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Optical guidance system for industrial vehicles

US4947094A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 23, 1987
Grant dateAug 7, 1990
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0246
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatically guided vehicle system for steering a vehicle. Optical sensing detects an image of a segment of track mounted above the path of the vehicle. Electrical signals corresponding to the position of the track are generated. A control circuit then converts these signals into movements for the steering of the vehicle.

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