Vehicle guidance system
February 26, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesGuidance control system for a traction vehicle Automated road transportation system Road vehicle control system LIMIS systems, devices and methods Running control method and apparatus of the automatic guided vehicles Intelligent vehicle-highway system System for sensing arrival of an automatic guided vehicle at a wire System and method of navigating the travel of an autonomous vehicle Autonomous vehicle automatically running on route and its method Inter-vehicle distance measuring system InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 607027 filed on 02/26/1996US Classes:701/23, Automatic route guidance vehicle180/169, Radiation, force, or waves reflected from external object or surface318/587Land vehiclesExaminersPrimary: Chin, GaryAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 165/00Foreign Application Priority Data1995-03-14 JPAbstractA vehicle running guidance system using magnetic markers for the purpose of reducing the number of magnetic markers to be laid on a road surface. The magnetic nails are laid as magnetic markers on a road. The radio wave generator tags are also laid. The radio wave generator tags transmit road curve data for a distance of about 100 m in the running direction. Power for the radio wave generator tags is supplied from a magnetic generator on a vehicle. On the vehicle, the relative displacement from a magnetic nail is detected by a magnetic sensor, and at the same time the road curve data from radio wave generator tags is received by a radio wave receiving device. The controller determines the amount of steering, based on relative displacement with respect to magnetic nails and road curve data, and supplies it to the actuator. Transmission of road curve data contributes to reducing the number of magnetic nails.Field of SearchAutomatic route guidance vehicleOn-board computer interact with a host computer NAVIGATION Collision avoidance WITH MEANS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION RESPONSIVE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, MAGNETIC FORCE, OR SOUND WAVES RECEIVED FROM SOURCE, OR REFLECTED FROM OBJECT OR SURFACE, LOCATED APART FROM VEHICLE Having controlling means adapted to interact with stationary means which describes course of vehicle's travel Radiation, force, or waves reflected from external object or surface Vehicular guidance systems with single axis control Radio-controlled Land vehicles | |
