TRANSPORTER VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTER VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
1. A transporter vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle;
an object detection device which includes a detection area at a front side of the vehicle and detects an object at the front side of the vehicle;
a process system which performs a process for reducing damage caused by a collision;
a specific detection area setting unit which sets a specific detection area having a width of a first dimension in a width direction of the vehicle and a length of a second dimension in a traveling direction of the vehicle in the detection area;
a collision determination unit which determines whether the object exists in the specific detection area based on a detection result of the object detection device; and
a control unit which outputs a signal for reducing damage caused by the collision to the process system based on a determination result of the collision determination unit.
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Abstract
A transporter vehicle includes: a vehicle; an object detection device which includes a detection area at a front side of the vehicle and detects an object at the front side of the vehicle; a process system capable of performing a process for reducing damage caused by a collision; a specific detection area setting unit which sets a specific detection area having a width of a first dimension in a width direction of the vehicle and a length of a second dimension in a traveling direction of the vehicle in the detection area; a collision determination unit which determines whether an object exists in the specific detection area based on a detection result of the object detection device; and a control unit which outputs a signal for reducing damage caused by the collision to the process system based on a determination result of the collision determination unit.
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19 Claims
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1. A transporter vehicle comprising:
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a vehicle; an object detection device which includes a detection area at a front side of the vehicle and detects an object at the front side of the vehicle; a process system which performs a process for reducing damage caused by a collision; a specific detection area setting unit which sets a specific detection area having a width of a first dimension in a width direction of the vehicle and a length of a second dimension in a traveling direction of the vehicle in the detection area; a collision determination unit which determines whether the object exists in the specific detection area based on a detection result of the object detection device; and a control unit which outputs a signal for reducing damage caused by the collision to the process system based on a determination result of the collision determination unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A transporter vehicle comprising:
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a vehicle; an object detection device which includes a detection area at a front side of the vehicle and detects an object at the front side of the vehicle; a process system capable of performing a process for reducing damage caused by a collision; a specific detection area setting unit which sets a specific detection area having a width of a first dimension in a width direction of the vehicle and a length of a second dimension in a traveling direction of the vehicle in the detection area; a collision determination unit which determines whether the object exists in the specific detection area based on a detection result of the object detection device; and a control unit which outputs a signal for reducing damage caused by the collision to the process system based on a determination result of the collision determination unit, wherein the first dimension includes a dimension of a vehicle width of the vehicle, and wherein the specific detection area setting unit changes a shape of the specific detection area based on a traveling condition of the vehicle.
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19. A transporter vehicle control method comprising:
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detecting an object at a front side of a transporter vehicle by an object detection device which is provided in the transporter vehicle and includes a detection area at the front side of the transporter vehicle; setting a specific detection area having a width of a first dimension in a width direction of the vehicle and a length of a second dimension in a traveling direction of the vehicle in the detection area based on a detection result of the object detection device; determining whether an object exists in the specific detection area based on the detection result of the object detection device; and outputting a signal for reducing damage caused by a collision to a process system capable of performing a process for reducing the damage caused by the collision based on a determination result of the collision determination unit.
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