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1. A GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A TRAFFIC LAYOUT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED TRAFFIC PATHS COMPRISING:

PATH DEFINING MEANS FOR DEFINING EACH OF SAID TRAFFIC PATHS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LOCATION IDENTIFICATION POINTS SPACED APART ALONG SAID PATHS AND A PLURALITY OF STATIONS RESPECTIVELY POSITIONED AT SAID POINTS;

AT LEAST ONE MOBILE UNIT INCLUDING PATH-DETECTION MEANS ON SAID UNIT FOR SENSING THE LOCATION OF THE PATH DEFINING MEANS AND DIRECTING THE UNIT ALONG SAID PATHS IN SAID TRAFFIC LAYOUT, AND A CONTROL SYSTEM ON SAID UNIT COMPRISING PRESELECTION MEANS FOR PROVIDING COMMAND INFORMATION INSTRUCTING SAID UNIT TO PROCEED FROM AN INITIAL POSITION ALONG SAID TRAFFIC LAYOUT TO A PRESELECTED ONE OF SAID STATIONS, MEANS FOR PROVIDING POSITION INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF UNIT LOCATION AS THE UNIT PASSES SAID LOCATION IDENTIFICATION POINTS ALONG THE TRAFFIC LAYOUT, COMPARISON MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR COMPARING SAID COMMAND INFORMATION WITH SAID POSITION INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE PREFERRED ROUTE FROM AT LEAST DIFFERENT ONES OF THE POINTS TO SAID PRESELECTED STATION, AND CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVE TO CONTROL SAID UNIT IN TRANSVERSING THE TRAFFIC LAYOUT ACCORDING TO REGULATING SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM SAID COMPARISON MEANS.

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1. A GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A TRAFFIC LAYOUT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED TRAFFIC PATHS COMPRISING:
- PATH DEFINING MEANS FOR DEFINING EACH OF SAID TRAFFIC PATHS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LOCATION IDENTIFICATION POINTS SPACED APART ALONG SAID PATHS AND A PLURALITY OF STATIONS RESPECTIVELY POSITIONED AT SAID POINTS;
  
  AT LEAST ONE MOBILE UNIT INCLUDING PATH-DETECTION MEANS ON SAID UNIT FOR SENSING THE LOCATION OF THE PATH DEFINING MEANS AND DIRECTING THE UNIT ALONG SAID PATHS IN SAID TRAFFIC LAYOUT, AND A CONTROL SYSTEM ON SAID UNIT COMPRISING PRESELECTION MEANS FOR PROVIDING COMMAND INFORMATION INSTRUCTING SAID UNIT TO PROCEED FROM AN INITIAL POSITION ALONG SAID TRAFFIC LAYOUT TO A PRESELECTED ONE OF SAID STATIONS, MEANS FOR PROVIDING POSITION INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF UNIT LOCATION AS THE UNIT PASSES SAID LOCATION IDENTIFICATION POINTS ALONG THE TRAFFIC LAYOUT, COMPARISON MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR COMPARING SAID COMMAND INFORMATION WITH SAID POSITION INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE PREFERRED ROUTE FROM AT LEAST DIFFERENT ONES OF THE POINTS TO SAID PRESELECTED STATION, AND CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVE TO CONTROL SAID UNIT IN TRANSVERSING THE TRAFFIC LAYOUT ACCORDING TO REGULATING SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM SAID COMPARISON MEANS.

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