Travel controlling apparatus of unmanned vehicle
US6751535B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0278
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A travel controlling apparatus of an unmanned vehicle provided with a GPS receiver (13) receiving a GPS signal so as to position a position of a vehicle, an autonomous navigation computing device (14) positioning a position and an azimuth of the vehicle on the basis of a traveling direction and distance of the vehicle, a position measuring portion (11) calculating a present position and azimuth, and a travel controlling portion (17) controlling the vehicle travel. The travel controlling apparatus is provided with a roadside zone distance measuring device (15) for measuring a distance from the vehicle to a roadside zone (5) provided in a side of the traveling path (4), and the present position and azimuth is determined on the basis of the roadside zone distance measured by the roadside zone distance measuring device (15).
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