Patent ID: 9534410
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: E04H

Claim:
1. A vehicle shuttle car operable to travel in linear and lateral directions comprising: a low profile cart including a steerable front section and a rear section, said front section operable to turn left and right relative to said rear section, and said rear section operable to raise and support at least one tire of a vehicle off the ground; a plurality of sensors configured to measure distances between at least two different reference points in the vehicle and measure a location of a front and rear tires of the vehicle in relation to a ruler; a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with another communication unit; and a controller configured to: wherein controlling the alignment of the shuttle car and the other shuttle car is based on the received distances between the reference points of the rear and front tires of the vehicle and the received location of the front and the rear tires of the vehicle in relation to the ruler.