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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2018
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Tatsuro Kuroda, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
A traveling apparatus has a mounted obstacle detection device including a plurality of obstacle detection units configured to detect an obstacle and a control unit configured to control detection by the obstacle detection units. The obstacle detection device includes, as the obstacle detection units, an ultrasonic sensor and a LIDAR sensor. The LIDAR sensor is configured to be capable of detecting an obstacle within a detection range for the ultrasonic sensor and detecting an obstacle within a range which extends farther than the detection range for the ultrasonic sensor. The control unit controls detection such that, if a detection range for either one of the ultrasonic sensor and the LIDAR sensor becomes undetectable, the other sensor complements the undetectable range.