Patent ID: 11911918
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  F  G | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A distance-measuring method, comprising:
detecting, using a machine detector, a position of a mobile machine, based on a first sensed result obtained by a first ranging sensor, the first ranging sensor detecting, for a subject within a first detection range, a distance from the first ranging sensor to the subject;
adjusting the second detection range to incorporate the position of the mobile machine detected by the machine detector into the second detection range based on the first sensed result obtained by the first ranging sensor, the second ranging sensor detecting, for a subject within a second detection range more limited than the first detection range, a distance from the second ranging sensor to the subject and having resolution higher than resolution of the first ranging sensor; and
controlling the mobile machine, based on a second sensed result obtained by the second ranging sensor.