Vehicle Control
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1. A method of control of a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a global target trajectory,determining the current state of said vehicle,deriving from said current state trajectory performance limits for said vehicle,calculating an optimum local trajectory in 4D output space to approach said global trajectory and observe said performance limits,outputting control inputs corresponding to said selected trajectory, andupdating the current state of said vehicle, and deriving updated trajectory performance limits and an updated optimum local trajectory accordingly.
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Abstract
A method of vehicle control, in which a global target trajectory is tracked by successively calculating an optimum local trajectory in 4D output space to approach the global trajectory and observe vehicle performance limits and surrounding obstacle clearance. A receding horizon framework is proposed which successively updates the optimum local trajectory according to the current state of the vehicle. Processing overheads can be kept to a minimum by calculating performance limits offline, and optimisation is simplified by using a cost function approach.
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1. A method of control of a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a global target trajectory, determining the current state of said vehicle, deriving from said current state trajectory performance limits for said vehicle, calculating an optimum local trajectory in 4D output space to approach said global trajectory and observe said performance limits, outputting control inputs corresponding to said selected trajectory, and updating the current state of said vehicle, and deriving updated trajectory performance limits and an updated optimum local trajectory accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for evaluating position errors along a proposed local object trajectory with respect to a desired object trajectory,
performing a nearest point calculation to determine the error for the current position of an object, performing a curve fit to provide an approximation of said desired trajectory based on said nearest point calculation and the length of the local object trajectory, and performing a series of position error calculations between said local object trajectory and said approximation.
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