System and method of navigating the travel of an autonomous vehi

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1991-09-12

1993-02-23

Black, Thomas G.

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364449, 180168, 180169, G06F 1550

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ABSTRACT:
A navigation system for an autonomous vehicle (1). It has a lateral row of detectors (2). The ground has discontinuous buried magnetic markers (3) setting up a localized field which in turn produces an induced current which varies in the detectors (2) in dependence on their position. The markers, formed by magnets (151-155) of selected polarity and number, form magnetic signatures which contain items of information for the vehicle. The on-board vehicle computer (1) can deduce its lateral position and the controls to be carried out to accomplish its mission.

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Pat. Abstracts of Japan vol. 1. 10. No. 72 P-438.

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