Traffic system, especially public local passenger traffic system
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1. A traffic system comprising:
- a roadway including at least one separate, single lane;
a land vehicle for moving along said lane and having a central longitudinal vertical plane;
steerable wheels on said vehicle;
means for actuating said steerable wheels;
energy reflector means mounted along said lane;
energy-transmitting-and-reflection-receiving means mounted on said vehicle for distance-determining detection of said reflector means;
means for controlling said steerable wheel actuating means in response to said detection;
said reflector means including at least one reflector arranged at each side of said lane at least at bifurcations and mergers of said lane;
said transmitting-receiving means including transmitter-receivers mounted on both sides of said central longitudinal vertical plane of said vehicle; and
switching means on said vehicle for switching said controlling means from being responsive to said detection of said transmitter-receiver on one side of said plane to be responsive to said detection of said transmitter-receiver on the other side of the plane.
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Abstract
A traffic system, especially a public local passenger traffic system, with self-propelled trackless steerable vehicles travelling on special lanes. Beam reflectors, especially sound reflectors are arranged along the entire length of the lane true to the shape of the road transmitting and receiving apparatus, especially sound echo sounding or radar apparatus, are provided in each vehicle which influence the vehicle steering system to provide an automatic vehicle cross guidance in accordance with the contact-free distance detection of the reflectors.
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1. A traffic system comprising:
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a roadway including at least one separate, single lane; a land vehicle for moving along said lane and having a central longitudinal vertical plane; steerable wheels on said vehicle; means for actuating said steerable wheels; energy reflector means mounted along said lane; energy-transmitting-and-reflection-receiving means mounted on said vehicle for distance-determining detection of said reflector means; means for controlling said steerable wheel actuating means in response to said detection; said reflector means including at least one reflector arranged at each side of said lane at least at bifurcations and mergers of said lane; said transmitting-receiving means including transmitter-receivers mounted on both sides of said central longitudinal vertical plane of said vehicle; and switching means on said vehicle for switching said controlling means from being responsive to said detection of said transmitter-receiver on one side of said plane to be responsive to said detection of said transmitter-receiver on the other side of the plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A traffic system comprising:
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a roadway including at least one separate single lane; a land vehicle for moving along said single lane; steerable wheels on said vehicle; means for actuating said steerable wheels; energy reflector means mounted along said lane; energy transmitting-and-reflection-receiving means mounted on said vehicle for distance-determining detection of said reflector means; means for controlling said steerable wheel actuating means in response to said distance-determining detection; said reflector means including side reflectors mounted below the roof of said vehicle and overhead reflectors mounted above said roof, said overhead reflectors being mounted at least at crossings between two of said lanes; said transmitter and receiving means including at least one side transmitter-receiver mounted on the side of said vehicle for determining the distance of said side reflectors from said vehicle and at least one roof transmitter-receiver mounted in the area of the roof of said vehicle for determining the lateral distance of said overhead reflectors from said vehicle; and switching means mounted on said vehicle for switching said control means from being responsive to said distance-determining detection of said side transmitter-receiver to being responsive to said distance-determining detection of said roof transmitter-receiver. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A traffic system comprising:
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a roadway including separate, single lanes having mutual crossings; a land vehicle for moving along said lanes; steerable wheels on said vehicle; means for actuating said steerable wheels; energy reflector means mounted along said lanes; energy-transmitting-and-reflection-receiving means mounted on said vehicle for distance-determining detection of said reflector means; and means for controlling said steerable wheel actuating means in response to said distance-determining detection; said reflector means including at least one reflector member at at least one side of each of said lanes and at least one movable reflector at at least one of said crossings for selective displacement between alignment with said reflector member of one of the lanes and alignment with the reflector member of the other of said lanes. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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