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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120083960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING BEHAVIORS OF DETECTED OBJECTS Aspects of the invention relate generally to autonomous vehicles. Specifically, the features described may be used alone or in combination in order to improve the safety, use, driver experience, and performance of these vehicles.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120083959 | DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES A system and method of controlling a vehicle is provided. In one aspect, the system and method determines the amount of wear on a component of the vehicle and, based on the amount of wear and information derived from the environment surrounding the vehicle (e.g., anothe... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120046820 | Systems and Methods for Obstacle Avoidance Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for obstacle avoidance. In some embodiments, a robotically controlled vehicle capable of operating in one or more modes may be provided. Examples of such modes include teleoperation, waypoint navigation, follow, a... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046816 | ADVANCED COOPERATIVE DEFENSIVE MILITARY TACTICS, ARMOR, AND SYSTEMS This invention provides impact detection and vehicle cooperation to achieve particular goals and determine particular threat levels. For example, an impact/penetration sensing device may be provided on a soldier's clothing such that when this clothing is impacted/penetr... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046818 | INTEGRATED AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR REGIONS WITH VARIABLE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES Methods and systems are described for effecting autonomous operations within a defined geographical region (1110). A plurality of localised zones (1102, 1104, 1106, 1108) having operation-defined geographical boundaries are specified within the region. A p... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046817 | DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE A driving assist device includes a first control portion that controls a vehicle to carry out automated driving, and a second control portion that controls the vehicle to make a shift to manual driving, in which the vehicle travels on a basis of an driving operation by ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120035797 | AUTONOMOUS MOVING BODY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF To enable stable collision avoidance operation without the need to install an infrastructure or the like even in a dangerous area where running out is likely to occur. An autonomous moving body according to the present invention includes: a distance measuring sensor tha... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029754 | Robotic Mower Boundary Sensing System A robotic mower boundary sensing system includes a boundary driving circuit on a charging station transmitting an encoded signal on a boundary wire, a boundary sensor on a robotic mower and including an inductor receiving the encoded signal, and a vehicle control unit o... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029752 | Robotic Mower Stuck Detection System A robotic mower stuck detection system includes a boundary sensor on the robotic mower that can detect when the robotic mower reaches a boundary wire, an accelerometer on the robotic mower that can detect when the robotic mower encounters an obstacle; and a vehicle cont... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029753 | ROBOTIC MOWER HOME FINDING SYSTEM A robotic mower home finding system includes a charging station connected to an outer boundary wire loop, and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower that directs a traction drive system to drive the robotic mower along a path offset a specified distance from an out... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110320069 | SHADOW SHAPING TO IMAGE PLANETARY OR LUNAR SURFACES A method is disclosed for forming a shadow pattern on a planetary or lunar surface, including providing a rough terrain vehicle having a plurality of wheels capable of imparting to the planetary or lunar surface shadow shaping components to produce a shadow pattern capa... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313609 | VEHICLE DRIVE SUPPORT DEVICE A GPS and a map information database acquire information regarding an arrow light which displays a signal for prohibiting travel in a particular direction, such as a red arrow light. A display and a loudspeaker supply information to a motorist of a host vehicle based on... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307138 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD A positioning method that calculates a lower accuracy positioning solution and applies an offset to the lower accuracy positioning solution to form a final positioning solution if a higher accuracy positioning solution is unavailable. The offset represents a difference ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110282536 | Vessel hull robot navigation subsystem A vessel hull robot navigation subsystem and method for a robot including a drive subsystem onboard the robot for driving the robot about the hull. A sensor subsystem onboard the robot outputs data combining robot and vessel motion. A memory onboard the robot includes d... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110264320 | METHOD OF GUIDING A VEHICLE The invention relates to a method of guiding a vehicle (1) comprising the following steps: exciting, during the displacement of the vehicle (1), at least one guidance element (4) made of a high-permeability magnetic material affixed to a support, su... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110246015 | System and Method for Providing Perceived First-Order Control of an Unmanned Vehicle A system for providing perceived first order control of an unmanned vehicle contains a memory and a processor configured by the memory to perform the steps of receiving instructions for updating x-axis location, y-axis location, z-axis location, and/or heading of the un... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110241862 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENSURING OPERATION OF LIMITED-ABILITY AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES A method for ensuring operation of a limited-ability autonomous driving enabled vehicle includes monitoring a plurality of specific conditions necessary for preferred and reliable use of limited-ability autonomous driving, and initiating a fault handling and degradation... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110218670 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING OBJECT LOAD ENGAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION AND DISENGAGEMENT BY AUTOMATED VEHICLES A method and apparatus for sensing object load engagement, transportation and disengagement by automated vehicles is described. In one embodiment, the method includes processing data that is transmitted from a sensor array comprising at least one device for analyzing a ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110218697 | VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MASS TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION The present invention provides a vehicle, system, and method for mass transit transportation, the system according to one embodiment including a plurality of passenger vehicles configured such that each passenger vehicle includes a passenger module (110) for tran... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110196562 | TRAVELING VEHICLE AND BED A traveling vehicle (12) is self-propelled and docked in a quadrilateral docking area (20) having an entrance (55) on one side thereof, and includes: a docking point obtainment unit which obtains first to fourth points indicating positions of four c... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110196561 | Patent for a personal transportation network-ptn This invention generally relates to an elevated transportation network run on electricity with personalized cars that can automatically transport passengers anywhere in a large city or densely populated metropolitan area served by the system without stopping on the way ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110184604 | Hierarchical contingency management system for mission planners A system controls a team of vehicles. The system includes a plan dependency identifier, a contingency monitor, and an alert formulator. The plan dependency identifier analyzes a mission plan and identifies mission constraints of the mission plan. The contingency monitor... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110184590 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TAKE-OFF AND LANDING SYSTEMS Unmanned aerial vehicle take-off and landing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of landing an unmanned aerial vehicle includes programming a landing location for the unmanned aerial vehicle utilizing a user input device. The unmanned aerial vehicl... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110178669 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE An electronic controller defining an autonomous mobile device a self-location estimation unit to estimate a self-location based on a local map that is created according to distance/angle information relative to an object in the vicinity and the travel distance of an omn... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110172870 | ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR COLLECTING DATA TO EMULATE MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE MAST ANGLES A defined vehicle path emulator system is described, which system can be used for measuring the F-min values and profiles for a path on a concrete floor traversed by a vehicle with a specific wheelbase. The defined vehicle path emulator is an autonomous robot that guide... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110166721 | OBJECT TRACKING AND STEER MANEUVERS FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES A materials handling vehicle automatically implements steer maneuvers when objects enter one or more zones proximate the vehicle, wherein the zones are monitored by a controller associated with the vehicle. The controller tracks objects in the zones via sensor data obta... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110160948 | AUTOMATIC REMOTE CONTROLLED HOSPITAL DISPENSING CART A portable dispensing device that can be used in a hospital to dispense drugs or can be used to dispense alcoholic beverages. A cart may store and dispense dispensible items, e.g., drugs, to patients room by room as are periodically prescribed by their physicians. The d... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110160949 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE FOR UNMANNED CONVEYANCE VEHICLE An unmanned conveyance vehicle (11) includes a detecting device (23) that has a plurality of sensing elements (25), first to fourth marker sensors (31-34) arranged on both sides of the sensing elements 25, and a magnetic member ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110160950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING A COLLISION Controlling a vehicle to automatically prevent the vehicle from colliding with obstacles includes identifying and locating obstacles in front of the vehicle, wherein relative position of an obstacle is determined; measuring relative speed of the obstacles; assessing whe... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110153135 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE FOR UNMANNED CONVEYANCE VEHICLE When an unmanned conveyance vehicle travels straight along a main guide tape 12, the rotational speeds of a pair of drive wheels of the unmanned conveyance vehicle are controlled such that the center position O2 of a guide sensor 23 is matched with ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110148613 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPROVING AUTOMATIC GUIDANCE OF A VEHICLE A device for approving automatic guidance of a vehicle, having an interface to a monitoring apparatus for at least partially monitoring a vehicle driver located in the vehicle, having an interface to an apparatus for automatically guiding the vehicle and for ascertainin... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110153137 | METHOD OF GENERATING SPATIAL MAP USING FREELY TRAVELLING ROBOT, METHOD OF CALCULATING OPTIMAL TRAVELLING PATH USING SPATIAL MAP, AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAME Provided is a method of generating a spatial map using a freely travelling robot. The method of generating the spatial map includes calculating a global coordinate of the robot based on a local coordinate of the robot that is outputted from each of a plurality of locati... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110144849 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT An autonomous mobile robot includes a housing mounted on a track and controllable to move along the track and to stop at each selected location, two side covers pivotally mounted on the left and right sides of the housing and movable by a respective driving motor to clo... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110144828 | Unmanned Multi-Purpose Ground Vehicle with Different Levels of Control A vehicle comprises a platform, a propulsion system, a communications system, a sensor system, and a computer system. The propulsion system, communications system, sensor system, and computer system are associated with the platform. The propulsion system is configured t... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110137506 | SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TEAMS OF VEHICLES A system maintains communication between a plurality of unmanned vehicles within an environment. The system includes a sensor component and an evaluator. The sensor component senses objects within the environment. The sensor component is located on a first unmanned vehi... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110130913 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS Unmanned aerial vehicle control systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle includes transmitting an indication of a take-off or landing location to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle is launc... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110118869 | Methods and Systems for Transporting Parts from a Primary Process to a Secondary Process in a First In, First Out Fashion A method for management of first in, first out stores is provided. The method includes producing parts at a primary process. The parts are processed at a secondary process. A storage region is provided that includes at least one store lane pair including a first store l... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110106361 | Method for the calculation of a collision-preventing trajectory for a driving maneuver of a vehicle A method for calculating a collision-avoiding trajectory for a driving maneuver of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, in order to evade at least one obstacle approaching the motor vehicle during driving operation. The lateral speed of the motor vehicle is taken i... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110093139 | Unmanned Vehicle for Powering a Separate Device A system includes an unmanned vehicle and a separate device. The unmanned vehicle is for approaching the separate device. The unmanned vehicle includes an unmanned vehicle charging circuit. The separate device includes an energy storage device and a power receiving circ... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110077799 | UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICL INTEGRATED RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM An unmanned underwater vehicle incorporates a structure having an integral scintillating material for a radiation detector and detection electronics connected to the radiation detector for measurement of the scintillation. A communication system is employed for transmis... | 03/31/2011 |
