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NAVIGATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

  • US 20130131908A1
  • Filed: 12/14/2012
  • Published: 05/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A land-based drivable unit comprising:

  • a vehicle for ground transportation including,a sensor configured to locate objects in a predetermined field of view from a vehicle, including,an emitter configured to scan a beam into a sector of a plane defined with respect to a first predetermined axis of the vehicle,a detector configured to detect a reflection of the emitted beam from one of the objects, anda panning mechanism configured to pan the plane in which the beam is scanned about a second predetermined axis to produce a three dimensional field of view, anda processor configured to determine the existence and location of the objects in the three dimensional field of view based on the three dimensional field of view.

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