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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kazuya Yamamoto, Toyota, JP;
Yoshihiro Okumatsu, Nagakute, JP;
Ui Yamaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Masatomo Tanaka, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous mobile object includes: a moving mechanism; a power-receiving terminal that is supplied with power from a power-supply terminal; an imaging unit configured to image the power-supply terminal at a position separated from the power-supply terminal by more than a distance at which the power-receiving terminal is capable of being supplied with power from the power-supply terminal; a determination unit configured to determine whether to remove contamination of the power-supply terminal based on an analysis result obtained by analyzing the image captured by the imaging unit and information on misalignment between the power-supply terminal and the power-receiving terminal, the misalignment being predicted when the autonomous mobile object moves to a position at which the power-receiving terminal is capable of being supplied with power from the power-supply terminal; and a removal unit configured to remove the contamination when the determination unit determines to remove the contamination.