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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Tomohisa Takai, Nagoya, JP;
Yuhei Yamaguchi, Toyota, JP;
Satoshi Toyoshima, Okazaki, JP;
Yuta Watanabe, Toyota, JP;
Tetsuya Taira, Nagakute, JP;
Mikio Honda, Toyota, JP;
Shiro Oda, Anjo, JP;
Nobuhisa Otsuki, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A control system controls an operation mode of a mobile robot that autonomously moves in a predetermined area, and includes a feature detection unit, a classifying unit, and a system controller. The feature detection unit detects features of a person who is present in the vicinity of the mobile robot. The classifying unit classifies the person into a predetermined first group or a predetermined second group based on the features. The system controller selects a first operation mode when the person who belongs to the first group is present in the vicinity of the mobile robot and selects a second operation mode that is different from the first operation mode when the person who belongs to the first group is not present in the vicinity of the mobile robot, thereby controlling the mobile robot.