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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Kenjiro Yamamoto, Matsudo, JP;
Saku Egawa, Toride, JP;
Takashi Tsubouchi, Tsukuba, JP;
Jae Hoon Lee, Tsukuba, JP;
Inventors:
Kenjiro Yamamoto, Matsudo, JP;
Saku Egawa, Toride, JP;
Takashi Tsubouchi, Tsukuba, JP;
Jae Hoon Lee, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A moving device () determines an obstacle virtual existence region () of a simple graphic approximating a detected obstacle () to detect the obstacle () in a real time and determine a smooth avoidance path by calculation, thereby performing collision prediction.