System for avoiding collisions between autonomous vehicles conducting agricultural operations
US10152891B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/166
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a system for conducting agricultural operations in a field using autonomous vehicles in which a collision avoidance mechanism may be provided. The system may include providing a mission plan for autonomous vehicles to conduct agricultural operations, establishing a hierarchy for the vehicles, and monitoring for an event conditions indicating vehicles are traveling toward a collision with respect to one another. Upon receiving an event condition, the system may revise the mission plan to adjust a path of one of the vehicles based on the hierarchy in order to avoid the collision.
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