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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2024
Ihi Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
IHI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An obstacle detection controller of an articulated vehicle is configured to calculate a surrounding area in a turning direction of a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle, calculate a passage prediction area, calculate an area in which the surrounding area and the passage prediction area overlap as a monitoring area, and output an obstacle detection information indicating that an obstacle that may be entrapped by a turning of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle has been detected, in response to the obstacle detected by an obstacle sensor being detected within the monitoring area.
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