Autonomous travel system
First Claim
1. An autonomous travel system comprising:
- a fleet management unit which comprises;
a map database in which a map of a first section and a map of a second section are mixed, the first section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a point and a line, the second section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a plane;
a vehicle position management unit which manages positions of a plurality of vehicles; and
a block setting unit which determines whether there is a vehicle near a boundary between a first section and a second section and, if there is a vehicle near a boundary, sets the boundary in a blocked state so that other vehicles do not enter there, the block setting unit dividing the boundary, for which a blocked state is set, into a plurality of regions and, for each of the divided regions through which no vehicle passes, releasing a blocked state of a boundary of a divided region;
the fleet management unit notifying respective vehicles of travel paths; and
a vehicle travel planning unit which plans a travel path of a vehicle based on blocked states of divided regions that are set on a boundary between a first section and a second section;
wherein the block setting unit determines, when dividing a boundary into a plurality of regions, lengths of a plurality of regions created by dividing a boundary according to a positional relation between a vehicle which approaches the boundary and the boundary.
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Abstract
Provided is an autonomous travel system having an operation management unit including a map database with a combination of topological region maps, on which the range of travel of a vehicle is expressed as points and lines, and metric region maps, on which the travel range is expressed on planar maps; a vehicle position management unit for managing the position of the vehicle; and a vehicle travel planning unit for planning vehicle travel, which, if the vehicle is present near the boundary of a map, blocks the map boundary so that other vehicles will not advance into another map. The operation management unit is provided with a blockage setting unit for dividing a boundary section of a map into a plurality of regions and releasing the blockage of the boundary of a divided region in which no vehicles are present in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel.
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13 Claims
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1. An autonomous travel system comprising:
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a fleet management unit which comprises; a map database in which a map of a first section and a map of a second section are mixed, the first section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a point and a line, the second section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a plane; a vehicle position management unit which manages positions of a plurality of vehicles; and a block setting unit which determines whether there is a vehicle near a boundary between a first section and a second section and, if there is a vehicle near a boundary, sets the boundary in a blocked state so that other vehicles do not enter there, the block setting unit dividing the boundary, for which a blocked state is set, into a plurality of regions and, for each of the divided regions through which no vehicle passes, releasing a blocked state of a boundary of a divided region; the fleet management unit notifying respective vehicles of travel paths; and a vehicle travel planning unit which plans a travel path of a vehicle based on blocked states of divided regions that are set on a boundary between a first section and a second section; wherein the block setting unit determines, when dividing a boundary into a plurality of regions, lengths of a plurality of regions created by dividing a boundary according to a positional relation between a vehicle which approaches the boundary and the boundary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An autonomous travel system comprising:
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a fleet management unit which comprises; a map database in which a map of a first section and a map of a second section are mixed, the first section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a point and a line, the second section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a plane; a vehicle position management unit which manages positions of a plurality of vehicles; and a block setting unit which determines whether there is a vehicle near a boundary between a first section and a second section and, if there is a vehicle near a boundary, sets the boundary in a blocked state so that other vehicles do not enter there, the block setting unit dividing the boundary, for which a blocked state is set, into a plurality of regions and, for each of the divided regions through which no vehicle passes, releasing a blocked state of a boundary of a divided region; the fleet management unit notifying respective vehicles of travel paths; and a vehicle travel planning unit which plans a travel path of a vehicle based on blocked states of divided regions that are set on a boundary between a first section and a second section; wherein priorities are set for respective vehicles in the block setting unit, and in settings of blocked states for the small regions blockings set by higher priority vehicles are prioritized. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. An autonomous travel system comprising:
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a fleet management unit which comprises; a map database in which a map of a first section and a map of a second section are mixed, the first section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a point and a line, the second section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a plane; a vehicle position management unit which manages positions of a plurality of vehicles; and a block setting unit which determines whether there is a vehicle near a boundary between a first section and a second section and, if there is a vehicle near a boundary, sets the boundary in a blocked state so that other vehicles do not enter there, the block setting unit dividing the boundary, for which a blocked state is set, into a plurality of regions and, for each of the divided regions through which no vehicle passes, releasing a blocked state of a boundary of a divided region; the fleet management unit notifying respective vehicles of travel paths; and a vehicle travel planning unit which plans a travel path of a vehicle based on blocked states of divided regions that are set on a boundary between a first section and a second section; wherein the vehicle travel planning unit makes a travel path plan with one point on a boundary which is not blocked by a high priority vehicle as a target point when coordinates of a connection point on a boundary between the first section and the second section are blocked by a high priority vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An autonomous travel system comprising:
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a fleet management unit which comprises; a map database in which a map of a first section and a map of a second section are mixed, the first section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a point and a line, the second section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a plane; a vehicle position management unit which manages positions of a plurality of vehicles; and a block setting unit which determines whether there is a vehicle near a boundary between a first section and a second section and, if there is a vehicle near a boundary, sets the boundary in a blocked state so that other vehicles do not enter there, the block setting unit dividing the boundary, for which a blocked state is set, into a plurality of regions and, for each of the divided regions through which no vehicle passes, releasing a blocked state of a boundary of a divided region; the fleet management unit notifying respective vehicles of travel paths; and a vehicle travel planning unit which plans a travel path of a vehicle based on blocked states of divided regions that are set on a boundary between a first section and a second section; wherein the fleet management unit further comprises a vehicle passage monitoring unit which detects that a vehicle moves from a section where a road is represented by a point and a line to a section where it is represented by a plane or that it moves from a section where a road is represented by a plane to a section where it is represented by a point and a line.
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13. An autonomous travel system comprising:
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a fleet management unit which comprises; a map database in which a map of a first section and a map of a second section are mixed, the first section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a point and a line, the second section being a section in which a vehicle travel range is represented by a plane; a vehicle position management unit which manages positions of a plurality of vehicles; and a block setting unit which determines whether there is a vehicle near a boundary between a first section and a second section and, if there is a vehicle near a boundary, sets the boundary in a blocked state so that other vehicles do not enter there, the block setting unit dividing the boundary, for which a blocked state is set, into a plurality of regions and, for each of the divided regions through which no vehicle passes, releasing a blocked state of a boundary of a divided region; the fleet management unit notifying respective vehicles of travel paths; and a vehicle travel planning unit which plans a travel path of a vehicle based on blocked states of divided regions that are set on a boundary between a first section and a second section; wherein the vehicle position management unit performs a vehicle position estimation in which a vehicle position on a line or on a point is calculated for a section where a road is represented by a point and a line using a map database and switches to a vehicle position estimation on a plane in a section where a road is represented by a plane.
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