AUTOMATED COLLECTIVE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
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Abstract
Automated transport system including at least one automotive vehicle (10) without a driver and one central computer (14), the vehicle being able to go automatically from a departure point to a destination point using signals transmitted by the central computer and following a rail (12) integrated in the pavement. The rail is a rubber strip or equivalent mounted on the pavement having continuous optical characteristics and having chip contactless devices or transponders (20) at regular spacing. Each vehicle is equipped with localization and detection means (18) adapted to identify the strip'"'"'s optical characteristics in order to follow the strip during its motion and to detect localization signals received from the transponders reacting to the radio frequency signals in order to localize the vehicle.
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24 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. Automated public and individual transport system, comprising
at least one vehicle without a driver, and a central computer, wherein said vehicle is able to automatically go from a starting point to a destination point using command signals transmitted by said central computer and following a rail which is integrated in street pavement on which said vehicle moves, wherein said vehicle is an automobile vehicle mounted on tires and said rail is a rubber strip or equivalent mounted on the pavement, said strip exhibiting continuous optical characteristics and including RFID contactless chip devices or regularly spaced transponders, wherein said vehicle comprises localization and detection means and an antenna suited for transmission of radiofrequency signals to said transponders, said localization and detection systems being designed to identify said optical characteristics in order to follow said strip during the motion of the vehicle and to detect localization signals received from said transponders that are reacting to radiofrequency signals so as to localize the said vehicle.
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