Patent ID: 9410811
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B25J,G01C,G05B,G05D,G06Q,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method for planning a virtual track, along which an automated guided vehicle is to move automatically within an environment from a start point to an end point, the environment comprising intermediate points and sections connecting the intermediate points, the start point and the end point, the method comprising: providing a graph assigned to the environment, the graph comprising nodes assigned to the intermediate points, a start node assigned to the start point, an end node assigned to the end point, and edges connecting the start node, the end node and the nodes, and being assigned to the corresponding sections, wherein information about the course of the relevant virtual track section is assigned to each of the edges, the relevant virtual track section being assigned to the corresponding sections of the environment, wherein the course of the relevant virtual track section is how the virtual track section changes with progress along the virtual track section, automatically planning a path within the graph, the path connecting the start node and the end node, and automatically merging virtual track sections assigned to the edges of the graph that are associated with the planned path in order to obtain the virtual track.