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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2014
Pixart Imaging Inc., Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Chia-Cheun Liang, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Ming-Tsan Kao, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Yi-Hsien Ko, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Hsin-Chia Chen, Hsin-Chu County, TW;
PIXART IMAGING INC., Hsin-Chu County, TW;
Abstract
There is provided a mobile carrier and an auto following system using the mobile carrier. The mobile carrier is capable of capturing at least an image of a guiding light source and automatically following the guiding light source based on the captured image of the guiding light source. The mobile carrier is further disposed with a mobile light source for a remote image sensing device to capture an image of the mobile light source while the mobile carrier cannot capture the image of the guiding light source, so that the mobile carrier can be guided by a control signal provided according to the captured image of the mobile light source.