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PURPOSE: A vehicle radar misdetection information eliminating apparatus and a method thereof are provided to effectively eliminate random misdetection information when a difference of an azimuth and a distance received from a plurality of radars is out of a predetermined range. CONSTITUTION: A misdetection information elimination apparatus(100) comprises vehicle radars(102,104) and a controller(120). The vehicle radar detects an identical object of a front side by being closely arranged on upper and lower sides in order to monitor an identical region. The controller compares and analyzes detection information transmitted from the two radars by being connected to the two vehicle radars. A detection information receiving part of the controller receives the detection information with respect to the identical object of the front side from the two vehicle radars. The detection information process part of the controller respectively compares azimuths and distances of the detection information with respect to the identical object. Misdetection information is determined when the detection information is not included in a predetermined range.
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PURPOSE: A route updating method for avoiding a collision between autonomous vehicles and an apparatus using the same are provided to avoid the collision by reducing a calculation amount required to avoid the collision. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of 2D radar(LADAR) detects geographic information which includes obstacles arranged near a travel route of an autonomous vehicle. A navigation-processing computer(20) processes position, posture, and velocity information of the autonomous vehicle using navigation information from a compass(23), an inertial navigation system(22), or a global positioning system(21). A 2D LADAR processing computer(30) acquires obstacle information by processing the navigation information from the navigation-processing computer and the geographic information acquired by the 2D LADAR. A path control computer(40) performs a collision avoidance process in a reconfigurable mode after removing a path point by utilizing the obstacle information from the 2D LADAR processing computer.
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PURPOSE: A topography sensor assembly and an autonomous mobile platform including the same are provided to optimize a three dimensional space modeling process by relatively rotating radar driving units equipped with radars. CONSTITUTION: A first radar driving unit(126a) and a second radar driving unit(126b) are combined with the outer circumferential surface of a rotary driving unit(120). The radar driving units rotate with the rotary driving unit. A first radar(122) is arranged in the first radar driving unit and senses a distance between a main body and a target object and topographical information in a first region. A second radar(123) is arranged in the second radar driving unit senses a distance between a main body and a target object and topographical information in a second region. A part of the second region is overlapped with the first region.
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PURPOSE: A calibration device, system and method of a laser sensor and camera are provided to make direct coordinate conversion between image information and distance information using transformation matrix. CONSTITUTION: A calibration device of a laser sensor and camera comprises a laser sensor(10) and a calibration module. The laser sensor senses distance information. The calibration module produces the correspondence of the distance information and image information and performs calibration of a laser sensor and camera(20). The calibration module comprises a planar member(110) and a controller. The planar member is arranged within a shooting area in order to be taken by the camera. The controller converts coordinate between the distance information and image information by using a planar member image of image information and a rate of planar member one side and cross line segment.
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Disclosed are a steering control device of an autonomous vehicle, an autonomous vehicle having the same, and a steering control method of an autonomous vehicle. The steering control method comprises receiving a position of an autonomous vehicle, and a first heading angle of the autonomous vehicle with respect to the north; calculating a second heading angle of the autonomous vehicle toward a tracking waypoint based on the position of the autonomous vehicle, and computing a rotation radius of the autonomous vehicle with respect to the tracking waypoint; calculating a yaw rate based on a speed of the autonomous vehicle and the computed rotation radius, and generating a steering command corresponding to the calculated yaw rate; and compensating for the steering command based on the first and second heading angles.
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PURPOSE: A steering control device of the autonomic mobile unit, an autonomic mobile car including the same and a steering control method of the autonomic mobile car are provided to generate a steering command in real time through a small data processing. CONSTITUTION: A steering control method of the autonomic mobile car comprises the following steps. The first heading angle of the autonomic mobile car about the location of the autonomic mobile unit and north are received(S100). The second heading angle of the autonomic mobile unit facing the following way point based on the location of the autonomic mobile unit is produced. The radius of rotation of the autonomic mobile unit about the following way point is computed(S200). The yaw rate which follows the radius of rotation using the calculated radius of rotation and the speed of the autonomic mobile unit is calculated. The steering command corresponding to the calculated yaw rate is generated(S300). The steering command is compensated using the first and second heading angles(S400).
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PURPOSE: An autonomous mobile apparatus and a collision avoiding method thereof are provided to reliably predict the moving route of mobile obstacles and avoid the collision against the obstacles. CONSTITUTION: A plurality of wheels(300) are installed in the body of an autonomous mobile apparatus. An absolute position recognition unit(210) recognizes the absolute position of the autonomous mobile apparatus and the absolute position of an obstacle as regular time intervals. An obstacle moving route calculation unit(240) calculates the moving route of an obstacle using the absolute position of the obstacle recognized at regular time intervals and cubic function. An obstacle position calculation unit(250) computes the expected position of the obstacle at the specific point of time using the moving route and speed of the obstacle. A control unit(220) determines the probability of a collision against the obstacle and drives the wheels with controlled direction and speed in order to avoid the collision.
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PURPOSE: A portable robot controller and a robot control system with the same are provided to allow the user to select robot control method suitable for the current peripheral environment. CONSTITUTION: A portable robot controller comprises a mobile terminal(110) which indicates information about images captured by a robot(200) and the operation state of the robot and receives robot control commands, an operation device(120) which receives detailed commands related to the robot control commands and transmits them to the mobile terminal, and a wireless communication device(130) which receives the image information and operation state information from the robot and transmits them to the mobile terminal. The operation device includes a main body of joystick type in which a wireless communication module is installed and a handle is formed in a part, an operation part which is formed on the main body to receive the detailed commands, and a state indicator which is installed on one side of the main body to display the state of the operation device. The operation part includes a switch which is attached to the handle to function like a trigger.