Autonomous vehicle always facing target direction at end of run and control method thereof
US6138063A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53922
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle includes a chassis, pair of drive wheels, a motor for driving these drive wheels, a gyrosensor provided at the chassis for detecting a direction of the chassis, and a travel control unit responsive to an output of the gyrosensor at the end of a travel of a predetermined run indicating difference from a target direction for providing control of the rotation amount of the drive wheels so that the direction of the chassis is corrected by a predetermined amount to be aligned with the target direction. A method of controlling this autonomous vehicle is also disclosed.
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