Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Automatic route guidance vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-08
2010-06-22
Zanelli, Michael J. (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Automatic route guidance vehicle
C701S117000, C701S301000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07742853
ABSTRACT:
A restricted area (60) is created based on positional information of a manned vehicle (20) traveling one of outward/return lanes (51, 52), and a detour course (72) is created based on information of the restricted area (60). Information on the detour course (72) is provided to the unmanned vehicles (10, 11) and the manned vehicle (20). Based on the positional information of the unmanned vehicles (10, 11) which proceed towards each other from the opposite directions with the restricted area (60) therebetween, the unmanned vehicle (11) on the lane (52) which is the opposite side of the restricted area (60) is blocked at a block position (61B) and at the same time a travel permission command for permitting traveling the detour course (72) is issued to the unmanned vehicle (10) traveling the lane (51) on the restricted area side so that the unmanned vehicle (10) travels the detour course (72).
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Notice mailed on Aug. 26, 2009 from the Japanese Patent Office for Patent No. 2005-356673.
Kuromoto Kazunori
Mori Masaki
Nishijima Akiharu
Ozaki Tomonori
Sudou Tsugio
Husch Blackwell Sanders Welsh & Katz
Komatsu Ltd.
Zanelli Michael J.
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