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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 01, 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 apparatus control system including a range sensor, a reflection plate, and a control unit. The range sensor is installed in a cage of an elevator and detects a distance to an object by receiving reflected light of signal light applied to the object. The reflection plate is disposed in an elevator hall of a floor on which the elevator stops, and reflects the signal light. The control unit determines whether or not a mobile robot, which is an autonomous moving apparatus, can get on and off the elevator based on a detected distance, the detected distance being a distance to the reflection plate detected by the range sensor.