AUTONOMOUS TRAVELING APPARATUS AND ROUTE DESIGNATION METHOD

• Main Author: OKAMOTO TAKEO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.05.2023
• Subjects: CONTROLLING; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES

To automatically and easily designate an autonomous traveling route when changing traveling methods from an inductive traveling method to an autonomous traveling method.SOLUTION: An autonomous traveling apparatus 1 includes a route detection unit 2 that detects an inductive traveling route laid on a path, a trigger detection unit 3 that detects a trigger disposed on the inductive traveling route, an inductive traveling control unit 12 that controls inductive traveling on the basis of the inductive traveling route and trigger, a route designation unit 14 that designates an autonomous traveling route on the basis of a result of traveling along the inductive traveling route, and designates a virtual trigger on the autonomous traveling route on the basis of the detected position of the trigger, and an autonomous traveling control unit 15 that controls autonomous traveling on the basis of the autonomous traveling route and virtual trigger.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】誘導走行式から自律走行式への置き換えにあたって、自律走行経路を自動的且つ簡易的に設定する。【解決手段】自律走行装置１は、路上に敷設された誘導走行経路を検知する経路検知部２と、誘導走行経路上に配置されたトリガを検知するトリガ検知部３と、誘導走行経路及びトリガに基づいて誘導走行を制御する誘導走行制御部１２と、誘導走行経路の走行結果に基づいて自律走行経路を設定すると共に、トリガの検知位置に基づいて自律走行経路上に仮想トリガを設定する経路設定部１４と、自律走行経路及び仮想トリガに基づいて自律走行を制御する自律走行制御部１５と、を備える。【選択図】図１