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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroya Chiba, Fuji Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2005.12); G05D 1/00 (2023.12); G06V 10/141 (2021.12); G06V 10/60 (2021.12); G06V 20/58 (2021.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/06 (2012.12); G05D 1/0234 (2012.12); G05D 1/0246 (2012.12); G05D 1/0274 (2012.12); G06V 10/141 (2021.12); G06V 10/60 (2021.12); G06V 20/586 (2021.12); B60W 2556/40 (2020.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus for an object moving in a specific zone while recognizing one or more markers deployed in the specific zone by a camera. The control apparatus is configured to execute detecting whether or not that the specific zone or surroundings of the object is darker than a specified brightness, and when detecting that the specific zone or the surroundings of the object is darker than the specified brightness, operating a lighting device installed in the object to illuminate the one or more markers located around the object.