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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Tomohisa Takai, Nagoya, JP;
Yuhei Yamaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Satoshi Toyoshima, Okazaki, JP;
Yuta Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Mikio Honda, Toyota, JP;
Shiro Oda, Anjyo, JP;
Tetsuya Taira, Nagakute, JP;
Nobuhisa Otsuki, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous moving body includes: a determination unit configured to determine that the autonomous moving body has arrived at a waiting area on a current floor before the autonomous moving body gets on a car of the elevator; an orientation adjustment unit configured to adjust, when the determination unit determines that the autonomous moving body has arrived at the waiting area, an orientation of the autonomous moving body based on an exiting direction from the car on a destination floor; and a movement controller configured to cause, when the car arrives, the autonomous moving body to enter the car while maintaining the orientation adjusted by the orientation adjustment unit.