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Control device of an autonomously moving body and evaluation method for data thereof

US5307419A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 1991
Grant dateApr 26, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0274
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A control device of an autonomously moving body according to the present invention comprises at least one image pickup unit which picks up the image of a moving road of an automatically moving body; an image processing unit which processes a plurality of image data outputted from the image pickup unit and detects and outputs the condition of said moving read, or an outside information obtaining unit which obtains environmental information other than image; a storage means which stores data outputted from said image processing unit or said outside information obtaining means; a data control section which corrects said data stored in said storage means to data of an arbitrary time and position; a data evaluating section which integrates a plurality of data outputted from said data control section into one moving road data; and a control section which controls the movement of the autonomously moving body according to the moving road data outputted from said data evaluating section.

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