Patent · US Expired

Automatic guided vehicle control system

US5925080A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateMar 31, 1997
Grant dateJul 20, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0244
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A automatic guided vehicle travels on a prearranged travel path established by a path guide and detects lateral deviation of the vehicle from a path guide to control the direction of travel of the vehicle by steering the vehicle according to a prescribed relationship between steering angle and lateral deviation which is installed in the form of ruling maps in the vehicle.

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