The patent’s assignee for patent number 12137855 is PixArt Imaging (Hsin-Chu Cou nty, Taiwan).News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“1. Field of the Disclosure“This disclosure generally relates to a mobile robot and, more particularly, to a mobile robot and acliff detection method thereof that identify a cliff accord ing to pixel statistics detected corresponding toturning on and turning off a l ight source.