Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Navigation – Employing position determining equipment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-13
2010-11-30
Nguyen, Cuong H (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Navigation
Employing position determining equipment
C367S127000, C342S350000, C342S357490, C342S462000, C701S214000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07844396
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is for a modular, extensible software system for use with multi-modal, autonomous, or semi-autonomous vehicles. The design of the present invention involves the coherent integration of modules with responsibilities for human-interaction, training, path planning, mission execution, navigation, and safety to develop and complete missions. The present invention provides a modular software system that expresses vehicle behaviors through numerous small-grain elements to complete a mission. The system can be easily adapted or modified by adding new software modules or modifying existing modules as missions change or expand, with the smaller-grain modules being easier to adapt and reuse.
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