Title:
CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/154633
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a control device with which a plurality of unmanned vehicles achieve an efficient continued search operation while accommodating changes in the environment of a target area. The control device according to the present invention is provided with: a search information calculation means which acquires information relating to a plurality of unmanned vehicles that move within a target area in accordance with a set operation, and calculates search information relating to the unmanned vehicles using the acquired information relating to the unmanned vehicles; an area information storage means which stores area information including indicators for searching the target area; an area information update means which updates the area information on the basis of said search information and the time that has elapsed since the last search conducted by the unmanned vehicles; and a location control means which, on the basis of the area information, calculates locations to which the unmanned vehicles should move, and outputs control signals for causing the unmanned vehicles to move to the calculated locations.
Inventors:
ICHIEN MASUMI (JP)
OGAWA MASATSUGU (JP)
EMURA MASAFUMI (JP)
OGAWA MASATSUGU (JP)
EMURA MASAFUMI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2017/006406
Publication Date:
August 30, 2018
Filing Date:
February 21, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NEC CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G05D1/10
Foreign References:
| US20060085106A1 | 2006-04-20 | |||
| JP2009205644A | 2009-09-10 | |||
| JP2013045265A | 2013-03-04 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIMOSAKA Naoki (JP)
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