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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Tohru Kuga, Sakai, JP;
Masaru Ogawa, Sakai, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
In an unmanned carrier () including a grating-shaped bumper () having elasticity and an LRF () having a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit, a common processing system performs first detection processing that detects existence of an obstruction based on light applied from the light-emitting unit to a surrounding irradiated object and reflected from the irradiated object and second detection processing that detects contact of the obstruction with the unmanned carrier () by determining, based on light applied from the light-emitting unit to the grating-shaped bumper () and reflected from the grating-shaped bumper (), presence or absence of deformation of the grating-shaped bumper ().