A01B 69/001
Steering by means of optical assistance
Official title: {Steering by means of optical assistance, e.g. television cameras (steering devices for road marking vehicles E01C23/163)}
A01B69/001 (Steering by means of optical assistance) appears on 347 US grants and 563 published applications in this corpus.
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