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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60W 30/10 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); B60W 30/165 (2020.01); B60W 30/16 (2020.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 30/10 (2013.01); B60W 30/14 (2013.01); B60W 30/16 (2013.01); B60W 30/165 (2013.01); B60W 60/0015 (2020.02); B60W 60/0027 (2020.02); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); H01L 21/67715 (2013.01); H01L 21/67727 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A traveling vehicle travels along a traveling path and includes a main body, a traveler to allow a main body to travel along the traveling path, an LED array provided at the main body to switch a display manner according to a state of the traveling vehicle, an imager to capture an image of the LED array at a traveling vehicle located ahead of the traveling vehicle, and a controller configured or programmed to acquire a state of the traveling vehicle ahead based on the display manner captured by the imager, and to control the traveler of the traveling vehicle based on the acquired state.