US 12,134,486 B2
Moving body, system, computer readable recording medium, and control method
Hiromichi Imai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SoftBank Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SoftBank Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,424.
Application 17/686,424 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/002805, filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-171742 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185474 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B64U 10/13 (2023.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04B 10/114 (2013.01)
CPC B64U 10/13 (2023.01) [H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04B 10/1143 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A moving body comprising:
an optical wireless communication unit configured to execute an optical wireless communication with another moving body;
an object detection unit configured to detect an object around an own moving body;
an object information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the other moving body, first object information including location information of the object, by the optical wireless communication or a radio wave communication;
an object information receiving unit configured to receive, from the other moving body, second object information including location information of an object around the other moving body, by the optical wireless communication or the radio wave communication; and
a movement control unit configured to control, based on the first object information and the second object information, a movement of the own moving body such that an object is not located on an optical axis of the optical wireless communication.
 
19. A computer non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon, for causing a moving body to function as:
an optical wireless communication unit configured to execute an optical wireless communication with another moving body;
an object detection unit configured to detect an object around an own moving body;
an object information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the other moving body, first object information including location information of the object, by the optical wireless communication or a radio wave communication;
an object information receiving unit configured to receive, from the other moving body, second object information including location information of an object around the other moving body, by the optical wireless communication or the radio wave communication; and
a movement control unit configured to control, based on the first object information and the second object information, a movement of the own moving body such that an object is not located on an optical axis of the optical wireless communication.
 
20. A control method that is executed by a computer which is mounted on a moving body, the control method comprising:
detecting an object around an own moving body;
transmitting, to another moving body, first object information including location information of the object, by an optical wireless communication or a radio wave communication;
receiving, from the other moving body, second object information including location information of an object around the other moving body, by the optical wireless communication or the radio wave communication; and
controlling, based on the first object information and the second object information, a movement of the own moving body such that an object is not located on an optical axis of the optical wireless communication.