Method and apparatus for free space enumeration for collision avoidance
CA 1329266 C · Owner: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · Inventors: Kondo, Koichi
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A method and an apparatus for free space enumeration for motion planning, having general applicability while reducing amounts of information and calculations involved capable of, modifying a path, capable of setting up appropriate configuration space quantization, and capable of adopting appropriate strategy for free space enumeration. The method may include the step of selecting cells only between the initial point and the final point, or selecting cells between the initial point and the final point, using a plurality of strategies for selecting the cells simultaneously or, dividing the configuration space into multiplicity of cells defined in terms of intervals in the degrees of freedom …
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- Granted May 3, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 3, 2011.
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