Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Automatic route guidance vehicle
Patent
1997-06-25
1999-12-28
Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Automatic route guidance vehicle
701 28, 180 65, 180168, 180169, 340936, 34082522, 56 105, 56 133, B62D 1104, B62D 504, A01D 3478, A01D 6902
Patent
active
060093587
ABSTRACT:
A programmable lawn mower assembly (10) including a carriage (12) supporting a mower central processing unit (CPU) (24) for controlling the drive motors (18) to control the direction of movement of the carriage (12). The assembly (10) includes first and second locating transmitters to be disposed on posts in spaced positions about the lawn with each locating transmitter simultaneously transmitting a radio frequency signal which travels at a first velocity and an audio signal which travels at a second velocity slower than said first velocity. A carriage receiver (50, 52) is disposed on the carriage (12) for receiving the radio and audio signals from the locating transmitters and for providing signals to the CPU (24) for determining the position of the carriage (12) relative to the locating transmitters by measuring the time between said radio and audio signals from each locating transmitter. The CPU (24) includes a sequence code circuit (57) for transmitting coded signals from the carriage transmitter (54) to the locating transmitters and each locating transmitter includes a code circuit (58) for receiving and identifying the its coded signal and for directing the locating transmitter to simultaneously send the first and second signals in response to the coded signal, each locating transmitter having its own coded signal. The system also includes wake-up circuits and acknowledgment circuits.
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Angott Paul G.
Xydis Thomas G.
Cuchlinski Jr. William A.
Hernandez Olga
Xydis Thomas G.
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