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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuhisa Kinto, Amagasaki, JP;
Kyoko Nakamura, Toyonaka, JP;
Yuichi Kawakami, Itami, JP;
Nobukazu Kawagoe, Toyonaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180204 ; 180274 ; 31856812 ; 31856816 ; 901-3 ;
Abstract
When an autonomous vehicle detects an interruption in a wall, a plurality of optical distance measurement sensors provided in a driving unit measures the distance to a plurality of points of an object of interest located ahead. The configuration of the object of interest located ahead is recognized from the obtained distance information and from the attached angle of each optical distance measurement sensor to determine the subsequent operation of the autonomous vehicle.