System and method for transmitting information for amphibious traveling vehicle and system for controlling operation of the vehicle
US6580541B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 17, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB63H2025/028
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In order to allow an amphibious traveling vehicle to safely travel along rails on the land and in the water, or underwater even off the rails, a system for transmitting information of amphibious traveling vehicle comprising a traveling vehicle-side control system (51) which controls the operating state of the traveling vehicle and is provided on the traveling vehicle for traveling under water or underwater and in the air, a host-side control system (53) which instructs the system (51) to operate the traveling vehicle and is provided separately from the traveling vehicle, and communication means (60 and 61) which transmit information between the systems (51 and 53) and are connected to these systems (51 and 53), said system being characterized in that said communication means (60 and 61) is constituted of modulators (54 and 55) which modulate received instruction information into light beams, demodulators (56 and 57) which demodulate received beams of light into the instruction information and a light beam transmitter/receiver (58 and 59), wherein the information transmission between the systems (51 and 53) can be performed with light beams.
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