Base station for automated durability road (ADR) facility
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1. A base computer for generating signals for controlling a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle including an on-board vehicle controller (VCON) and a vehicle transceiver, the vehicles being disposed on a test track, the base computer comprising:
- a communication transceiver for sending and receiving information to and from the vehicle transceivers;
for each VCON, a respective vehicle manager, each vehicle manager coupled to the communication transceiver for communication with its respective VCON for communicating mission signals thereto and for receiving status signals therefrom;
a global memory coupled for exchange of information with each vehicle manager, including the mission signals and the status signals;
a traffic manager coupled to the global memory for receiving the status signals and generating control signals in response for storage in the global memory; and
a wake-up listener coupled to the communication'"'"'s transceiver for establishing a vehicle manager when a corresponding VCON is activated.
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Abstract
A base computer includes a plurality of vehicle managers that communicate via an rf link to corresponding vehicle controllers (VCON) in remotely-operated vehicles on a test track. The base computer also includes a traffic manager that communicates with the vehicle managers to effect overall control of the test facility. The vehicle managers download desired missions to their respective VCONs, and receive status reports back from their VCONs.
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1. A base computer for generating signals for controlling a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle including an on-board vehicle controller (VCON) and a vehicle transceiver, the vehicles being disposed on a test track, the base computer comprising:
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a communication transceiver for sending and receiving information to and from the vehicle transceivers; for each VCON, a respective vehicle manager, each vehicle manager coupled to the communication transceiver for communication with its respective VCON for communicating mission signals thereto and for receiving status signals therefrom; a global memory coupled for exchange of information with each vehicle manager, including the mission signals and the status signals; a traffic manager coupled to the global memory for receiving the status signals and generating control signals in response for storage in the global memory; and a wake-up listener coupled to the communication'"'"'s transceiver for establishing a vehicle manager when a corresponding VCON is activated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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