Processional travel control apparatus
US6285929A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0274
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A processional travel control apparatus that allows processional travel with a leading vehicle driven by a driver and a plurality of succeeding vehicles automatically following the leading vehicle, each of the vehicles 1-1 is provided with: an input device 1-2 for entering the total number of vehicles in a procession and the sequence number of each vehicle in the procession; a vehicle setting device 1-3 for setting each vehicle 1-1 as either a leading vehicle or a succeeding vehicle according to the sequence number of each vehicle 1-1 in the procession set by the input device 1-2; and a vehicle travelling control device 1-4 for instructing each vehicle 1-1 to travel in a procession according to the set sequence number in the procession. Hence a procession or the like can be formed essentially anywhere, including outside of conventional parking ports.
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