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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2021
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Pioneer Smart Sensing Innovations Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kato, Kawagoe, JP;
Takeshi Koda, Kawagoe, JP;
Masahiro X Kato, Kawagoe, JP;
Akira Gotoda, Kawagoe, JP;
Kunio Shiratori, Tokyo, JP;
PIONEER CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
PIONEER SMART SENSING INNOVATIONS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The controllerof the information processing deviceis configured to acquire measurement data of a feature measured by a lidarprovided on a ship and measurement data of a water surface. In addition, the controllersis configured to acquire information regarding a height of the feature from a river map DB. Then, the controlleris configured to acquire highest point information IH regarding a height of the highest point of the ship from a reference position of the ship. Then, the controlleris configured to calculate a ship highest point height based on the measurement data of the feature, the measurement data of the water surface, the information regarding the height of the feature, and the highest point information IH.