Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Automatic route guidance vehicle
Patent
1997-11-14
2000-05-02
Chin, Gary
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Automatic route guidance vehicle
701 23, 180169, 318587, G06F16500
Patent
active
060583398
ABSTRACT:
When material transport was automated on a building construction site, in a conventional travel tape guide system, it was necessary to replace the tape when it became soiled or when changes were made to a travel route. As a result, the usage efficiency of a material transport vehicle could not be improved on the site due to the fact that changes are made to work floors as demanded by construction schedules. According to this invention, there is provided a sign which is easy to move and which is installed at a turning point or an unloading point on a work floor transport route. An image of the sign is obtained by an imaging device on an autonomous guided vehicle and operating instructions are recognized by image processing. This makes it possible to automate the setting of routes and the control of the vehicle.
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Inoue Fumihiro
Sugie Hiroshi
Takiguchi Junichi
Wakisaka Tatsuya
Yoshino Kyoji
Chin Gary
Mitsubishi Denki & Kabushiki Kaisha
Obayashi Corporation
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