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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihisa Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/323 (2013.01); B60Q 1/507 (2022.05); B60Q 1/543 (2022.05); B60Q 2900/50 (2022.05);
Abstract
A first marker group is mounted on a front face of a vehicle. A second marker group MGis mounted on a rear face of the vehicle. A third marker group is mounted on a left-side face of the vehicle. A fourth marker group is mounted on a right-side face of the vehicle. Each marker group includes at least one marker. Each marker is designed to have at least one from among the shape, spatial pattern, temporal pattern, color, reflection ratio, luminance, and layout defined so as to allow a sensing system mounted on another vehicle to acquire information with respect to the vehicle in the sensing operation thereof.