Patent ID: 8090491
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: B60W,G05B,G05D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A self-propelled vehicle with a guidance, navigation and control system for automated operation in a passageway environment, comprising: a) a vehicle including one or more odometric sensors, one or more rangefinder sensors mounted on said vehicle, and a microprocessor including memory storage, said one or more odometric sensors and one or more rangefinder sensors being connected to said microprocessor, said vehicle being configured for microprocessor controlled operation with said microprocessor being interfaced with a throttle/engine system, transmission system, and braking system of said vehicle through a drive control means to adjust a speed of travel of said vehicle, and said microprocessor being interfaced to a steering system of said vehicle through a steering control means to adjust a direction of travel of said vehicle; b) teaching means including c) profiling means for processing said raw sensor data stored in said log file and producing therefrom a route profile and storing said route profile in said microprocessor memory storage, said route profile including d) playback control system to automatically drive said vehicle along said vehicle path from said route profile stored on said microprocessor memory comprising