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US 9,871,957 B2Granted
Environment recognition unit and robot
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroaki Ono, Yasuhiro Yamasaki, Ryuma Ujino, Minami Asatani
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Abstract
An environment recognition unit (20a) includes a frame (201), cameras (202) arranged on a front side in the frame (201), a camera control circuit (207) disposed on a back side in the frame (201), a pair of LRFs (205) arranged laterally to the frame (201). The frame (201) includes a first duct (208) provided adjacent to the camera control circuit (207), and a second duct (210) provided adjacent to the cameras (202).
Claims10
An environment recognition unit comprising:
- a frame;
- a camera disposed at a forward side in the frame and configured to capture an image in a forward direction from the frame;
- a control circuit disposed at a backward side in the frame, at a position backward from the camera, and configured to control the camera;
- a pair of distance sensors arranged at sides of the frame;
- a first cooling mechanism provided adjacent to the control circuit at the backward side in the frame;
- and
- a second cooling mechanism provided adjacent to the camera at the forward side in the frame.
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A robot comprising:
- a base;
- an environment recognition unit;
- and
- a coupling mechanism configured to rotatably couple the environment recognition unit to the base,
- wherein the environment recognition unit includes
- a frame,
- a camera disposed at a forward side in the frame and configured to capture an image in a forward direction from the frame,
- a control circuit disposed at a backward side in the frame, at a position backward from the camera, and configured to control the camera,
- a pair of distance sensors arranged at sides of the frame,
- a first cooling mechanism provided adjacent to the control circuit at the backward side in the frame, and
- a second cooling mechanism provided adjacent to the camera at the forward side in the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.