Title:
OBSTACLE DETECTING SYSTEM, AND TRAIN EQUIPPED WITH SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/095736
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The objective of the present invention is to provide a technology that allows a vehicle to operate continuously even if a malfunction occurs in some of a plurality of sensors. A typical obstacle detecting system of the present invention comprises M sensors and a signal processing unit corresponding to the M sensors, and includes an m-th sensor for detecting an m-th detection range, which is a range that spreads in a direction of progress, being a direction in which a vehicle is heading, and a controller for controlling the m-th sensor and the signal processing unit, wherein the controller changes an obstacle detection range by changing at least a p-th detection range, by performing at least one of first change processing for causing a first end portion to approach the vehicle, and second change processing for causing a second end portion to move away from the vehicle.
Inventors:
IMAGAWA SEIJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/037201
Publication Date:
May 10, 2024
Filing Date:
October 13, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
HITACHI LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B61L23/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
DAI-ICHI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE, P.C. (Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, 41, JP)
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