Patent ID: 6035248
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
A road having a system arranged therein for guiding an automatically driven motor vehicle, said vehicle being equipped with a magnetic sensor, comprising:a main path having a plurality of first magnetic sources installed along a line therein at predetermined intervals in said road, said first magnetic sources being of one polarity; anda branching path having a plurality of second magnetic sources installed along a line therein at predetermined intervals in said road, said second magnetic sources being of a different polarity, wherein said branching path branches from said main path at a branching point;wherein a posture of said vehicle is determined by detecting, with said magnetic sensor, said first and second magnetic sources, said first and second magnetic sources indicating a desired position of travel from a position before said branch point to a position beyond said branch point along one of said main path and said branching path.