaner body, and emits laser at surroundings of the cleaner body to detect obstacles located around the cleaner body; a second sensing unit which is inclined relative to side surfaces and an upper surface of an upper ed...