Navigation system and process for guiding unmanned industrial trucks without guide wire
First Claim
1. A navigation method for a self-guiding vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a navigation reference point;
determining a reference path having said navigation reference point;
storing said reference path and a position of said navigation reference point in the self-guiding vehicle;
transforming said stored reference path into nominal control values Snominal and α
nominal ;
moving the self-guiding vehicle in response to said nominal control value Snominal ;
setting a steering angle of the self-guiding vehicle in response to said nominal control value α
nominal ;
measuring actual movement Sactual of the self-guiding vehiclemeasuring an actual steering angle α
actual of the self-guiding vehicle;
measuring a deviation between said navigation reference point and the self-guiding vehicle as the self-guiding passes said navigation reference point;
determining if the self-guiding vehicle is away from said reference path;
calculating a correction path to lead the self-guiding vehicle to said reference path if the self-guiding vehicle is away from said reference path, said measured actual movement, said measured actual steering angle and said measured deviation being used for said calculating of said correction path;
transforming said correction path into updated nominal control values Snominal and α
nominal ;
moving the self-guiding vehicle in response to said updated nominal control value Snominal ;
setting a steering angle of the self-guiding vehicle in response to said updated nominal control value α
nominal in order for the self-guiding to navigate.
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Abstract
A navigation system for guiding unmanned vehicles with any desired wheel configuration without guide wire for free movement on paths and along curves along a virtual reference path having at least one straight and/or curved section. Discrete elements are floor-installed which are in operative connection with a vehicle internal path control device via the vehicle'"'"'s internal sensory analysis system for correcting the course of the industrial truck. The discrete elements are arranged at spaced locations exclusively along the area of the reference path forming a linear formation chain as navigation reference points P. The distance between the reference points P are either regular or irregular and may be relatively great distances equal to a multiple of the wheel base of the vehicle. The on-board sensory analysis system exclusively determines the distances and measures the distance between the longitudinal axis of the industrial truck and the navigation reference point P.
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9 Claims
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1. A navigation method for a self-guiding vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a navigation reference point; determining a reference path having said navigation reference point; storing said reference path and a position of said navigation reference point in the self-guiding vehicle; transforming said stored reference path into nominal control values Snominal and α
nominal ;moving the self-guiding vehicle in response to said nominal control value Snominal ; setting a steering angle of the self-guiding vehicle in response to said nominal control value α
nominal ;measuring actual movement Sactual of the self-guiding vehicle measuring an actual steering angle α
actual of the self-guiding vehicle;measuring a deviation between said navigation reference point and the self-guiding vehicle as the self-guiding passes said navigation reference point; determining if the self-guiding vehicle is away from said reference path; calculating a correction path to lead the self-guiding vehicle to said reference path if the self-guiding vehicle is away from said reference path, said measured actual movement, said measured actual steering angle and said measured deviation being used for said calculating of said correction path; transforming said correction path into updated nominal control values Snominal and α
nominal ;moving the self-guiding vehicle in response to said updated nominal control value Snominal ; setting a steering angle of the self-guiding vehicle in response to said updated nominal control value α
nominal in order for the self-guiding to navigate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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