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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a technique capable of easily realizing control to cause an autonomous travel device to perform a predetermined operation at a predetermined position on a travel route. An autonomous travel device () is an autonomous travel device that travels along a line () placed on a travel route, and includes a detecting unit (line sensor ()) that detects the line (), and a control unit that controls an operation of the autonomous travel device () on the basis of a detection result from the detecting unit. The control unit determines a width (W) of the line () on the basis of the detection result from the detecting unit. If the determined width (W) of the line () is smaller than a predetermined reference width, the control unit causes the autonomous travel device () to perform a travel operation of traveling along the line (). On the other hand, if the determined width (W) of the line () is larger than or equal to the predetermined reference width, the control unit causes the autonomous travel device () to perform a predetermined operation different from the travel operation.