Remote controlled travel apparatus
First Claim
1. A controlled vehicle system including:
- a vehicle path;
a vehicle for travelling along the vehicle path from a current location to a preselected location, the vehicle having drive means capable for driving the vehicle along the path; and
, common control means for operating the drive means to drive the vehicle, the control means including a distance measuring apparatus having an electromagnetic radiation generating means carried by the vehicle and operable to generate electromagnetic radiation and having radiation receiving means fixed in known positions relative to the vehicle path, the receiving means receiving electromagnetic radiation from the generating means and reflecting the radiation back to the generating means to provide information to the generating means for determining the distance between the generating means and the receiving means, the generating means generating and output signal representative of the distance between the generating means and the receiving means, the control means processing the output signal from the generating means to generate a signal representative of the current location of the vehicle relative to the preselected location and to operate the drive means as necessary to move the vehicle along the path from the current location to that preselected location.
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Abstract
A remote controlled apparatus particularly for shelf servicing within warehouses. A vehicle is provided for travelling along a path between a plurality of locations. The vehicle has drive means operable for driving the vehicle along the path. Command control means operates the drive means. The control means includes a distance measuring apparatus having an electromagnetic radiation generating unit carried by the vehicle and operable to generate an electromagnetic radiation beam. One or more radiation receiving mirrors are fixed in predetermined relationship to vehicle locations and arranged to receive and reflect back electromagnetic radiation beams from the generating unit. Upon beam reflection, with the generating unit initiates an output signal representative of the distance between the generating unit and a receiving mirror. The control means functions on the basis of the initiated output signal to generate a signal representative of a current location of the vehicle relative to a desired preselected location and to operate the drive means as necessary to move the vehicle along the path to that preselected location.
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1. A controlled vehicle system including:
- a vehicle path;
a vehicle for travelling along the vehicle path from a current location to a preselected location, the vehicle having drive means capable for driving the vehicle along the path; and
, common control means for operating the drive means to drive the vehicle, the control means including a distance measuring apparatus having an electromagnetic radiation generating means carried by the vehicle and operable to generate electromagnetic radiation and having radiation receiving means fixed in known positions relative to the vehicle path, the receiving means receiving electromagnetic radiation from the generating means and reflecting the radiation back to the generating means to provide information to the generating means for determining the distance between the generating means and the receiving means, the generating means generating and output signal representative of the distance between the generating means and the receiving means, the control means processing the output signal from the generating means to generate a signal representative of the current location of the vehicle relative to the preselected location and to operate the drive means as necessary to move the vehicle along the path from the current location to that preselected location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- a vehicle path;
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