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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Kiyokami, Nisshin, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 13/48 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B66C 23/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 13/48 (2013.01); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/178 (2019.05); B66C 23/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A processor is configured to set a monitoring region including at least a part of a movable region of a work device outside a vehicle, and a detection device is configured to detect information on the vicinity of the vehicle. Here, the processor is configured to, when it is determined that an obstacle has entered the monitoring region or it is predicted that an obstacle will enter the monitoring region based on a detection result of the detection device and when a work mode is not an emergency mode, control the work device such that the work device switches the work mode to the emergency mode.