Sensing device, moving body system, and sensing method
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsNaoki Yoshitake, Keiki Matsuura, Yoshitaka Tsurukame
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Abstract
A sensing device detects an object in a blind spot in a surrounding environment of a mobile body. The sensing device includes a distance measurer, a detector, and a controller. The distance measurer acquires distance information indicating a distance from the mobile body to the surrounding environment. The detector detects the object in the blind spot. The controller controls operation of the detector. The controller detects the blind spot in the surrounding environment, based on the distance information acquired by the distance measurer. The controller controls precision at which the detector is caused to detect the object in the blind spot, according to a distance to the blind spot.
Claims13
A sensing method of detecting an object in a blind spot in a surrounding environment of a moving body, the sensing method comprising:
- acquiring, by a distance measurer, distance information indicating a distance from the moving body to the surrounding environment;
- detecting, by a controller, the blind spot in the surrounding environment and a distance to the blind spot, based on the distance information;
- controlling, by the controller, precision at which a detector is caused to detect the object in the blind spot according to the detected distance to the blind spot with a distance to the object being unmeasured by the distance measurer;
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- detecting, by the detector, the object in the blind spot at the precision.
A sensing device for detecting an object in a blind spot in a surrounding environment of a moving body, the sensing device comprising:
- a distance measurer configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance from the moving body to the surrounding environment;
- a detector configured to detect the object in the blind spot;
- and
- a controller configured to control operation of the detector,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- detect the blind spot in the surrounding environment, based on the distance information acquired by the distance measurer;
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- control precision at which the detector is caused to detect the object in the blind spot according to a distance to the detected blind spot,
- the sensing device further comprises a speed receiver configured to acquire a speed of the moving body, and
- wherein the controller is configured to set the precision based on a braking distance of the moving body according to the speed and the distance to the blind spot.
A sensing device for detecting an object in a blind spot in a surrounding environment of a moving body, the sensing device comprising:
- a distance measurer configured to acquire distance information indicating a distance from the moving body to the surrounding environment;
- a detector configured to detect the object in the blind spot;
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- a controller configured to control operation of the detector,
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- detect the blind spot in the surrounding environment and a distance to the blind spot, based on the distance information acquired by the distance measurer;
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- control precision, at which the detector is caused to detect the object in the blind spot, according to the detected distance to the blind spot with a distance to the object being unmeasured by the distance measurer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.