Patent ID: 11960275
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An autonomous moving apparatus, comprising:
a moving unit that moves the autonomous moving apparatus;
a detector that detects distances from surrounding objects and shapes of the surrounding objects;
a notifying unit that notifies a person recognized as a follow target by the detector; and
a processor configured to control the moving unit and switch an operation of the moving unit between a following mode and a lead mode,
wherein in the following mode, the moving unit is controlled by the processor so that the autonomous moving apparatus moves so as to follow movement of the person recognized as a follow target by the detector, and when the person recognized as the follow target performs a specific action, control the notifying unit to give a notification that the specific action of the person recognized as the follow target is recognized by performing a response action associated with the specific action,
in the lead mode, the moving unit is controlled by the processor so that the autonomous moving apparatus moves so as ahead of the follow target while maintaining a preset distance,
wherein the notifying unit is a steered wheel,
when the person recognized as the follow target performs the specific action, the processor further configured to give a notification that the specific action of the person recognized as the follow target is recognized to the person recognized as the follow target by turning the steered wheel to right and left without moving the autonomous moving apparatus by the moving unit.