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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Aichi Steel Corporation, Tokai, JP;
Michiharu Yamamoto, Tokai, JP;
Hitoshi Aoyama, Tokai, JP;
AICHI STEEL CORPORATION, Tokai, JP;
Abstract
A diagnostic vehicle () which diagnoses operation situations of magnetic markers () laid in or on a traveling road so as to be magnetically detectable by a vehicle includes sensor unit () which obtains a one-dimensional magnetic distribution by measuring a magnitude of magnetism with which any of magnetic markers () acts therearound, line sensor camera () which obtains a marker image, which is one-dimensional image information, by imaging magnetic marker (), and diagnosing unit () which determines the presence or absence of a flaw in magnetic marker () based on a comparison between a magnetic distribution and the marker image.