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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:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B66F 9/06 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); B66F 9/063 (2013.01); B66F 9/0755 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01);
Abstract
A movable body that moves automatically includes a plurality of sensors configured to detect an obstacle in a periphery of the movable body, a selection information acquisition unit configured to acquire selection information indicating a sensor, of the plurality of sensors, to be used for detection of the obstacle, the sensor being set based on a relationship between a reference position of the obstacle and a position of the movable body, and a detection control unit configured to cause the sensor indicated by the selection information to detect the obstacle, and identify a position of the obstacle from a detection result of the obstacle.