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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2020
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takamori Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device and a method for performing control to change a flexible virtual bumper for maintaining a space between a mobile object and an obstacle to be equal to or larger than a predetermined distance are enabled. A data processing unit that executes control to change the flexible virtual bumper for maintaining the space between the mobile object and the obstacle to be equal to or larger than the predetermined distance, and a drive unit that drives the mobile object in such a way that no obstacle enters the flexible virtual bumper are included. The data processing unit executes control to change the flexible virtual bumper at least either in size or shape. For each one of a plurality of travel route candidates for the mobile object, the data processing unit executes a simulation of changing the bumper size in such a way that no obstacle enters the flexible virtual bumper, and selects a safe travel route.