Unmanned vehicle guide system
US5000279A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 17, 1989 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0265
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An unmanned vehicle guide system has guide routes made of a magnetic material and an unmanned vehicle guided to travel on the guide route. The unmanned vehicle has an exciting coil for emitting a magnetic field, a pair of detection coils, arranged in a direction perpendicular to the travel direction of the unmanned vehicle, for detecting a magnetic field change, a comparator for measuring an output-difference between the detection coils, and a steering device for steering the unmanned vehicle such that the output-difference becomes a predetermined value. At an intersection where a plurality of guide routes intersect and in the vicinity thereof, at least one guide route lacks a magnetic material. Alternatively, an extra marker is added to each of the guide routes that intersect at the intersection.
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