Patent ID: 11879219
Assignee: nan
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B  G | IPC B  E  G

Claim 0:
1. A driverless traffic management vehicle comprising a control system having a controller interfacing steering and drive interfaces for control of respective steering and drive subsystems of the vehicle, an impact attenuator and attenuator actuator therefor for configuring the attenuator in deployed and stowed configurations and wherein the control system comprises at least one driverless mode controller operably controlling the steering and drive interfaces for controlling the vehicle in at least one driverless mode of operation, the control system comprises a mode control interface configured for setting the at least one driverless mode of operation and the at least one driverless mode controller comprises:
a follow mode controller configured for controlling the vehicle in a driverless follow mode of operation and wherein the vehicle comprises a data interface and wherein, in use, the data interface is configured for receiving waypoint data from a lead vehicle and wherein the follow mode controller is configured for controlling the steering and drive interfaces to control the vehicle to follow the lead vehicle using the waypoint data;
a remote-control mode controller configured for controlling the vehicle in a driverless remote-control mode of operation wherein the remote-control mode controller receives control instructions from a remote-control unit, the remote-controller comprising controls for controlling at least one of the steering and drive of the vehicle, and controlling at least one of the steering and drive interfaces accordingly; and
driverless autonomous control mode controller configured for controlling the vehicle in a driverless autonomous control mode of operation wherein, in use, the driverless autonomous control mode controller is configured for controlling the steering and drive interfaces such that the vehicle follows a predefined waypoint route defined by a route waypoint data file.