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External Recognition Apparatus and Excavation Machine Using External Recognition Apparatus

  • US 20160094806A1
  • Filed: 06/12/2015
  • Published: 03/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An external recognition apparatus comprising:

  • a three-dimensional distance measurement device configured to acquire distance information in a three-dimensional space in a predetermined region which is under a hydraulic shovel and which includes a region to be excavated by the hydraulic shovel;

    a plane surface estimation unit configured to estimate a plane surface in the predetermined region based on the distance information; and

    an excavation object region recognition unit configured to recognize the region to be excavated in the predetermined region based on the plane surface and the distance information.

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