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Device for guiding vehicles on a virtual track

US5136225A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
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10Claims
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Filing dateDec 19, 1991
Grant dateAug 4, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0265
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vehicle guidance system for guiding a vehicle on a virtual track includes a waveguide connected to a member emitting electromagnetic radiation at a frequency between 1 and 100 kHz and disposed on the axis of the track to be followed. At least one set of two magnetic sensors disposed on the vehicle receive the field to determine the lateral offset of the vehicle relative to the axis of the track.

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