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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Thk Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hitoshi Kitano, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
THK CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0223 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0203 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile robot includes a driving unit which changes a moving velocity and a traveling direction, a detection unit which detects a plurality of detection objects disposed along a traveling path to a target point, and a control unit which acquires a distance and a direction to the detection object detected by the detection unit, calculates a traveling direction in which the distance to the detection object and the direction of the detection object satisfy a predetermined relationship, and controls the driving unit based on the calculated traveling direction.