Method and system of optical guidance of mobile body
June 29, 2021. 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 References 3779492 Light tracking automatic navigation system Automated guided vehicle Automatic guided vehicle system Automated guided vehicle Autoguided vehicle using reflective materials Optical guidance system and apparatus Optical navigation system for an automatic guided vehicle, and method Laser or light target designator device Optical guidance system for industrial vehicles InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 09/893653 filed on 06/29/2001US Classes:701/23, Automatic route guidance vehicle180/169, Radiation, force, or waves reflected from external object or surface372/12, Electro-optic701/28Having image processingExaminersPrimary: Arthur, GertrudeAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG05D 1/02 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data2000-06-29 JPAbstractIn order to set target positions in the case where mobile bodies such as mobile robots transfer in accordance with a manner different from that of the prior art, a method for instructing such target positions of at least one or more of the mobile bodies contained movably in a predetermined environment comprises light beacons being produced by a light beam projecting device in a surface on which the mobile bodies are to be transferred, whereby the target positions towards which the mobile bodies are to be transferred being instructed. | |
