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Method and device for steering vehicle having no contact with track

US7757608B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2003
Grant dateJul 20, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0234
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rail non-contact vehicle includes wheels, a vehicle main body supported by the wheels, and a steering control system. The steering control system includes a control section configured to control a steering of the wheels in a non-mechanical manner, and a drive section configured to mechanically drive the steering of the wheels. The control section includes a first detector configured to detect 1-dimensional coordinate data of a target route, a steering angle holding section configured to hold a target steering angle corresponding to the 1-dimensional coordinate data, a second detector configured to detect a current deviation between the target route and a current position of the vehicle main body, and a control steering angle calculating section configured to generate a control steering angle corresponding to the current deviation and the target steering angle.

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