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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Applicant:
Hidehiro Takeoka, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Hidehiro Takeoka, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A traveling vehicle is equipped with an obstacle sensor to detect a distance to an obstacle and an orientation relative to the obstacle. A map of a travel route of the traveling vehicle is stored. A detection area where deceleration of the traveling vehicle is required if there is any obstacle in the detection area is repeatedly generated based on the position of the traveling vehicle from the map. Among obstacles detected by the obstacle sensor, an obstacle in the detection area is detected. Deceleration control of the traveling vehicle is implemented to prevent interference with the detected obstacle.