Moving body anti-collision device and moving body with the same

• US 8,855,910 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2011
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Any Co. Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Any Co. Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Fukawa, Yasurou
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Tuan C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kan, Yuri
• Application Number:
  US13/315,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150405A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 340/286.1, 340/906, 340/907, 340/988, 340/435, 340/905, 342/22, 342/27, 342/33, 342/36, 342/42, 342/59, 342/60, 342/61, 342/73, 342/104, 342/118, 342/70, 342/194, 342/451, 343/700.R, 343/810, 343/819, 343/826, 701/1, 701/33, 701/2, 701/25, 701/26, 701/31.4, 701/33.6, 701/70, 701/96, 701/301, 701/414, 455/411, 709/225
• US Class Current: 701/301
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 11/06 using intensity measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 3/28 using amplitude comparison of signals derived simultaneously from receiving antennas or antenna systems having differently-oriented directivity characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/12 by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/163 involving continuous checking

Abstract

A moving body anti-collision device is disclosed that is able to accurately determine a relative position between moving bodies in a small area and efficiently prevent collisions between moving bodies. The moving body anti-collision device includes a transmission unit that transmits a detection wave, a driving unit that generates a driving signal to drive the transmission unit, a receiving unit that receives a detection wave sent from a transmission unit on other moving body, a calculation unit that calculates a relative position of the moving body relative to the other moving body according to an intensity of the detection wave sent from the other moving body and received by the receiving unit, and a collision determining unit that determines, according to a calculation result given by the calculating unit, whether the moving body collide with the other moving body.

Claims

1. A moving body anti-collision device that is provided on a moving body and transmits signals to or receives signals from another moving body, comprising:

a transmission unit that transmits a first detection wave;

a driving unit that is connected to the transmission unit and generates a driving signal to drive the transmission unit;

a first receiving unit that receives a second detection wave sent from a transmission unit provided on the other moving body;

a calculation unit that calculates a position of the moving body relative to the other moving body based on an intensity of the second detection wave received by the first receiving unit, information included in the second detection wave indicating the transmission intensity of the second detection wave, and an intensity-distance curve, wherein, in the intensity-distance curve, the intensity of the second detection wave decreases as a propagation distance increases; and

a collision determining unit that determines, based on a calculation result given by the calculating unit, whether the moving body collides with the other moving body,

wherein transmission intensity of the second detection wave is set in the other moving body based on a speed at which the other moving body travels.

2. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the driving unit drives the transmission unit to transmit the first detection wave with a predetermined transmission intensity.

3. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the driving unit drives the transmission unit to transmit the first detection wave with a variable transmission intensity.

4. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the calculating unit calculates a distance to the other moving body according to the intensity of the second detection wave.

5. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

information of the moving body is included in the first detection wave sent by the transmission unit.

6. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 5, wherein,

the information of the moving body included in the first detection wave includes one or more of transmission intensity information of the first detection wave, speed information of the moving body, moving direction information of the moving body, operation information of the moving body, ID information of the moving body, and type information of the moving body.

7. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the driving unit determines the transmission intensity of the first detection wave according to a speed of the moving body.

8. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

one or more of a speed sensor that detects a speed of the moving body, a direction sensor that detects a moving direction of the moving body, and an operation detection unit that detects an operation of the moving body.

9. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit that displays the relative position between the moving body and the other moving body.

10. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

a notification unit that notifies an operator of the moving body,

wherein,

when operation information included in the second detection wave indicates the other moving body is moving in a same direction as the moving body and is braking or accelerating, the notification unit transmits a warning message to notify an operator of the moving body to brake or accelerate the moving body, respectively.

11. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

a control unit that controls movement of the moving body,

wherein,

when operation information included in the second detection wave indicates the other moving body is moving in a same direction as the moving body and is braking or accelerating, the control unit brakes or accelerates the moving body to maintain a predetermined distance from the other moving body.

12. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a control unit that controls movement of the moving body,

wherein,

when the collision determining unit determines the moving body collides with the other moving body, the control unit brakes or accelerates the moving body, or changes a direction of the moving body.

13. The moving body anti-collision device as claimed in claim 1, wherein,

the first detection wave sent by the transmission unit is a millimeter wave.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein the other moving body increases the transmission intensity of the second detection wave in response to determining that the other moving body is traveling at higher speeds and decreases the transmission intensity of the second detection wave in response to determining that the other moving body is traveling at lower speeds.

16. The device of claim 1, wherein the driving unit is further configured to superpose operation data including at least one of accelerator pedal, braking pedal, and steering wheel data, on the driving signal.

17. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second receiving unit that receives the second detection wave sent from the transmission unit provided on the other moving body,

wherein the position of the moving body relative to the other moving body is calculated based on the intensity of the second detection wave and phase and amplitude differences of the second detection wave, as received by the first and the second receiving units.

14. A moving body, comprising:

a moving body anti-collision device that transmits signals to or receives signals from other moving body,

wherein,

the moving body anti-collision device includes;

a transmission unit that transmits a first detection wave;

a driving unit that is connected to the transmission unit and generates a driving signal to drive the transmission unit;

a receiving unit that receives a second detection wave sent from a transmission unit provided on the other moving body;

a calculation unit that calculates a position of the moving body relative to the other moving body based on an intensity of the second detection wave received by the first receiving unit, information included in the second detection wave indicating the transmission intensity of the second detection wave, and an intensity-distance curve, wherein, in the intensity-distance curve, the intensity of the second detection wave decreases as a propagation distance increases; and

a collision determining unit that determines, based on a calculation result given by the calculating unit, whether the moving body collides with the other moving body,

wherein transmission intensity of the second detection wave is set in the other moving body based on a speed at which the other moving body travels.