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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuya Furukawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 40/12 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/0018 (2020.02); B60W 40/12 (2013.01); B60W 60/0016 (2020.02); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/584 (2022.01); B60W 2554/4042 (2020.02); B60W 2554/804 (2020.02); B60W 2556/45 (2020.02);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a sensor circuit configured to detect an obstacle in a first region which is located on the predetermined traveling route and in a second region which is adjacent to the first region on the predetermined traveling route, the second region being farther than the first region. The vehicle enters the first region in a case where: there is no obstacle in the first region; and there is no obstacle in the second region, and does not enter the first region and stops before the first region in a case where: there is no obstacle in the first region; and there is an obstacle in the second region.