Work system
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroaki KIYOKAMI
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Abstract
A processor is configured to set a monitoring region including at least a part of a movable region of a work device outside a vehicle, and a detection device is configured to detect information on the vicinity of the vehicle. Here, the processor is configured to, when it is determined that an obstacle has entered the monitoring region or it is predicted that an obstacle will enter the monitoring region based on a detection result of the detection device and when a work mode is not an emergency mode, control the work device such that the work device switches the work mode to the emergency mode.
Claims9
A work system comprising:
- a work device mounted on a vehicle and configured to execute work in a vicinity of the vehicle, the work device being configured to operate while switching between a plurality of work modes including a normal mode which is a normal work mode and a first emergency mode which is set such that the work device executes the work more safely than in the normal mode during a predefined emergency;
- a detection device configured to detect information on the vicinity of the vehicle;
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- a processor configured to set a first monitoring region including at least a part of a movable region of the work device outside the vehicle, wherein the processor is configured to, when it is determined that an obstacle has entered the first monitoring region or it is predicted that an obstacle will enter the first monitoring region based on a detection result of the detection device and when the work mode is not the first emergency mode, control the work device such that the work device switches the work mode to the first emergency mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.