Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Automatic route guidance vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-31
2011-05-31
Nguyen, John Q (Department: 3664)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Automatic route guidance vehicle
C701S023000, C701S024000, C701S026000, C701S200000, C701S202000, C455S456100, C455S404200, C455S427000, C455S428000, C455S456300, C700S245000, C340S286020
Reexamination Certificate
active
07953526
ABSTRACT:
A control system is provided for automatically moving a machine along a desired path. The machine uses a “learn and follow” system in which the machine is first operated in a manual mode along a desired path. The control system learns the desired path and then operates the machine in a robotic mode to follow the desired path without operator control. If the machine moves away from the desired path when in the robotic mode, the location of the machine is corrected using GPS location signals.
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