ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,456, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Traveling apparatus" was invented by Yoichi Fujiwara (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a traveling apparatus, multiple first detectors and multiple second detectors are arrayed in an intersectant direction intersecting a travel direction where a vehicle body travels. The second detectors are separated in the travel direction from the first detectors. The first detectors and the second detectors detect a guide extending on a road surface. A first interval between two first detectors adjacent to each other in the intersectant direction is smaller than a s...