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1. A system for controlling a vehicle to follow at least one person, the system including:
- a detection device for detecting a location of the at least one person;
a storage device for recording locations of the at least one person at a plurality of points in time;
a path determination device for determining a driveable path for the vehicle based on the recorded locations; and
a control device for operating said vehicle to follow location movements of said at least one person over the driveable path,wherein the detection device and the storage device are provided for detecting and storing location data for a plurality of persons and are configured to follow location movements of one person selected from amongst the plurality of persons,wherein the system is configured to select said one person to follow the location movements of based on a plurality of system operating modes, andwherein one of the plurality of system operating modes includes following a computed centroid of the plurality of persons, wherein the computed centroid is a point whose coordinates are mean values of the coordinates of all the plurality of persons.
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Abstract
A system for controlling a vehicle to follow at least one person includes a detection device for detecting a location of at least one person. The system further includes a storage device for recording locations of at least one person at a plurality of points in time, and a path determination device for determining a driveable path for a vehicle based on the recorded locations. The system further includes a control device for operating vehicle to follow one or more persons over the driveable path.
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1. A system for controlling a vehicle to follow at least one person, the system including:
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a detection device for detecting a location of the at least one person; a storage device for recording locations of the at least one person at a plurality of points in time; a path determination device for determining a driveable path for the vehicle based on the recorded locations; and a control device for operating said vehicle to follow location movements of said at least one person over the driveable path, wherein the detection device and the storage device are provided for detecting and storing location data for a plurality of persons and are configured to follow location movements of one person selected from amongst the plurality of persons, wherein the system is configured to select said one person to follow the location movements of based on a plurality of system operating modes, and wherein one of the plurality of system operating modes includes following a computed centroid of the plurality of persons, wherein the computed centroid is a point whose coordinates are mean values of the coordinates of all the plurality of persons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a vehicle to follow at least one person, the method comprising:
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detecting a location of a plurality of persons; recording locations of said plurality of persons at a plurality of points in time; selecting one person to follow location movements of from amongst the plurality of persons, wherein said one person is selected based on a plurality of system operating modes, and wherein one of the plurality of system operating modes includes following a computed centroid of the plurality of persons, wherein the computed centroid is a point whose coordinates are mean values of the coordinates of all the plurality of persons; determining a driveable path for the vehicle based on the recorded locations of said one person; and operating the vehicle to follow the location movements of said one person over the driveable path.
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of controlling a vehicle to follow at least one person, the method comprising:
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detecting a location of a plurality of persons; recording locations of said plurality of persons at a plurality of points in time; selecting one person to follow location movements of from amongst the plurality of persons, wherein said one person is selected based on a plurality of system operating modes, and wherein one of the plurality of system operating modes includes following a computed centroid of the plurality of persons, wherein the computed centroid is a point whose coordinates are mean values of the coordinates of all the plurality of persons; determining a driveable path for the vehicle based on the recorded locations of said one person; and operating the vehicle to follow the location movements of said one person over the driveable path.
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