Optical guidance system for industrial vehicles
Patent
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OSTI ID:867479
- Richland, WA
- Kennewick, WA
- Durham, OR
- Eugene, OR
- Springfield, OR
An automatically guided vehicle system for steering a vehicle. Optical sensing detects an image of a segment of track mounted above the path of the vehicle. Electrical signals corresponding to the position of the track are generated. A control circuit then converts these signals into movements for the steering of the vehicle.
- Research Organization:
- BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4947094
- OSTI ID:
- 867479
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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