Method and system of optical guidance of mobile body
US6629028B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0297
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In order to set target positions in the case where mobile bodies such as mobile robots transfer in accordance with a manner different from that of the prior art, a method for instructing such target positions of at least one or more of the mobile bodies contained movably in a predetermined environment comprises light beacons being produced by a light beam projecting device in a surface on which the mobile bodies are to be transferred, whereby the target positions towards which the mobile bodies are to be transferred being instructed.
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