Autonomous locomotion apparatus, autonomous locomotion method, and program for autonomous locomotion apparatus
US9079307B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/40203
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The autonomous locomotion apparatus has a human information acquisition unit which detects a person. When there is probability of contact between the detected person and the autonomous locomotion apparatus based on movement information of the person, the autonomous locomotion apparatus controls a traveling speed or a rotational speed of the autonomous locomotion apparatus to perform a guide operation which presents a path of the autonomous locomotion apparatus which is intended to cause the person to predict, so that it causes the person to avoid the path without giving the person a sense of uneasiness.
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