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Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hideki Endo, Tokyo, JP;

Shoji Yunoki, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroyuki Kubo, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 30/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); B60W 30/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G01C 21/3453 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0022 (2013.01); G05D 1/0055 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A moving body, having: a movement control unit controls movement of the moving body; a storage unit stores map information and target object information pertaining to a degree of necessity for determining whether self-driving can be continued; a monitoring/control unit transmits information inquiring whether to continue self-driving if the moving body comes into close proximity with the target object; and a route calculation unit that selects as a movement route, from a plurality of routes, a route where the degree of necessity of determining whether self-driving can be continued has a small value, on the basis of the map information and the target object information If a control signal for controlling the moving body is received in response to an inquiry regarding continuing self-driving, the monitoring/control unit inputs the control signal to the movement control unit and the movement control unit executes driving control according to the control signal.


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