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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoso Masaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Maki, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Naka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuto Shirane, Tokyo, JP;
Kohsei Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems, Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Position identification means () for estimating the position of a mobile robot () includes a laser distance sensor () that measures a distance from the mobile robot () to an object, means for recognizing an object from data of the measured distance from the mobile robot () to the object and map data, travel area storage means () for storing a travel area of the mobile robot (), specified area storage means () for storing a specified area that is separate from the travel area of the mobile robot (), and object determination means () for determining whether an object is present within the travel area of the mobile robot () that is stored in the travel area storage means ().