Navigation and control system for autonomous vehicles

Details Navigation and control system for autonomous vehicles Navigation and control system for autonomous vehicles

2006-03-16

2011-11-01

Keith, Jack (Department: 3663)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

Navigation

Employing position determining equipment

C701S200000, C701S207000, C701S220000, C701S300000, C701S301000, C340S436000, C180S167000

Reexamination Certificate

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08050863

ABSTRACT:
A navigation and control system including a sensor configured to locate objects in a predetermined field of view from a vehicle. The sensor has an emitter configured to repeatedly scan a beam into a two-dimensional sector of a plane defined with respect to a first predetermined axis of the vehicle, and a detector configured to detect a reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects. The sensor includes a panning mechanism configured to pan the plane in which the beam is scanned about a second predetermined axis to produce a three dimensional field of view. The navigation and control system includes a processor configured to determine the existence and location of the objects in the three dimensional field of view based on a position of the vehicle and a time between an emittance of the beam and a reception of the reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects.

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