Method for assuring a safety interval of a self-propelled mobile unit
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a self-propelled mobile unit, comprising the steps of:
- providing the self-propelled mobile unit with motion kinematics as a function of drive and steering properties of the mobile unit; and
calculating via the motion kinematics a safety interval to be observed between the mobile unit, when moving, and an obstacle, the safety interval being prescribed as travel distance of the unit for traversing the safety interval; and
controlling the self-propelled mobile unit not to move closer to an obstacle than said safety interval.
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Abstract
The method provides a better incorporation of a defined safety interval from obstacles in the route planning of a self-propelled mobile unit. By contrast to methods that were hitherto standard, a shell with equidistant spacing from a housing of the self-propelled mobile unit is not placed around the mobile unit; rather, the safety interval is calculated via the route at a drive wheel of the self-propelled mobile unit. That is, the kinematics of the self-propelled mobile unit are first used in the calculation of the safety interval from obstacles. The advantage is that better maneuverability is achieved between obstacles located close to one another.
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1. A method for controlling a self-propelled mobile unit, comprising the steps of:
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providing the self-propelled mobile unit with motion kinematics as a function of drive and steering properties of the mobile unit; and calculating via the motion kinematics a safety interval to be observed between the mobile unit, when moving, and an obstacle, the safety interval being prescribed as travel distance of the unit for traversing the safety interval; and
controlling the self-propelled mobile unit not to move closer to an obstacle than said safety interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for controlling a self-propelled mobile unit, comprising the steps of:
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providing the self-propelled mobile unit with predetermined motion kinematics related to drive and steering properties of the mobile unit; and calculating via the motion kinematics at least one safety interval to be observed between the mobile unit, when moving, and an obstacle, the at least one safety interval being prescribed as travel distance of the unit for traversing the at least one safety interval; and
controlling the self-propelled mobile unit not to move closer to an obstacle than said safety interval. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for controlling a self-propelled mobile unit, comprising the steps of:
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providing the self-propelled mobile unit with motion kinematics as a function of drive and steering properties of the mobile unit; calculating via the motion kinematics a safety interval to be observed between the mobile unit, when moving, and an obstacle, the safety interval being prescribed as travel distance of the unit for traversing the safety interval; providing a starting position and a starting steering angle of the self-propelled mobile unit; calculating and noting for a plurality of steering angles between 0° and
360°
, via the motion kinematics after at least forward travel of the mobile unit from the starting position and based on the safety interval as a constant travel distance, a final position of the self-propelled mobile unit; anddetermining, taking a contour line of the self-propelled mobile unit into consideration, a safety zone associated with the starting position of the self-propelled mobile unit as joined sets of areas that are framed by a contour line of respective final positions of the unit; and
controlling the self-propelled mobile unit not to move closer to an obstacle than said safety interval. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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