Patent ID: 11932418
Assignee: TLD EUROPE
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An electronic system for controlling docking of a vehicle at a given docking zone of a docking destination, the given docking zone comprising at least one target, the system comprising:
a vision device;
a control system coupled to the vision device configured to determine a position of the given docking zone by determining a type of the target from a set of given types and from its position;
the control system configured to determine a guidance trajectory of the vehicle to the given docking zone depending on the type and on the position of the target; and
the control system configured to determine the type of the docking destination, the control system determines one or more exclusion zones depending on a type of the docking destination, by comparison of the type of the docking destination with types of docking destination stored in a database in association with exclusion zones, so that the guidance trajectory of the vehicle to the given docking zone does not pass into any of the exclusion zones;
wherein the control system determines a docking line passing through a target point situated on a surface of the given docking zone and perpendicular to the surface, so that the guidance trajectory of the vehicle to the given docking zone is terminated by a final portion of the docking line with a length greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold greater than or equal to 2 meters;
wherein the guidance trajectory allows the vehicle to reach the target point and forms a circular arc extending from a center of a rear suspension of the vehicle to the target point, with a radius determined by a formula (X2+Y2)/(2×Y), with X and Y corresponding to coordinates of the target point relative to the center of the rear suspension of the vehicle.