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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Hideo Shitamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nakano, Kyoto, JP;
Shoji Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Murata Machinery, Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An autonomous mobile body includes a storage unit arranged to store a size Dof the autonomous mobile body, a laser range sensor arranged to acquire obstacle information, an obstacle identification unit arranged to identify, based on the acquired obstacle information, edge points indicating positions of both ends of a region in which an interfering obstacle exists, the both ends being both ends on a plane parallel or substantially parallel to a passage plane in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a moving target direction of the autonomous mobile body, a direction setting unit arranged to set a pull-off direction based on the size Dof the autonomous mobile body and the edge points, and a mobile controller arranged and programmed to control the autonomous mobile body to move toward the pull-off direction.