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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Akashi, JP;
Hiroshi Ishii, Akashi, JP;
Taro Iwamoto, Akashi, JP;
Takeshi Nakajima, Akashi, JP;
Kazuya Nagasaka, Kobe, JP;
Atsushi Sano, Kobe, JP;
Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi, JP;
Abstract
A utility vehicle includes: a travel structure including a front wheel, a rear wheel, a steering structure mounted to the front wheel, and a drive source that drives the front wheel and/or the rear wheel; circuitry that controls the travel structure to effect autonomous travel without manned operation in a given travel area; a route setter that sets a travel route for the autonomous travel; a vehicle location detector that detects a location of the utility vehicle; and a target detector that detects a monitoring target in the travel area. In case that the monitoring target is detected at a location during the autonomous travel, the circuitry stores the location of the monitoring target as history information. The route setter sets a reference point at the location where the monitoring target was detected and sets the travel route based on the reference point.