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Autonomous vehicle and marking arrangement for an autonomous vehicle

US11009888B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SICK AG · DE

Inventors

Bastian Steder · Freiburg im Breisgau, DE
Fabian Fischer · Baden, CH
Thomas E. Bludau · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 13, 2018
Grant date	May 18, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/588
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An autonomous vehicle, in particular an automated guided vehicle, comprises a control device and a sensor for detecting a continuous lane marking. The control device is adapted to control the vehicle along the lane marking in dependence on the detected lane marking, wherein the sensor is adapted to detect a code marking arranged adjacent to the lane marking and to determine a distance between the detected code marking and the lane marking, and wherein the control device is further adapted to control the vehicle in dependence on the determined distance.

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