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Automatic vehicle control system

  • US 4,956,777 A
  • Filed: 06/09/1988
  • Issued: 09/11/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a guided vehicle path;

    a plurality of guided vehicles operating along said path;

    a plurality of indicators positioned along said path for indicating to said vehicles position on said path; and

    a guided vehicle controller, comprising;

    means for communicating with said guided vehicles;

    a first computer system for exchanging information with said guided vehicles through said communicating means, said first computer system including a first memory section for storing information received from said vehicles including vehicle position information of each vehicle in relation to said indicators and including a second memory section for storing information to be transmitted to said vehicles including vehicle destination information;

    a second computer system for receiving vehicle movement requests from external sources and determining which vehicles are to respond to said requests, said second computer system including a third memory section for storing information relating to vehicle position in relation to said indicators and including a fourth memory section for storing information including vehicle destination information;

    first transfer means for copying said information in said first memory section to said third memory section so that said first memory section and said third memory section contain the same vehicle position information; and

    second transfer means for copying said information in said fourth memory section to said second memory section so that said fourth memory section and said second memory section contain the same vehicle destination information.

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