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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Igor E. Paromtchik, Saitama, JP;
Hajime Asama, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Riken, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 ;
Abstract
In order to set target positions in the case where mobile bodies such as mobile robots transfer in accordance with a manner different from that of the prior art, a method for instructing such target positions of at least one or more of the mobile bodies contained movably in a predetermined environment comprises light beacons being produced by a light beam projecting device in a surface on which the mobile bodies are to be transferred, whereby the target positions towards which the mobile bodies are to be transferred being instructed.