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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1994
Yasuhiko Miyamoto, Omiya, JP;
Toshihiro Nagano, Omiya, JP;
Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a extending boundary between fields mowed and not mowed by an cutting blade mechanism of an autonomous vehicle for the mowing of lawn grass, comprises a plurality of rocking members provided to be aligned in a lateral direction of the vehicle under a body of the vehicle, a plurality of rocking condition sensors provided to detect rocking conditions of the respective rocking members, and a control unit provided to determine a boundary between a rocking member rocked by taller lawn grass and a rocking member not rocked as the boundary between the mowed field and not mowed field in response to signals from the rocking condition sensors. There is further provided a method for shifting the vehicle to a ready position of a next lane to be mowed in the work area based on the result of the detection by the boundary detecting apparatus.