Vehicle guidance and control systems and methods for controllabl

Details Vehicle guidance and control systems and methods for controllabl Vehicle guidance and control systems and methods for controllabl

1990-01-18

1992-12-29

Ip, Paul

Electricity: motive power systems

Positional servo systems

Vehicular guidance systems with single axis control

318586, 180168, 36442402, G05D 100

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active

051754800

ABSTRACT:
In accordance with the method, first and second substantially parallel conductors are placed along a pathway and coupled to a controller in a manner so that each may carry a current independently controllable by the controller. A sensing coil is placed in a vehicle having a coil axis approximately perpendicular to the plane of the conductors so as to sense the varying magnetic field caused by varying currents through the two conductors. The controller repetitively provides a half-cycle of current of a given frequency in one of the two wires, immediately followed by another half-cycle of current of the opposite polarity or direction in the other of the two wires. The sensing coil on the vehicle senses the magnetic field caused by these varying currents in a manner dependent upon its proximity to each of the two wires, and controls the vehicle steering responsive thereto, sensing a substantially balanced wave when centered between the two wires, a positively distorted wave when closed to one of the wires and a negatively distorted wave when closer to the other of the two wires. Modulation of the frequency of the current in the two wires provides communication capability from the controller to the vehicle for remote steering and speed control. Apparatus for carrying out the method and alternative embodiments are disclosed.

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