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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

May. 17, 2023
Applicant:

Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Junichi Yuasa, Sakai, JP;

Shunsuke Miyashita, Sakai, JP;

Takuya Tamai, Sakai, JP;

Shunsuke Edo, Sakai, JP;

Ryo Kurata, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:

KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/027 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile machine movable between multiple rows of trees includes one or more sensors to output sensor data indicating a distribution of objects in a surrounding environment of the mobile machine, and a data generator. While performing localization, the data generator is configured or programmed to detect trunks of the rows of trees in the surrounding environment of the mobile machine based on the sensor data that is repeatedly output from the one or more sensors, and generate local map data from which to generate environment map data indicating a distribution of the detected trunks of the rows of trees and record the local map data to a storage.


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