Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous moving apparatus control system, autonomous moving apparatus control method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium
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Application No.: US16837327Application Date: 2020-04-01
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Publication No.: US11550332B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Tomohisa Takai , Yuhei Yamaguchi , Satoshi Toyoshima , Yuta Watanabe , Mikio Honda , Shiro Oda , Tetsuya Taira , Nobuhisa Otsuki
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JPJP2019-090775 20190513
- Main IPC: G01C22/00
- IPC: G01C22/00 ; G05D3/00 ; G05D1/02 ; B66B1/34

Abstract:
An autonomous moving apparatus control system including a range sensor, a reflection plate, and a control unit. The range sensor is installed in a cage of an elevator and detects a distance to an object by receiving reflected light of signal light applied to the object. The reflection plate is disposed in an elevator hall of a floor on which the elevator stops, and reflects the signal light. The control unit determines whether or not a mobile robot, which is an autonomous moving apparatus, can get on and off the elevator based on a detected distance, the detected distance being a distance to the reflection plate detected by the range sensor.
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