Path planner and a method for planning a path of a work vehicle

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2006-03-07

2006-03-07

Zanelli, Michael J. (Department: 3661)

Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location

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Determination of travel data based on the start point and...

C701S025000, C701S050000, C701S209000, C056S01020A, C172S002000

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07010425

ABSTRACT:
A method for planning a path for a vehicle comprises creating a travel row transparency over a mapped area. The travel row transparency comprises one or more travel rows are split into travel row sections defined by intersecting the travel row with a map object (e.g., a boundary of mapped area). Partition nodes are generated from the travel row sections. The partition nodes or partition edges are linked together to form a potential drivable path consistent with user input and vehicular constrains. An efficient ordering of the partition nodes are determined consistent with the user input. A path is generated by looping through the ordered partition nodes in the determined efficient order.

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