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Driverless vehicle autoguide by light signals and two directional detectors

US4328545A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 1, 1979
Grant dateMay 4, 1982
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Expiry dateAug 1, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0274
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An unmanned vehicle capable of being automatously guided towards a predetermined destination by the geometrical computation of light signals received by at least two on-board detectors which relate the direction of each signal received to the axis of the vehicle. Useful in restricted areas such as automatic warehouses and loading bays.

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