Patent ID: 11926067
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A robot control method comprising the steps of:
monitoring whether a mobile robot that moves autonomously inside a facility has entered a predetermined area corresponding to a blind area located at a blind angle to the mobile robot;
upon detection of entry of the mobile robot into the predetermined area, increasing an amount of information obtainable from an image captured by a photographing device that photographs the blind area; and
controlling operation of the mobile robot based on the image captured by the photographing device;
wherein the information obtainable comprises at least a frame rate or a resolution; and
wherein when an obstacle in the blind area is detected from an image captured by the photographing device using the increased information, reducing a moving speed of the mobile robot to a speed corresponding to the obstacle.