ROBOTIC MOWER NAVIGATION SYSTEM
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1. A robotic mower navigation system, comprising:
- a plurality of landmark tags sequentially spaced along a boundary wire, each landmark tag having a unique identifier;
a robotic mower having a detector for detecting the landmark tags; and
a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower having memory storing data for each of the landmark tags including the unique identifiers, a departure angle and a distance from the landmark tag to another non-sequential landmark tag, and determining a shortest route to a specified destination based on the stored landmark tag data.
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Abstract
A robotic mower navigation system has a plurality of landmark tags sequentially spaced along or inside a boundary wire. Each landmark tag has a unique identifier. The robotic mower has a detector for detecting the landmark tags, and a vehicle control unit having memory storing data for each of the landmark tags including the unique identifiers, a departure angle and a distance from the landmark tag to another non-sequential landmark tag. The vehicle control unit determines the shortest route to a specified destination based on the stored landmark tag data.
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1. A robotic mower navigation system, comprising:
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a plurality of landmark tags sequentially spaced along a boundary wire, each landmark tag having a unique identifier; a robotic mower having a detector for detecting the landmark tags; and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower having memory storing data for each of the landmark tags including the unique identifiers, a departure angle and a distance from the landmark tag to another non-sequential landmark tag, and determining a shortest route to a specified destination based on the stored landmark tag data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A robotic mower navigation system, comprising:
a vehicle control unit on a robotic mower that stores data for a plurality of landmark tags located within or along a yard perimeter, the stored data including a unique identifier for each landmark tag, a distance from each landmark tag to at least one other landmark tag, and a departure angle from each landmark tag to at least one other landmark tag;
the vehicle control unit determining a route to a docking station based on the stored data.- View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A robotic mower navigation system, comprising:
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a boundary sensor on a robotic mower that senses an angle to a boundary wire; and a vehicle control unit on the robotic mower having memory that stores the angle and a distance between a landmark tag on the boundary wire and another non-sequential landmark tag on the boundary wire. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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