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US 12,578,732 · App. 18/666,966 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Control device, moving object, and control method

Inventors: Go Inoue (Gotemba, JP); Noritsugu Iwazaki (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Yoshinori Watanabe (Isehara, JP); Takeshi Kanou (Seto, JP); Yuki Okamoto (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Daiki Yokoyama (Miyoshi, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G05D1/2446G05D1/249G05D2107/70
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Patent No.
US 12,578,732
App. No.
18/666,966
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection result by a detector, wherein the detector is mounted on a moving object movable by unmanned driving; a determination unit configured to determine a landmark to be detected by the detector, wherein the landmark is located outside the moving object; and a control unit configured to move the moving object by unmanned driving, wherein the control unit performs different processing for moving the moving object depending on whether or not the landmark determined by the determination unit is included in the detection result.

Claims (36)

1 . A control device, comprising:

a memory that stores a program; and

one or more processors that execute the program stored in the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:

acquire a detection result by a detector, wherein the detector is mounted on a moving object movable by unmanned driving, wherein the moving object is one of a plurality of moving objects;

determine a landmark intended to be detected by the detector, wherein the landmark intended to be detected is located outside a target moving object, wherein the target moving object is one of the plurality of moving objects; and

perform different processing for moving the moving object depending on whether or not the landmark intended to be detected is included in the detection result,

wherein

the landmark intended to be detected is determined using position information indicative of a position of a moving object intended to be moved and position information indicative of a position of the landmark, such that the landmark intended to be detected is provided in a place where the moving object intended to be moved is located,

wherein when the landmark intended to be detected, is included in the detection result, start moving the moving object,

wherein when (i) the landmark intended to be detected, is not included in the detection result, and (ii) a different landmark than the landmark intended to be detected is included in the detection result, cancel moving of the moving object.

2 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

based upon the determination that the landmark intended to be detected, is not included in the detection result, the one or more processors executes at least one of a process of notifying occurrence of abnormality, a process of changing a speed of the moving object, and a process of stopping unmanned driving for the moving object.

3 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the detector is a camera, and

the landmark is a two-dimensional code.

4 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the landmark is a projection image projected by a projection device located outside the moving object, and

the one or more processors controls the projection device.

5 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors determine a direction of the landmark detected by the detector with respect to the moving body, and

the one or more processors perform different processing for moving the moving object when the landmark intended to be detected is included in the detection result, depending on whether or not the landmark included in the detection result is located in the direction of the landmark.

6 . A moving object movable by unmanned driving, comprising:

a detector configured to detect a landmark located outside the moving object;

a memory that stores a program;

a processor that executes the program stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a landmark intended to be detected by the detector; and

perform different processing for moving the moving object depending on whether or not the landmark intended to be detected is included in a detection result by the detector,

determine the landmark intended to be detected using position information indicative of a position of a moving object intended to be moved, and position information indicative of a position of the landmark, such that the landmark intended to be detected is provided in the place where the moving object intended to be moved is located,

wherein when the landmark intended to be detected is included in the detection result, the one or more processors start moving the moving object,

wherein when (i) the landmark intended to be detected, is not included in the detection result, and (ii) a different landmark than the landmark intended to be detected is included in the detection result, cancel moving of the moving object.

7 . A control method, comprising:

acquiring a detection result by a detector, wherein the detector is mounted on a moving object movable by unmanned driving;

determining a landmark intended to be detected by the detector, wherein the landmark intended to be detected is located outside the moving object; and

performing different processing for moving the moving object depending on whether or not the landmark intended to be detected is included in the detection result,

wherein the landmark intended to be detected is determined using position information indicative of a position of a moving object intended to be moved, and position information indicative of a position of the landmark, such that the landmark intended to be detected is provided in the place where the moving object intended to be moved is located,

wherein when the landmark intended to be detected is included in the detection result, start moving the moving object, and

wherein when (i) the landmark intended to be detected, is not included in the detection result, and (ii) a different landmark than the landmark intended to be detected is included in the detection result, cancel moving of the moving object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2024
From: INOUE, GO; IWAZAKI, NORITSUGU; WATANABE, YOSHINORI; KANOU, TAKESHI; OKAMOTO, YUKI; YOKOYAMA, DAIKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 067444/0977 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2023-089963 · May 31, 2023 · national
JP 2024-005278 · Jan 17, 2024 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240402723A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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