Patent ID: 6061613
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
A base computer for generating signals for controlling a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle including an on-board vehicle controller (VCON) and a vehicle transceiver, the vehicles being disposed on a test track, the base computer comprising:a communication transceiver for sending and receiving information to and from the vehicle transceivers;for each VCON, a respective vehicle manager, each vehicle manager coupled to the communication transceiver for communication with its respective VCON for communicating mission signals thereto and for receiving status signals therefrom;a global memory coupled for exchange of information with each vehicle manager, including the mission signals and the status signals;a traffic manager coupled to the global memory for receiving the status signals and generating control signals in response for storage in the global memory; anda wake-up listener coupled to the communication's transceiver for establishing a vehicle manager when a corresponding VCON is activated.