Patent №
US 8,897,917
Granted
2014-11-25
Filed 2011
Owner
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
Lab
—
AI components
2
kr · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13121995
An electronic controller defining an autonomous mobile device includes a self-location estimation unit to estimate a self-location based on a local map that is created according to distance/angle information relative to an object in the vicinity and the travel distance of an omni wheel, an environmental map creation unit to create an environmental map of a mobile area based on the self-location and the local map during the guided travel with using a joystick, a registration switch to register the self-location of the autonomous mobile device as the position coordinate of the setting point when the autonomous mobile device reaches a predetermined setting point during the guided travel, a storage unit to store the environmental map and the setting point, a route planning unit to plan the travel route by using the setting point on the environmental map stored in the storage unit, and a travel control unit to control the autonomous mobile device to autonomously travel along the travel route.
AI classification
Ownership
MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
assignment · 260540179
Assignors
TANAKA, SHOJI, NAKANO, TSUYOSHI
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.