Vehicle

Abstract

A vehicle automatically drives along a driving course having objects located around the vehicle. The vehicle includes a vehicle main body, a distance measurement sensor, a map data recording unit, an approximate line calculation unit, and a position and attitude calculating unit. The distance measurement sensor is provided in the vehicle main body, and measures distances to objects located around the vehicle. The map data recording unit stores map data recording objects located around the vehicle in the driving course. The approximate line calculation unit calculates approximate lines, based on a set of position data obtained with a one-time scanning of the distance measurement sensor. The position and attitude calculating unit performs a matching check between the approximate lines and the map data, thereby calculating the position and attitude of the vehicle main body.

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