Electricity: motive power systems – Positional servo systems – Vehicular guidance systems with single axis control
Patent
1996-09-25
1998-07-07
Ip, Paul
Electricity: motive power systems
Positional servo systems
Vehicular guidance systems with single axis control
3185681, 318480, 180169, 36442402, G08G 100, B60K 3100
Patent
active
057774510
ABSTRACT:
A frontmost vehicle and a plurality of following vehicles are driven together in a line as a group. A virtual cell is set for each vehicle, allowing a predetermined distance in front of and behind the vehicle, and a virtual cell front end position of the frontmost vehicle is indicated from outside. A value obtained by adding the length of the virtual cell to the virtual cell front end position is transmitted to the following vehicle as the virtual cell front end position of the following vehicle. A relative position in the virtual cell of each vehicle is detected, and by controlling this relative position to a preset target position, the inter-vehicle distance is reduced and the generation of dilatational waves between the vehicles is prevented.
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Kawabe Taketoshi
Kobayashi Masanori
Ip Paul
Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd.
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